4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Going back to my notes on this one. It was at the tail end of a local tasting I did with friends from a while back, and the numbers are circled nicely but the writing is a bit vague. "Wow, just awesome... first rye I’ve been blown away by." Not exactly a helpful description. I do remember loving it though.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
No head or lace. If you go into this expecting a bourbon-forward stout, you're in for a disappointment. Big berry aroma, brambles galore! Fantastic balance if stout and fruit -- a feat 95% of brewers fail at. This is the second best BCBS variant, close behind 2011 Coffee. Love it.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle @ ZeeBra Extreme Beer Festival 2013. Pitch black pour. Aroma is creamy, roasted, slightly fruity, some berries, coffee, caramel and ash. Flavor is smooth bitter roasted, burnt malts, sweet fruits and creamy. Lovely brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ ZeeBra. Aroma is roasty vanilla, liquorice, drop, chocolate, some fruits. Flavour is thick chocolate, light spicy forest fruit note, liquorice, molasses, bread and more.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
ZEBF13
pours black, no foam . smell is bourbon. herbal.
apples, red fruits, bitter, low carbo , but not too much! waaw ! i’m shocked cause i had so many others of the series, and i thought nothing positive about this, but damn, This one IS the best one for me, . WAY better than all the others combined !
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Almost purple dark brown body. Bourbon, big time, sweet malts, bit of chocolate. Boozy, thick, cereal and rich. Powerful, high quality stuff. Good full body on this one. Perhaps my favourite of the BCS’s. (ZeeBra)
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with a dark tan head.
Deep, rich, blackberry and chocolate aroma.
Taste is blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, a hint of nuts and a slight woody tartness.
BIG flavor.
Excellent.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Blackberry and caramel malt aroma. Black with small head. Sweet-tart blackberry and chocolate malt flavor. Spectacular blending. Incredibly great beer
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle share at DLD. Sweet tart blackberry, chocolate, and molasses aroma. Black with a small tan head. Sweet tart blackberry, coffee, chocolate, light spicy flavor with a roasty bitter finish. Full body, soft carbonation. Thanks to the great group of people from Chicago who were willing to share this!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
It tastes a lot like normal BCS, but is more red wine-y and seems more subdued and aged.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
I absolutely loved the nose on this, but felt the flavour needed a little more from the base beer and a little more sweetness in the berry notes in order to match the nose. That said, it is still a delicious beer and one I would have again.
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