4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Updating from my personal notes - will update with description if I can find it again. One of the first craft brews I ever had.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Unusual beer. Flavors of dried fruits soaked in booze. Some bacony-smoke, tobacco flavors. Low carbonation. A little slick in the palate. Serving: Bottle
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
0,5 l. bottle, batch # 376. Poured in to a snifter. Black colour with an average sized, creamy dark brown head, that faded very fast. Aroma is heavy malty with molasses, caramel, chocolate, hops with notes of dark dried fruits, oak and vanilla. A little bit of alcohol. Bitter taste. Full bodied, creamy texture, and a long lasting, bitter finish with bacon, smoke, ashes, oak, dark fruits and a hint of alcohol. Excellent beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at RBWG- Thick black pour..Nose is vanilla beans, chocolate malts,coffee...Taste is Chocolate malts, vanilla, chocolate, woody..Palate is oily with medium body
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared at the RBWG in Austin. Thick, dark pour with a small, oily head. Aroma is chocolate, alcohol, and coffee. Taste is chocolate, roast, kinda spicy, and woody.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is a beer only for people who love viscous, licorice-accented imperial stouts. As such it is quite unique to the genre and has a flavor profile that is singular (single strain of wild yeast). I like it a lot.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A pitch black brew, a head with a brilliant red hue forms and quickly disappears. Chocolate, apricots, malts, nuts and alcohol to the aroma. A thick mouthful that holds dark chocolate and vanilla amongst it’s flavours. Generally a very bitter feel to it. I liked it a lot! (Bottle)
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Date: February 14, 2012 Mode: Bottle Source: Crown Liquor
Description: Black pour with almost no head, just some bubbling up on the sides. Roasted malt, chocolate, and alcohol in the aroma. Taste was similar, but also had some smokiness and maybe some oak/wood. The dry alcohol bitter finish was just not doing it for me though. Batch 376.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours an intimidating thick pitch black with zero head. Is this even beer? Smell a ton of roasted malt with wisps of dark chocolate and wood. The body surprised me in that it is slick and light in feel with low carbonation. Layers of the darkest roasted malts crush my palate. Along the way I pick up varieties of coffee, chocolate, tobacco, and molasses. Alcohol warmth keeps it at a slow sipping pace. This is viscious beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Ooh! Almost NO head on this baby. Color is just about black. This is well roasted chocolate malts and very little else. Very robust, but little complexity.
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