4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #20. ]
Clear dark black brown color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, dark chocolate, coffee, wood, cask wood, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, alcohol burn finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20100821]
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, alcohol, roasted malt, fruits, prunes, and chocolate. The flavor is powerful with notes of prunes, over ripe fruits, alcohol, roasted malt, and chocolate, leading to adry roasted finish, where the alcohol tickles the tongue.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, blind #20. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty and slight roasted. Sweet malty, boozy and caramelish. Subdued chocolate. Dark roasted malt. Bitter, dark malty and roasted finish. Lingering dark malty.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours pitch black with a creamy light brown head. Hard roasted malts and smooth Bourbon in the nose, but not overly sweet or hot. Solid body, sweet hard roasted malts and vanilla but again - not excessively sweet. Warming alcohol in the finish. Very balanced. 210810
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (thanks mjs!). Pitch black colourr, small brown head. Aroma is vanilla, bourbon, some alcohol, mild sweet malts, vanilla and some dark dry fruityness. Flavour is bourbon, vanilla, wood, mild roasted notes, liquorice and some black chocolate. Rather pleasant.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! Black, beige head. Aroma of asphalt and licorice . Dry up front, full bodied with clean mouthfeel. Lots of licorice, heavily salty. Welcoming and flavourful, with plenty of bitter cocoa and some alcohol heat. Some oak and vanilla. Inky bitter finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle #20 at Papsøs blindtasting.
Black coloured with a small beige head.
Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel and dark chocolate with notes of liquorice.
Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, dark chocolate and liquorice with notes of hops and alcohol.
Roasted and warming alcoholic finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with hints of coffee. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Hallinghansens US Tasting, Odense. Pours black with a creamy beige head and lacings. Heavy roasted nose and flavor. A bit of soy, liquorice and fruit. Almost burnt roast. Ashy, vinous and slightly oxidized. Rather delicious!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Marhun, Darmstadt; 13% ABV, vintage 2011
Black color, with small brownish head. Very nice aroma of chocolate, rice, roasted malt, soy sauce and chinese food, medium Bourbon vanilla, leather; some alcohol later; after some time, it reaches greatness.
Full bodied, with round mouthfeel; the chocolate flavor is intense, there is some roasted malt, tobacco, Bourbon vanilla, traces of soy sauce, and an ending alcohol warmth; it has a pleasant degree of sweetness.
A big-ass beer.
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