3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 21, 2012 Bottled. Pours black with a little, tan head. Nose of hard roasted malt, whiskey and smoke notes. Sweet flavor of roasted malts, smoke, spice and whiskey notes. Soft carbonation, full bodied and oily texture. Ends up more dry with an ashy bitterness.Nice indeed.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the Malt House - Pours dark brown with a thin ring of tan head. Nose is peaty whiskey with a boozy sharpness, toffee, and a touch of cherry. Medium roast. Roast is a bit charred in the taste, with chocolate, whiskey, cherries, and a long malty/warming finish. Smooth and velvety. Really nice after dinner drink.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, dried fruit, wood and a little whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Oily. 240512
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, wood, smoke, peat, caramel and nuts. Nice and smooth.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cl bottle. Bottle no. 03137. Bottled on 02/2009. BBE 24.06.2011.
Rated on 20110624.
Pours pitch black color with light head. Aroma slightly more bitter and even harsh oaky notes compared to 16. Some rubber notes come through as it warms up. Flavor has some sourish notes from dark fruits, distant salmiac and the familiar ash dry chocolate.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
(330 ml (bottle 72675, bottled 7/11) from Tully’s) Pours very, very dark brown with a thin tan covering. Aroma of whisky, wood, chocolate, molasses. Mouthfeel smooth, a touch oily. Flavor of aged whisky, wood, chocolate, molasses and a touch of Scotch smokiness. Tasty.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Backlog dec 2012 On bottle from Vinmonopolet Stovner.
Black color, some foam
Full bodied & high complexity
Some burnt coffe notes and whisky aromas
A bit disappointed by this one
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
9th September 2009
Opaque brown - black beer. Softish palate, low carbonation. Light whisky chocolate and dark malt. Dark malt. Smooth well integrated blend. Finishes with mild aniseed alcohol.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured from an 11.2 ounce bottle dated February 2009, bottle number 6432.
A: Pitch black body with a thin tan ring on the top. This looks like a Russian imperial stout.
S: You can smell the scotch here, strong forward oak, slightly peaty, slight chocolate. Rather sweet smelling.
T: Slight roasted malts up front, with mild chocolate, but the oak and scotch flavors come through the most. I’m not sure exactly how to describe scotch very much, but it has this (I think) peaty flavor I taste in my Johnny Walker Gold Label. I honestly don’t think I would have appreciated this very much if I hadn’t gotten into scotch recently. I also think I’m picking up some dried fruits, that could be oxidation though.
M: Medium body, a tad thin even, with light carbonation.
O: This is an interesting beer, I’m not a huge fan but I appreciate the complexity.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black with thin foam head.
Peaty monster with complex smoky notes and dried fruit flavours.
Very tasty, hint of salinity and nice peaty length and soft bitterness in aftertaste. Huge beer !
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Shared bottle @ Cardinal. Pours black as night with a small nice head. Ritch aromas of dark dried fruits and some roastiness. Flavors of nice roasted hops, toffee and malts, some hints of oak. Really smooth mouthfeel. A really nice beer which I will have again!
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