3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled at an esbls tasting. Hazy mid brown with a small beige head. Big hazelnut and coffee flavors. Some hop bitterness is intetesting. Gentle fruit. Truly distinct with all of the hazelnut. I like it. Gourmet coffee meets beer in a new direction.
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Small tan head, clear dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, hazelnut, some caramel, light milk chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, hazelnut. Medium body, low carbonation.
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
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle from Triangle Wine. good aroma, sweet. nutty, roasty. yup, hazelnut coffee. dark brownish orange color, small head, minor lace, though I poured kind of slow. sweet flavor. medium body, smooth oily mouthfeel, sweet finish. Pretty tasty, really good aroma, captures the hazelnut coffee well. very smooth as it rolls on the tongue, wonderfull stuff really, hides the 9% well.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Craft Ale House. Pours hazy medium brown with off-khaki head. Nose is heavy coffee, hazelnut, hops, malt. Tasted complex, dense on the palate, with big coffee, hazelnut, malt, and hops. This beer was very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml bottle from lionsandbeer. Nose is hazelnuts and a little vanilla over roasty coffee. Clear rusty brown with a medium, heavy lacing tan head. Flavor is hazelnuts, roast, light sweetness, and a very light bit of bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle thanks to mikem409: Poured a coppery orange brown with red hues, the head was thin off white to light beige. Aroma is thick sweet malts and nutty. Taste is smooth milky chocolate, malts, hazelnuts, coffee and cigarette ash.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle 8/18/12 (Binny’s Downers Grove)-42° in Snifter-Pours a murky brown with a small tan head. Aroma of hazelnut, coffee, and malt. Taste of hazelnut, coffee, caramel, toffee, butterscotch candy, and nuts. This medium bodied brew is very complex and well balanced. This brew rocks.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sweet nutty toasted malts chocolate candy a little buttery. Nice hazelnut coffee notes. Pours dark brown, tan head. Flavors of buttery sweet hazelnut coffee chocolate candy toasted nuts a little dry roast. Lingering sweet hazelnut coffee finish. Smooth, dry sweet finish. Alcohol is well hidden. Nice stuff.
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml bottle shared by pineypower, thanks Dean. Poured a hazy dark brown with choclate brown edges and an average sized frothy super light beige head. Aroma is pretty much amazing, iced hazelnut coffee some toast and lemon zest on the end. The body is thinner with average carbonation, slight bitter finish that is a touch dry. Flavor is good but not as good as the aroma, notes of very bitter cold weak coffee, hazelnutts, cream, old cold coffee, some earth notes. The aroma is absolutely amazing and the flavor is solid but no where near the aroma.
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