4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JUN 2, 2013 Love the complex nature of this stout by Founders. Great blend of sweet, bitter, cream and roasted flavors. Made a three hour round trip to buy a case - it wasn?t enough!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours thick black with a coco brown head. Smells of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate and some sweet underlying fruit. Tastes mostly of coffee and toasted malt. Sweet first with a slightly bitter end. There is some chocolate flavor present as well. I think this brew shines best in it’s mouth feel; oily and lightly carbonated to perfection.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
I wish I could have this for breakfast every morning, but alas I have to drive to work. Quite possibly the best stout on the planet, that is easy to find. Starts with hoppy dark chocolate bite, then fades into pleasant but complex espresso bitterness. So smooth, so easy to drink. It will always have a special place in my heart because it was my first "holy sh*t, i didnt know beer could be this good" moment in my craft saga
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Creamy, love the chocolate and coffee flavor. Nice head and lacing, poured from a bottle. A bit much for a hot day, but that’s not their problem. Definitely lived up to the hype.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured into a snifter yields a small mocha head the dissipates to nothing. Smell is day old coffee ground and chocolate. Taste is more of the same, espresso strength coffee, and subtle rich chocolate. A little bit of bitterness at the end... Could be coffee or could be hops. Good carbonation that lights up the old taste buds. Everything founds does is on point and this is not an exception. Excellent stout.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Always pour into a snifter, smell is coffee up front and chocolate. Taste I’d coffee chocolate coffee chocolate, wow. I had to finally rate this beer because it is one of my favorites from one of my favorite breweries. This beer is amazing. I always have some of this in my fridge, thank you founders.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Enjoyed this in my kegerator for a good part of winter. So delicious. Also have had in the bottle. Very smooth, perfectly sweet. I could drink this all day and night.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
18.05.2013, 0,35l bottle @ home:
Big creamy longlasting head. Aroma is lots of roasted coffee, roasted dark malts, dark chocolate, burnt caramel, hops. Taste is smooth, lots of roasted coffee, burnt caramel, roasted dark malts, hops, dark chocolate, grass, a little vanilla. Longlasting bitterness, a little dry mouthfeel. Definately something to drink instead of the morning coffee.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 0.355l at Gallows Bird, Espoo. Colour is black with small brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Coffee, dark chocolate, licorice and roaster malts.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Good beer although I’ve had it so many times that I’ve grown tired of it till next year. Lay this one on it’s side for 6 months and you’ll be glad you did. A few months on this beer does amazing things for it’s mixing of flavors. Try it fresh and age some and then thank me later for the advice.
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