3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(750ml bottle, 2006 vintage, BB 02/01/2013) Pours an opaque black body with a small beige head. Aroma of raisins, oak, roasted malt, coffee, and grass. Flavor of roasted malt, cocoa, raisins, some licorice, and brown sugar.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
10th October 2009
Opaque black stout. Very light woody nose. Surprisingly light palate - a little crisp and a little dry. Light and lactose sweet malt. Both wood and whisky have a light touch. Finishes semi dry with some darker malt coming through and minerally whisky. Decent beer but not even close to justifying it’s ridiculous price. Good job there isn’t a value box here!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at the RBESG 2012 Grand Tasting, London. Vintage 2006. Pours opaque black-brown with a medium tan head. Huge dark, ripe fruit nose with some chocolate notes. Very sweet flavor with tangy dark malts, mild roast, and chocolate syrup. Full bodied with fine to medium carbonation. Bit of warmth in the finish. Lingering roast with mild wood and oak notes, and plenty of mocha. Great stuff.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (RBESGG2011, Grand Tasting) - 2006 edition
Bourbon and vanilla sweet aroma, hugely sweet. Slightly ashy body, but good grainy roast. Dry and a little unsatisfying.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(75 cl bottle from Torvehallerne) Pours black with rich toffee head and lace. Aroma is oak, roasted grain. No sign of oxidation in this 5 year old beer. The alcohol presence is pleasantly subdued also. Oily on the palate, full-bodied, soft carbonation with a short, dry finish. Smooth, rounded and harmonic from the aging. The taste is mostly dark, mildly sweet in the beginning and turning more dry and slightly bitter towards the end. Girlfriend says: "A nice rum taste. Very dark."
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2006 bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting, held at Dean Swift.
Nice vanilla, chocolate, and fudge aroma. Black with lace. Tangy flavor, wood, a bit of dust, dark chocolate, nice fruitiness. Tasty and light.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of dkachur on 01/15/2011 at the 13th Richmond Gathering. Best by 02/01/2013. Dark black body with a thin brown head. Big roast and chocolate aroma. Big chocolate and roast aroma with some caramel. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Copenhagen Beer Festival 2011. Black with a small brown head. Aroma and flavour of coffee, spice, roasted malt, chocolate and fruit.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with no head. Aroma is oaky vinous, dark dried berries, light sweets, ripe fruits, chocolate and red wine. Taste is ripe fruits, plums, coffee, raisins, grapes, wood and chocolate.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled @ CBF. Aroma has nice oak barrel character, heavy fruity red wine, figs, dates, chocolate, blueberries, the age is really nice. Taste has liquoriuce, coffee, chocolate, dark fruits, dry oak and red wine impressions. Really nice.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
27-MAY-2011,bottle @Copenhagen Beerfestival.
Black with brown low head.
Roasted with chocolate and coco.
Boutbon barrel notes.
Quite some sweetness. Really mellow. Fantastic barrel aged imp.
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