3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ Trade by toncatcher ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and dusty finish. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy and smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090607]
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt with an edge of burnt malt combined with light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce and wood. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the mouth.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of TheCheeseMan. Pours black and opaque with a nice, light brown head. Distinct coffee aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malts and vanilla and again these very strong coffee notes. Dry and lightly malt bitter finish. 010209
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle, blindtasting #7. Pours pitch black with a diminished white head. Dry roasted malty and smooth chocolate. Quite dense aroma. Smooth. Light sweet malty with a solid hardroasted base. Smooth chocolate and hardroasted malty flavoured into a nice lingering finish with a solid hoppy finish, slight fruity.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled@The 2nd ES/CS Beer Tasting. (thanks J.S.!). Quite much black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is ashes, liquorice, some mild roasted malts as well as mild notes of tobacco. Flavour is ashes, roasted mats, some chocolate and coffee along with mild liquorice and quite bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home.
Black coloured with a small beige head.
Light roasted aroma of caramel, roasted bread, chocolate amd liquorice.
Roasted flavour of caramel and liquorice with notes of chocolate and hops.
Light roasted and hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: February 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brusin Ales, Asheville NC
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with a roasted coffee edge, touch of caramel sweetness
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, dry roastyness, bitterness rolls out from the roasted to add a dry earthyness
Overall: rich and flavorful, but a bit too dry and bitter which holds back the rich chocolate
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with a large beige head. Sweet aroma with burned malt, coffee and chocolate notes. Flavour was sweet with chocolate and burned malt. Finished sweet. Nice one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Local Tasting, Nov 2010. Pours black with a large brown head and lacings. Nose is roasted bitter coffee. Flavor adds some smooth chocolate. Bitter and roasted. Smooth and full bodied. Carbonation level is a tad too high. Good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Near black body. Thin head. Preliminary (cold) aroma is hoppy and roasty. More coffee notes emerge as it warms. The body is creamy, with a little bit of fudgeyness. Long, dry finish. A very hoppy brew. Overall, an intense black beer that eschews the traditional concept of a porter by a wide margin. Taken for what it is, I think I’d prefer a little sweetness to round out the harsher edges of the hops.
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