4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cheeseman pulled this bottle out of his ass at the BA Bolita tasting. [:17] Dark brown pour, creamy bubbly head and lacing. Nose is big bourbon, caramel, chocolate, coffee, and vanilla. Bourbon flavors, chocolate, caramel, and a nice hoppy, bitter finish. Tasty. That’s all I put for palate. ’Nuff said.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
19th May 2009
Opaque black beer. Softish palate. Very tangy porter, the sourness hits you straight away. Then there is the rich malt and the undertone of molasses. Wood and bourbon come to the fore in the mid. A sour bourbon aniseed finish that leaves the taste buds tingling. Nice but just a bit too sour to be great.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Das Bier ist schon im Antrunk deutlich zu süß, eine leichte helle Malznote ist hintergründig erkennbar. Im Mittelteil kommt eine leichte Bitternote auf, die die weiterhin zu starke Süße immerhin etwas bremsen kann. Zu bemängeln ist die Disharmonie. Unausgereift. /8/9//8/8
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle courtesy of papsoe, thank you for this rarity! nice overall brew. pretty much flat, and distictly tart. not a huge fan of soured dark beers, but this one was strangely drinkable, had a couple of snifters. nice tart cherry and oak profile, more muted malt profile, glad i got to try this one!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. RBESG 2010.
Near black colour with faint head. Vanilla-ish silky smooth rounded nose, light bourbon and bitter chocolate. Light bodied for the style and abv, but slick (almost no Co2 at all), with notes of bitter chocolate, raisins, caramel, bourbon. Only suggestions of oxidation. Not boozy. Tasty but not complex.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with a tiny beige head. Smells of oak barrels. Very sweet. Lots of vanilla aromas. Also aromas of figs, raisins and white chocolate. Hints of rugbrød. Tiny salty hints. Full bodied with a somewhat sticky mouthfeel. Slightly cloying. Soft carbonation. Heavy, sweet, bourbony finish. Kinda unbalanced. ’bit too extreme.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is oxidation, vanilla, coffee. Flavour is sourness, roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, alcohol, oak, vanilla. Full body. Nice beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, from trade with Papsoe. An oily pour producing a dark brown to black body under a minimal-sized off-white head laving some lacings. A bit weak on the nose I think, vanilla, some coffee and a little oxidation. Sweet, oaked flavor with a nice blend of chocolate, vanilla and cofffee. Some faint sour notes. Oily and full-bodied, slightly warming. Finishes pretty much as it starts. A nice beer, but sort of unusual. Can’t really deceide if I like it. 100409
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It poured like soy sauce without any head, but it had a nice chocolaty smell, which went along with the chocolaty flavor that was balanced with a slight bitterness and hampered by some oxidation.
2.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Big bourbon, coconut nose, lots of chocolate, molasses, roast and coffee. The taste is a big letdown. A trainwreck really. Acidic over roasted coffee, lots of dark chocolate, molasses, very sweet.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at RBESG Rome Grand Tasting. Black colour, no head. Aroma of oxidized fruits/raisins, madeira wine, hard roasted malts, chocolate. Flavour is light sour, fruity, chocolate, bitter light sour and hard roasted finish. Medium bodied. Nah..
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