3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
creamy head, black tea colour. Reduced aroma, from overfiltration, slight roast and not much else. light beer having a slightly roasted taste and slight bitterness. boring.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lovely black pour, thick tan head that lingers. Aroma of roasted malt, a little sweet caramel, coffee. Mouthfeel is a little watery, bitter roasted malts and balanced finish. Not bad.
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3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, some hops. Flavour is roasted malt. Average?
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft sample at Henry House. Aroma is not strong, light roasted malt smell. Black colour with a think cappuccino head. Taste was roasted malt, but rather thin. It was wasn’t a bad taste, but there wasn’t enough of it. Medium body. Overall, this had potential but it needed to deliver more.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good sour stout with a properly creamy head. Has a faint taste of coffee and a little dark chocolate bitterness to it. ON tap at Toronto brewpub
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ The Henry House in Halifax, enjoyed as part of a tasting tray. Very dark walnut, creamy compact beige head that looks nitro. Dominant coffee and roast aroma, same on the palate. Marred only by a thinnish mouthfeel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Beautiful black appearance with a lighter head that lasted for a while. Had it at Corks (Maple Leaf Square). Taste was bitter with hints of malty sweetness. Enjoyed this very much. Excellent stout.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler from the brewpub. Pours a near-black dark brown with a slight orangey tinge and modest-sized mocha head. Aroma is roasty with coffee and a hint of fruit. Flavour is dry and roasty with coffee and some chocolatey sweetness. Lingering dryness in finish. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the Toronto location, pitch black color, with a creamy tan-colored head, nice sweet mochaish, chocolatey, roasted malt nose with some vanilla, cappuccino, maple icecream accents, with a mild black coffee, molasses note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, roasted, black, chocolate malt character with a dark bitter chocolate, roasted coffee bean flavour upfront, and some flowery hop, leafy, piney undertones, leading towards a juicy, dry hopped, faint roasty bitterness finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bar Volo St. Patricks Day, on tap. Black body with beige head. Lacey. Dry stout, sour edge. Below average mouthfeel. Meets the style, some character. A tad of smoke.
Earlier Rating: 5/2/2004 Total Score: 3.2
Surprising as better than local reviews would have it. Above standard of Guiness. Nice black color and retaining head. Creamy full mouth feel. Slight maltiness and bitterness, but more balanced. Toastiness
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