4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20 HogcliffeLenny (162) - Christchurch, Dorset, ENGLAND - MAY 24, 2008
Bottle 500ml from Sainsburys, Christchurch. Pours black with a large tan head. Aromas of chocolate malts and dark roasts. These flavours follow through in to the taste. Wow, what a wonderfully creamy mouthfeel. This is a really good stout – the best I’ve had so far this year.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Ober (2125) - Bommelerwaard, NETHERLANDS - FEB 5, 2009
An almost black colored beer, with a thick foamy beige head. It leaves a nice lace on the glass. The aroma of chocolate with cherries. Also some smoked malts. the taste is dry bitter, smokie malts, dark fruits and coffee. A little watery. The aftertaste is bitter for a long time.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 FatPhil (5970) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - JUL 17, 2008
500ml bottle (Sainsbury’s)
Pain au chocolat aroma, coffee cake, toasted brown bread. Dense burnt core to the taste, but bathed in a refreshing body such that it’s not oppressive in any way. Crumpets. Pleasant burnt finish, and also pretty hoppy. Well balanced, and a good example of a low ABV stout.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 JorisPPattyn (6428) - Antwerpen, BELGIUM - AUG 7, 2009
Good, pale beige head, irregular over fully opaque black beer. Rich roasted & vanilla aroma; slightly sweet, caramelized syrup. Dry stout taste initially, burnt & slight typical stout (roasted barley) sweetness. There’s a strange vinous flavour, as from a sweet, but ripened sherry, making it way more complex than an ordinary stout. Warming up, a faint smoked ham flavour, even! Medium bodied, very slick and nearly viscous, much more than a 4.5% ABV beer would warrant. Surprising - in the meliorative sense - stout.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 johndoughty (2814) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - APR 18, 2009
Bottle.A bit lively upon pouring. Quite dry with a medium body. Nothing outstanding but still worth checking out.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 maeib (6398) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - OCT 26, 2011
Bottled. A black beer with a grey head. A bit of sweetness and lactic in the nose with veggie notes. Full bodied sweetness in the mouth. Light roast and caramel notes. Pretty appealing.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 goozen (1783) - Leiden, NETHERLANDS - APR 18, 2009
Bottle pint: Opaque black Welsh Stout with an great roasted malts taste, and hints of choclate and toffee.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20 Quack-Duck (5601) - Down South, GERMANY - MAY 8, 2010
bottle from Bacchus Crickhowell. Deep black colour, nice creamy beige head. Malty nose. Malty, flavours if roasted malt, caramel and smoked ham.
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