3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A deep dark stout with a thick recedingdark brown head. In aroma, grassy chocolate, mineral notes, licorice. In mouth, a smooth bitter chocolate with coffee notes, vanila and licorice. Bottle at OBF Fringe Fest Belmont Station, July 30 2011.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber. Poured delightfully dark brown with a creamy cap of sticky tan head. The aroma picked up dry, toasted coffee, chocolate, and vanilla with fresh pine and earthy accents.. a touch of sour lactic character too. The flavor found more coffee than anything else at the core.. lesser chocolate and molasses too.. lightly sour milky notes throughout.. a little smoke in there too. Medium-bodied with a little too much carbonation that got in the way.. other than that, well-balanced and tasty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22. Thanks nena. Pours black with a dense creamy burnt tan head. Big herbal hop nose with plenty of ash and dark bitter chocolate mixed in. Creamy sticky medium body. Mildly sweet chocolatey roasty mid palate. Long sticky sweet chocolate finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black body with tan foamage. Nice dark chocolate, sugared up black coffee, roasty aromas. medium bodied. Sweet dark chocolate flavors with a burnt black malt, coffee astringency to balance--good
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber thanks to Brewdad. Pours a pure black color with a thick dark brown head. The aroma is sweet roast, caramel and some chocolate. A very nice flavor; chocolate, bitter hops, sweet caramel and roasted malts, quite smooth and hoppy, more like a mellow stout or porter. Very good. Some ash and roast in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap @ Belmont Station... Poured black with a khaki head. Roasted malts on the nose. Doughy, creamy, malty. And a good smokiness there too, especially evident in the finish. Mild bitterness, earthy and chalky. Dry finish with a touch of sweetness from the malts.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Opaque black pour with hints of light and burnt wood brown head. Nice roasty aroma with some cherry skin, coffee, and burnt sugar. Sharp flavor with a noticeable acidity. Lightly roasty with some fruit skins. Light dry body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
650ml bomber pours black on color with 2 fingers of light beige head that left some hefty lacing on the glass. Aroma is dark roasted malts with hints of coffee and chocolate. Taste is roasted malt and coffee bitterness with some chocolate malty sweetness with a mild hop bitterness at the end. Medium to heavy body with decent carbonation. This is just a delightful stout and it was a pleasure to have been able to sample this gem.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Frank’s (Ramnuts) tasting - 06/11/12.
Mid black with a decent bubbly tan head.
Roast malt nose, big molasses punch, a little paint and a touch of coffee.
Taste is roast malts, some notes of wood, chocolate, molasses.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation lending towards a dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Stygian body topped with a thick, lush, dark coffee head. Smoothly roasty nose is soon overtaken my black patent sootnyess. Smoky and roasty befitting Hades or a coal burning plant. The body is salty and smoky roastness. A solid, stoutly brew, but the saltiness was a bit distracting for me.
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