3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 750ml.
[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, spicy, earthy - nutty (hazelnut), cacao, dusty, vanilla. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, milk chocolate, cacao, sweet sweet, nesquick, light hazelnut - btight nuts. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121109]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and cinnamon, leading to a dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
75 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is spiced and herbal. Dark roasted malty. Caramelish, toasted and light herbal. Spiced and dey caramelish. Bitter and toasted dark malty finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of madsberg. Pours a hazy nutty brown with a small off-white head. Massive nutty aroma - Nutella character! Rich body, sticky heavy hazelnut character - a bit much, quite a bit much actually. Warming alcohol finish. A hard beer to drink. 250113
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at yespr.
Hazy orange-red coloured with a small off-white head.
Sweet and roasted aroma of dark chocolate and cocoa powder.
Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, dark chocolate and cocoa powder.
Roasted finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours an amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty nutty caramel and chocolate aroma. Slightly roasted malty sweetish chocolate nutty flavor. Has a sweetish malty chocolate and coffee finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are coffee, chocolate, caramel, malt and hops. Quite sweet and dry.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(750ml bottle) Pours a hazy -amber brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, coconut, rum, and coffee. Flavor of chocolate, roasted malt, coconut, nuts, and coffee.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Yespr’s - Thanks. Brown - offwhite head. Coffee, nutella, fruity, dryness, medium malty, oboy cocoa powder, dark chocolate, sweetness.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Date: September 16, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: dark brown, ruby edges, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet nutty chocolate aroma, lots of nutty character, just enough caramel sweetness to bring out the chocolate, light coffee
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, light coffee, lots of nuttyness adds wonderful depth, caramel sweetened chocolate
Overall: goes well with Heath
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
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