1.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Brown bottle, 330 ml, purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) on November 20 2007, savoured on November 20 2007; eye: dirty brown, no effervescence, no head; nose: caramelized malt, stale, molasses; mouth: stale, caramelized malt, sweet, lots of molasses, finale in "tired" caramelized malt, thin, rather sweet, no bitterness, no carbonation; overall: not that good
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 330 ml, achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) le 20 novembre 2007, bue la même journée; œil : brune sale, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : malt caramélisé, éventée, mélasse; bouche : éventée, malt caramélisé, sucrée, grosse mélasse, finale en malt caramélisé fatigué, mince, plutôt sucrée, aucune amertume, pas de carbonatation; en résumé : vraiment pas terrible
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
From Bottle. I had this at an Ethiopian Restaurant tonight. Light, watery stout, but with some decent flavor. Easy to drink, but very uneventful. I was exactly expecting great things from an Ethiopian beer though.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle (labeled as 5.5%). Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, molasses, malt syrup, husks). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Syrupy-malty with virtually no roast...there’s not much stouty about this, more like a crude brown ale or something.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
12 oz bottle from Bottleworks in Seattle. Pour looks like cola, color, carbonation , the head - really everything. Sharp aroma of scotch malt. Taste is really thin bodied, almost like a watered down scotch ale. In a blind tasting, I would have never guessed Foreign Stout on this one. Oh well, Ethiopia, check!
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a light brown/red with a thin head. Light caramel nose.Weird scotchlike flavour, touch of sourness. Not many stout characteristics.Still I hadn’t rated anything from Ethiopia yet.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark clear brown with a thick light moka head. A rather milkey aroma, candy, and toffee, a bit vinous. In mouth, a rather buttery stout, with rather strange milk notes, light chocolate pudding, a bit roasted. Not bad, not good. Bottle from Sherbrooke Liquors, Edmonton, Alberta, Jan.2007.
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Bottle: Almost clear and not quite brown. It definitely doesn’t look like a stout! It has an aroma of butter, cream cheese frosting and something that almost makes your stomach feel weird. The flavor is odd - rancid butter. It makes you cringe. Thanks BückDich, I think.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle Pours a hazy medium chestnut color. Small off white head after a fairly aggressive pour. Aromas are of apple, honey, light roasted malts and some spices like cinnimon. Flavor is sweet, a bit cardboardy. More like a sweet brown ale. This softly carbonated palate. The best beer Ive ever had that claims to have been made at a "Beer Factory"Thanks Jordan
My first Ethiopian beer
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