3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 08083/Sept2007
Surprise! It’s dark, which I didn’t expect. It’s pretty much pitch black in fact.
Iodine was the first thing that came through in the nose, something I pick up when I’m sampling a dram of Scotch. Funny, from memory, Highland Park didn’t smell like that. Enjoyable smoky and vanilla effluves as well.
Salty and acidic, it tasted like Tamari sauce, with a side of ashes. Light body, you can tell that the barrel aging stripped the Beer of some of it’s ’soul’, something I find a bit deplorable. I enjoyed, but this seems to be a case of a Beer not exceeding the sum of it’s parts.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
3 yr old bottle. Black with half finger tan head. Aroma doesn't have the overpowering liquor smell. Nice and smooth. I'd like to make a beer like this. Nice balance. Perfect
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cl bottle. Bottle no. 59787. Bottled on 01/2009. BBE 24.06.2011.
Rated on 20110624.
Pours pitch black color with medium, slightly foamy head. Aroma has a lot more vanilla compared to 12, but less peat and oak. Liquorice gets stronger as it warms up and some soy notes present themselves. Flavor of ash dry chocolate and vanilla. Bitter dry palate, slightly slick.
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4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dated Aug, 2010. Black light, whispy, beige head / Big, rich, musty nose of cocoa, coffee, salami, chalk, molasses, and oak / Medium body, a touch thin with soft carbonation, malty, decent finish / Musty flavors of smoke, salami, peet (scotch), bittersweet chocolate, roast coffee, caramel, molasses, prunes, vanilla, and oak / Very good, with classic European tight-knit, cooked flavors.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 330ml vintage 2011 (Bottle #76379) @ home
Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, wood, tobacco and peat. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasty, light smoked finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
23rd August 2009
Opaque black stout. Much like the 12. Neutral to soft palate. Light malt, very slight roast. Lots of smooth whisky and a hint of vanilla oak. Overall very light for it’s make up.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle#17274 Sept 2007. Pulled this out of my cellar. Pours like oil and no head. Aroma is strong, yet funky alcohol. Flavor is more complex, peat, vanilla, and smokey. I was expecting much more out of this one.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
black crushed charcoal pour with slight brown head - aroma of dark rich malt (toffee and a bit of coffee) - initial flavor impression is a slightly burnt caramel/toffee/coffee and a strong alcohol kick and an almost medicine like quality. Not really that great in my opinion, especially for a small $8 bottle of beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours motor oil black with a small, thin tan head. Quickly disappears and leaves some spotty lacing. To begin with, the only scent I get is lightly peated whisky. As it warms, some sweetness comes out with mocha tones. Sweet vanilla and peated whisky mix with roasted malts and light biscuit. Not bad but not great
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330 ml bottle sampled @ BAJT. Pours pitch black with a mocha head that leaves some trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet and malty with dark bread, dried dark sweet fruits, bitter chocolate, dark grapes, wood and hints of smoke and lemon zest. Taste is sweet and malty with peat, wood, smoke, dark dried fruits, roasted malts, bitter chocolate and hints of hay and orange peal. Mouthfeel is round, vinous and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with roasted malts, peat, smoke and dark fruits.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 33 cl, BAJT, tnx to rlgk. Pours pitch black with a small bubbly rim of tanned head leaving lace. Aroma is sweet, vinous sweet, whiskey, barrel, fruity and slightly roasted. Flavor is dry acidy peaty in front, more whiskey and barrel character with vanilla and fruity tones in middle finishing addin the bitterness and more whiskey roughness. Good peatyness solid all the way til the bitter end ;).
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