3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ Fairbar, Aarhus, Denmark
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, peat, molasses and brown sugar. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long sweet, smokey and bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily to sticky, carbonation is soft.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft @ Fermentoren, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty licorice and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty licorice and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
August 19, 2012 - on draught at King William IV Witterfest. Black with a light brown creamy little head. Deep roast aroma, some alcohol, baker’s chocolate, a little earthy and herbal, not sweet at all. Taste follows, maybe a hint of woodsmoke, some fruit (like trailmix), a little oak or vanilla sweetness that wasn’t in the aroma ... nice balance, I particularly like the earthiness of the cocoa nibs (I assume that’s what that is). Pretty solid body, chewy, mild carbonation, long boozy/malty finish, dry earthy bitterness emerges more in the linger. Nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
19th August 2012
On tap at the King William IV - Witterfest. Opaque black beer, little tan head. Viscous soft palate - airy. Nice rich unsweet chocolate. A little coffee and a trace of vanilla. The soft palate keeps going, airy too! Tangy dark fruits bring up the rear. Soft semi dry finish. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Keg at Witterfest (Fano meet the brewer), King William IV - 20/08/12.
Dark black with a mocha head.
Burnt caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, sweet vanilla and a little minerally nose.
Sweet malts, vanilla, bitter chocolate taste.
Full bodied, smooth drinking with a warming alcohol finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at Chriso’s 2012 Pre-GBBF Shindig, London. Pours deep black with a monstrous brown foam head. Lots of dark fruits in the nose, cocoa, dark bread. Big sweet flavor with strong bittersweet chocolate, some dirt, mild spice, alcohol, burnt wood. Full bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Moderately sticky finish, sweet, with plenty of bitter chocolate, burnt earth. Very good, nicely balanced by a sturdy bitterness. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black with a dense light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, heavy chocolate and coffee. Flavour is roasted malt, heavy chocolate, alcohol, coffee and light malt acidic.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught @ Fermentoren, Halmtorvet 29 c, Copenhagen, Denmark 1700.
Clear dark black colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, roasted, malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120725]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours black with nice lasting yellowish head and some swirly lacing going on. Aroma malty, bitter cocoa, grains, mineral. Taste is much the same except a bit more bitter but well balanced. Palate is soft heavy and smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012. Poured a thick & oily black with a thicky & creamy dark tan head to match. Big aromas of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, liquorice, rum raisin, spice & demerara sugar. Huge for 10%. So much roastiness, rum raisin, prune, chocolate, coffee, dark, dried fruits & liquorice. Full, chewy body, gently warming with a lingering, heady malt bitterness. It’s a big beer & the alcohol is well hidden. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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