madsberg (4516), Søborg, Denmark Feb 2, 2008 Bottled. Dark reddish brown coloured. Light brown head. Sweetness, spice, some sourness and light fruity notes in the aroma. Flavour has cocoa, chocolate and has some light flowery notes. Sourness also present here. Medium bodied. Dry. Has a light sweet and cocoaish end.
CaptainCougar (5235), Rockville, Maryland, USA Jun 16, 2009 Bottle sampled on 12/27/07: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a stringy-lacing light tan head. RIch cocoa powder and dark chocolate nose has a touch of carob and clove spice. Body starts a little thinner and effervescent with some mild dark chocolate and cocoa nibs flavor toward a drier richer bittersweet dark chocolate finish. A very interesting and fairly complex brew. rallison (106), USA May 19, 2009 Bitter chocolate, chestnut and an off flavor present in the smell. Urinal cake, like another review mentioned? Fair enough description of the off smell.
Semi-astringent chocolate in the taste. The use of cacao and carob probably serve to give it that character, along with a chestnut-like nuttiness.
A rather unique beer, but unique in a bad way. The flavors don’t fully meld, the body is a tad thin and astringent, and the smell is just bad. Not recommended, especially for the price you will have to pay. anders37 (3951), Malmö, Sweden May 3, 2009 Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a slightly fruity malty chocolate aroma with some hints of vanilla. Sweetish malty fruity chocolate flavor. Has a warming fruity chocolate finish with some hints of vanilla in the aftertaste. astrofrk (184), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA May 1, 2009 Dark brown. Fast, soapy head. Aroma: Fruits, chocolate. Flavor: Flowers, chocolate with cherry backing. Great finish! Hank1980 (639), Athens, Georgia, USA Apr 21, 2009 Large bottle shared. Poured a murky brown with a huge light brown head. Aroma of funk, fruit, cocoa. Taste is a little more cocoa, with some tart funky fruit notes in the finish. Very interesting. As the bottle warmed, more chocolate was coming through. An interesting brew that isn’t my favorite, but isn’t bad either. Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA Mar 13, 2009 Pours a muddy dark brown with a tan head. Smells sort of like a malted chocolate milkshake. Malty chocolaty taste with notes of vanilla and a weird herbal quality. An odd brew. WeeHeavySD (2784), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA Mar 9, 2009 Fliptop bottle via trade with daknole, thanks dakine. Pours black and brown with a tannish brown head. Nose is sweet with tons of chocolate. Taste is sweet and chocolaty and quite nice. This is an interesting brew. radagast83 (1202), Fairfax, Virginia, USA Mar 6, 2009 Sampled from Draft. Quite an interesting beer. Dark brown, pour, small head. Oats, chocolate malts, vanilla. Flavor is malts, chocolate, vanilla. Interesting beer.
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