3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 50cl. @ [ Fastelavns Tasting Ulfborg ].
Clear medium red brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, tart - acidc and salty sea water notes, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090221]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A pitch black beer with a thick brown head. The aroma is light - but what is there is sweet and lightly roasted combined with notes of chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with a light roasted character as well as light notes of berries, leading to a roasted dry end with a light touch of hops. The mouthfeel is quite smooth. An OK light stout.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottled. Near black, rich firm head. Salty nose with some raw licorice. Dry and clean with watery mouthfeel. Diluted aniseed flavour. Some aluminium in a salty finish. Not great.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled (Beers Of Europe). Very deep ruby colour, close to black, with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, berries, some toffee and mild wooden notes. Flavour is dark fruits, sweet malts, some slight wood as well as quite strong bitterness. Also some dark dry fruity notes.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, 4.1%. Sour aroma, smells extremely grainy. Hint of mild plastic, perhaps just paper. Almost black colour, red shine. Small stable light brown head. The flavour is quite roasted, there is some paper and grain. Roasted grain in the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black colour with a small tan head. Fruity slightly roasted malty aroma. Sweet malty and fruity roasted flavor. Fruity finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark red brown with a lasting tan head, leaving a little lacing. Fruity aroma with toffee and a little apple peel. Fruity and roast dry flavour with a toffee note.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(bottle) Pours a black coloured hue with a big and dense beige foamy head. Sweet and moderately roasted malty aroma with notes of cacao powder, subtle berry-fruity accents and dusty, slightly plastic-like phenols. Moderately sweet flavoured, well-bodied with a soft carbonation. Slightly roasted malty base with berry-fruity notes and hints of chocolate/cacao; slightly roasty bitter and sourish fruity finish and chocolate in the aftertaste (11.VIII.09).
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