4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
33cl, bottle no 11322, Sept 07. Opaque black with the creamiest, lasting inch of non-nitro head you’ll ever see. Smoky-sweet aroma of chocolate, molasses, and hickory-smoked pork. Flavor is a superb blend of the same with some dark fruit, vanilla, charred oak barre, caramel and whiskey. Heavy body is smoooooth and lightly oily, with just enough warming and drying on the finish. Brilliant sipper that could be a gulper. I didn’t give this one a 5.0 because Nirvana is the only place for that, but oh my Buddha....
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
A - Roasted chocolate and caramel aroma, with hints of scotch
A - Black with creamy brown head
T - Slightly sweet with full, but controlled bitter finish
P - Soft and creamy
O - Wow...this may be the best beer I have ever tasted. The search may be over.....
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Geweldig bier! Prachtig bier met zeer complexe smaak. Whiskey, rook, chocolade en mout. Iets voller en steviger en hij zou perfect zijn. Lekker met een stukje Blue Stilton.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Its hard to enjoy a beer when it costs this much, but Harviestoun is that good. The aging process gives its malt profile added definition. Oily black and coffee finish.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
A taste of this beer left me suspended in momentary shock, awe and excitement. I’m not a big Whiskey fan, in fact I avoid it. But this... I could feel roasted chocolate with a very noticeable Whiskey taste, and all I could think was "well, they got me into Whiskey now". It has a high alcoholic content, and this shows through in the taste. Not unpleasantly so, but just enough to remind you that you’re holding a powerful drink, and just like Whiskey, you must drink it with class. Almost black in colour, with a tan head, it even looks delicious. Medium to full bodied, quite slick. Such an amazing experience!
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 11.3 oz bottle poued Black witha thin tan head. Aroma and taste of coffee, chocolate and scotch. Delicious
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
It has a very strong barleywine/english strong ale aroma to it, but in the flavor has a very peaty malt base that dominates. Thankfully the scotch flavor doesn’t come into play, although the smokiness is very strong, which in the end makes it a great old ale.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
330 ml bottle fromt he LCBO. pours black with a tan head. salty barrel aroma with deep black malt layers. the flavour has everything you could ever ask for in a big black beer + smokey scotch + woody barrel. this is stupid easy to drink @ 8% abv. what an amazing brew, i cant wait to try the 40.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUN 4, 2008 courtesy of Laurent Mousson - dark black colour with a little dark beige head; roasted aroma of dark chocolate and cocoa, rich and robust; a touch of vanilla and highland whisky; oily and full-bodied, very bitter; long bitter chocolatey, roasted aftertaste - what a beer!
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
What an aroma! should get a 12! Flavor doesn’t start with ehaviness but it grows into an intense finish. Sweet and intense, yet it doesn’t seem to strong. Best aroma of the bunch.
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