 OlivierMTL (712), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
May 18, 2005 Couleur presque noire affichant des reflets rougeâtres à la limite du spectre. Faible mousse brume pâle n’adhérant pas à la paroi du verre. Aucun dégagement gazeux n’est apparent lors du service. Arômes de grains rôtis, de café, de pain grillé et de fruits plutôt noirs. Beau profil de malt grillé en bouche accompagné d’une sensation vineuse et fruitée (sureau, prunes noires, rouges). Un aspect rôti arrive en finale et continu d’exister pour un long moment après chacune des gorgées. Corps d’épaisseur semi mince à moyenne, carbonatation piquante et peut-être un peu trop présente.
Incubus1981 (12), Michigan, USA
May 15, 2005 Pours a very dark brown with only a little head and lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt and a hint of berry. Flavor is very roasty followed by a good hop bitterness and a vague hint of berry. Finish is bitter and slightly alcoholic. Beautiful, smooth mouthfeel. Decent beer, probably won’t buy it again, though- not really my style.
Miguel (1181), Saint-Ours, Quebec, Canada
May 9, 2005 Chocolat noir amer. Fruitée. Mûres, cassis... Très intéressante. Robe acajou très foncée, presque noire. Mousse en dentelle.
jasonp (1504), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
May 5, 2005 Very dark clear brown-ruby with a medium off-white head. Deep roasty, fruity aroma. Flavor has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, a hint of raisin and caramel. Some alcohol and berries detectable in the aftertaste as it warms. Medium body with smooth texture and moderate carbonation. Good head retention. Not bad.
Sanchex (223), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 3, 2005 Smoke, peat aroma. Dark brown and opaque. Cream coloured head with loose foam. Bitter at first but finishes sweet. Cloying sherry flavour. Full mouthfeel. Cheers!
BeerAteHer (384), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
May 2, 2005 Very stoutlike in appearance. The body of this beer is silky and as such has little head or lacing. Aroma is peaty and caramel malty with an underlying sensation resembling cardamom pods. Flavor is very well balanced, showing hops more than malt in a typical porter fashion. Also, some vague spice elements and what must be elderberry (sort of like welch’s grape juice) are steadily present in the background. Smooth alcohol finish. I enjoy this beer’s light carbonation and silky wet body more than anything -- it’s so true to Celtic beer styles of past eras.
turbo (1254), Arizona, USA
Apr 30, 2005 Bottle pored black with a nice off white head and good lacing.
Aroma is roasty malt,smoke, sweet.
Flavor is like a nice porter, nice medium body ,roast and sweet malts.
This is a great beer. Tastes more like a porter than anything else...and that works for me!!
BuckNaked (1204), Tempe, Arizona, USA
Apr 27, 2005 Bottle courtesy of csbosox: Brown body with a small tan head. Aroma is like a roasted porter with sweet and vinous fruits. Hints of cinamon, moss, earth, light berries, chocolate, and roasted malt. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Taste is sweet malt, mild roasted malt, fruit, light berries, chocolate, cinnamon, resin, earth. Finishes mildly bitter with berries and light spice.
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