3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 dchmela (2218) - Orlando, Florida, USA - MAY 21, 2008
Thanks to MrManning for the 16oz can! Pours out black (like the can says) with a thick tan fluffy head. Light roasted grains and a hint of metal shavings. Taste is nice, chocolate malt, coffee, roasted grains, very drinkable. A little roastiness on the palate after. A solid Irish stout that I could see being a great session beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 daknole (5474) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - MAY 6, 2008
Can, thanks to robinvboyer! Well this one pours totally blackw tih a large bubbled cream colored head. Aroma is interesting...toast, coffee beans, dried herbs, and a bit of smoke too. The flavor is roasty, sweet, bitter, vanilla, molasses. This is a very unique brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 HogTownHarry (4809) - Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, CANADA - MAY 2, 2008
Can (473ml). Damned if I can see through it - opaque black, reasonably thick-looking, slightly small fizzy diminishing tan head (almost a 4). Dry aroma, solidly roasty but mild, nutshell and roast coffee bean, a little herbal. The taste is VERY dry and bitter - reminds me a bit of the 7-year-old can of Guinness tupalev shared with us a couple of years back - herbal, dry, coffee-roasty with a long herbal finish. Slick, porter-ish body and mouthfeel, sneaky-astringent, not much aftertaste - just a solid simple dry stout - I’ll buy more.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 GRM (2050) - Aylmer, Quebec, CANADA - APR 22, 2008
Can, 473 ml, purchased at the LCBO on March 2 2008, savoured on April 22 2008; eye: deep ruby, clear, no effervescence, voluminous beige head that turns into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: light roasted malt, coffee, light vanilla, chocolate milk; mouth: vanilla, roasted malt, vanilla again, light chocolate milk, short finale in light roasted malt, slightly creamy texture, lightly lactic, light astringency, lightly bitter, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: ordinary
FRANÇAIS
Canette, 473 ml, achetée à la LCBO le 2 mars 2008, savourée le 22 avril 2008; œil : rubis foncée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : léger malt rôti, café, léger vanille, lait au chocolat; bouche : vanille, malt rôti, retour de la vanille, léger lait au chocolat, finale courte en léger malt rôti, texture légèrement crémeuse, légèrement lactique, légère astringence, légèrement amère, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : ordinaire
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20 shintriad (700) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - APR 21, 2008
Canned. Smooth, kinda watery pour of very dark, grizzly-bear brown with a tiny toffee head. Clean, understated roasty and chocolate aroma. Flavour-wise, lots of burnt sugar. A bit of smoke and a hint of sourness, like in an unsweetened cafe latte. Sweet, very clean and very quaffable. Nothing stands out, but it also lacks any notable flaws. I would gladly drink this again.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 chicagodri (1605) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - APR 19, 2008
Thanks to Jerc for the can. Pours a very dark brown with a nice brown head. Not a lot of aroma. Very solid dry stout with a little bit of coffee in there. Has some very good smoke flavor...I am starting to become a big fan of smoked beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 JoeinEscazú (1120) - San Jose, COSTA RICA - APR 15, 2008
Thanks to Jerc for sending this sessionable stout with good all-around flavor. Can pours very, very dark but not quite black, a very thin tan head. Nose is like smelling a freshly opened can of French roast. Flavor is roasty but quaffable, with tinges of smoke and espresso. Moderately bitter. Long, smoky and dry finish. Fairly carbonated. Neither thin nor thick.
3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 mgermani (932) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - APR 15, 2008
Pours a dark brown with a loose-bubbled head that looks just like cola. Aroma is lovely - nice and sweet, hints of dark malt and root-beer. Tastes quite watery, very much like root beer but with a bit of lactic sugar and a light almost imperceptible hop presence. Body is lightly creamy but undercarbonated. Very drinkable, but lacks character and depth. Thanks to Robinvboyer for the trade!
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