2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20Wow--many more favorable ratings here than I thought there would be. Brown with ruby/red hues. Very bubbly head, loosely formed. Massive attack on the palate with the first sip--first coffee, and then bitterness. Lightly astringent, watery, hot (abv not controlled). Aromas remain hop inflected, toasty, and obvious alcohol. Totally out of whack beer, it did nothing for me. (cask at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, Edinburgh, June 2012)
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep red in colour with roast malt aroma flavour is of dark chocolate and roast malt strong hit of alcohol followed by a malty sweetness a decent stout
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ deans crappy music tasting. Aroma is roast, some hops, slight sweaty note and citrus. Flavour has a slight weird sourness, roast, something unplaceable. Every sip I like it more.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Deanso’s crappy music tasting. Poured a deep mahogany with a broken tan head. The flavour is bitter with lots of liqourice, a little sour which sticks in the palate and into the aftertaste. Not quite what I was expecting but an amazing beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep dark brown with a red tint and a lasting beige somewhat lacy head. Smells of citrus hops grapefruit, roast, and caramel malt. Medium oily body with faint carbonation. Tastes of roasted malt, liquorish bitterness with a strange amount of sour hops. It’s a stout IPA. The hops mixed with stout is new to me.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled from bottle @ Dean plays crappy music tasting. Opaque black color, small light brown head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roasty, some fruitiness, some bitter. Very nice actually! Really like it! Medium body and carbonation.
2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle at Deanso’s crappy music tasting. Pours brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of vinegar, cardboard and old socks. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle shared at a ABCbeers rating evening.
thin tan head. Clear black pour. Nice stout.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ ABCbeers, Dean Plays Crappy Music Tasting. Brown pour, thin off-white head. Aroma of spices, some murky malts, slightly roasted, licorice, caramel and earth. Flavor is roasted bitter, a bit sharp and somewhat tart. A bit strange.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Coppers, Newcastle. A very dark brown-black beer with a rich liquorice and red fruity flavour, vanilla, oak and a very warming spicy fruity finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Hanging Bat
AROMA: coffee, roasty, nuts,
APPEARANCE: black, frothy, brown foam,
TASTE: very bitter, light sour
PALATE: full body, oily feel, bitter, astringent, long finish, average carbonation,
OVERALL: sound stout, nice palate, bit too bitter and lack of aromas, mostly burnt coffee.
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