3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, thanks to bman1113vr, dark brown pour with strong coffee aroma, flavor has a pronounced earthiness, coffee and chalky, oystershell finish
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle via a trade with hbmason. Pours with a murky deep brown body and a fading deep brown head. Aroma of coffee, earthy clay, salt and fudge. Taste is coffee, salt, chocolate and a bit bitter. Creamy carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from hbmason...thanks Tim! - Pours dark black with a small tan head. Aroma has a touch of smoke over a ton of dark malt, chocolate, some saltiness, and a touch of booze. It’s big, dark, and roasty on the first sip, with the touch of smoke and a just a bit of salty milkiness. Dry, but not overly so. Smooth and silky with some nice carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml from Capone’s, Norristown. Deep oily pour with a nice, thick one-finger head. Aroma is nicely to style but has that extra piquant bit from the mollusks I suppose, earthy and rocky and gritty. Love that this is there in the flavor as well, though it’s not ersters so much as an amplifying of the most delicious qualities of a really nicely made foreign stout. Creamy mouthfeel, nice but not overpowering roasts, superb dry finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml bottle. Pours a nice deep dark oily black with a nice creamy lasting head. Aroma is chocolate malts, rich roast and toasty malts, hints of burn and moderate toffee sweetness with hints of licorice. Flavor is earthy, slight brine and mineral, toast, good big rich chocolate, nice roasty malts, chalk and leafy hints with tar and more licorice root- sweet and malty with a nice mineral finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours black, with a brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, and some rather different. Can’t put my finger on it, so I’ll attribute it to the oysters. Medium body, with a dry finish. Not bad at all.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle Pours black with a decent brown head. The head is creamy and mostly lasting. Laces excellently. Aoma is good with chocolate, milk, and roast. Has a good carbonation. The flavor is good. Nice bitter end. Very robust. Has a thick texture. The body is full. Blended well and hides the alcohol nicely. Has a good finish with a nice aftertaste. Very well done.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Hulmeville Inn. Black pour with brown head. Some chocolate, roasted malt, and light coffee. Was served too cold, needs to be a little warmer to open up.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Canals in Egg Harbor. Really liked this one....big roasted malt nose. Dark brown pour..finger thick brown dark tan head. Flavor is delicious....more thick maltiness but an interesting spice is there with the nice bitter hop edge. The mineral-ness (mentioned in the description) is there but not in a gritty sense. Full bodied...the sweetness that is present during the taste falls off in the end giving way to some a very appropriate bitter finish. Good stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
25 oz bottle, via Stateline Liquors. Pours a pitch black body with a nice creamy one finger brown head that had decent retention. The nose is very roasty with some licorice, and an interesting slightly salty brine note. The flavor is very rich and roasty with a fairly prominant yeast note and that brine water finish. I really like this, the oyster really plays a nice role in this giving the typical Foreign Stout a really unique twist. Full bodied and soft with a nice soft carbonation level. Very nice beer.
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