2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle->juice/water glass: Pours a dark brown (not black) body, topped by a medium tan-ish head. Medium body, syrupy mouthfeel, but an enjoyable beer nonetheless.
Nothing particularly great about it, but decent overall.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330ml bottle pours brown in color with a small beige head that left some thin spotted lacing on the glass. Aroma is light roasted malts and hints of chocolate and coffee. Taste is a caramel malty sweetness with some light roast bitterness from the malts and coffee and very mild hop presence. Medium body with minimal carbonation. A decent sweet stout but would be better with some more body and complexity.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured into red wine glass (all they had) at an Ethiopian restaurant (Addis) in Richmond, VA. Sweet and raisiny aroma. Appearance is amber prune juice. Head is flimsy and dissipates rapidly with no lacing. Taste...well, it’s not a stout, so if I look at it like a stout, it sucks. It’s a prune/fig/raisin/vinegar flavor with a lousy finish. I rarely write these words, but it’s not worth finishing. I will leave it behind. Overall I would not have bought it except it was a beer I hadn’t tried before.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
caramel, cereal, roasty, floral, barnyard, leather, smoke, skunky, brown, cloudy, minimal head, brown foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, thin feel, oily feel, astringent,
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at Nile Ethiopian Restaurant, Orlando. Aroma filled with molasses. Flavor is more mild. Seems to be a dark amber or brown ale. Not terrible.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours a minimal beige head, over a clear, dark brown (SRM 35) body...nose is molasses, brown sugar, hints of toffee/caramel, coffee, chocolate.....taste is molasses, brown sugar, toffee/caramel...mouth feel light, carbonation low. This is a pleasant, not particularly complex Sweet Stout it is a bit low in complexity, and overall strength to be a Foreign Stout. BJCP 7/3/12/4/7
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
9/26/11 hakim stout at lalibella.
hazy amber with a small ow head.
a is fruity...raisin, malt syrup, peppery spice/mild, woody maple-ish molassesness.
middle sweetness is followed by a mild bitterness, choco, nutty, caramel.
thin,sharp, crisp
def. not a traditional stout but it works quite well for a richer dark beer. certainly easy to drink.
6/2/6/3/12
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
doesnt go down badly at all, combines well with the spicy ethiopian and injera. had at the ethiopian house in bottle.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma is smoky and malty, typical for a stout and appealing. I didn’t get a good look at the color, but it appears to be the typical opaque sable. Flavor is smoky with a hint of coffee, not as complex as most stouts I have tried but still enjoyable. Texture is firm-bodied and fizzy, leaving a smoky tingle. Think no good beer comes out of Africa? Guess again!
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