 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 24, 2009
Bottle. Pours a deep black color with a thin dark khaki head. Moderate burnt roast and some light alcohol notes on the aroma, a light raisin tone also. Taste is slightly sweet with some small alcohol heat, chocolate cookie, roast, coffee. Balanced but doesn’t display much of the barrel aging.
arminjewell (229), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 5, 2010 Pours jet black with faint tan ring around the top. Smell is toffee and molasses with chocolate and coffee notes. Taste up front is a large amount of chocolate with some molasses sweetness, a bit of whisky taste that leads into a smoky and bitter finish from the hops. What a fantastic brew, but definitely a sipper!
burica2020 (15), Tinley Park, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 22oz bottle. Strong aroma of chocolate and slight fruit. Black color with a little brown head. Somewhat biter but good taste of chocolate, slight whiskey, carmel, and some coffee. Very smooth to drink.
Darkover (1318), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 Very dark brown with a small brown head. Aroma of whiskey, wood, roasted malts and vanilla. Medium sweetness, lightly bitter, oily feel, soft carbonation. Pretty good and drinkable too.
JohnC (2287), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 This is a very good beer. Pouring black with a 1cm brown head, one sip and an explosion of flavors hits you. Notes of vanilla, chocolate and whiskey combine very nicely. It is very creamy on your tongue and finishes nicely.
mspindler (351), Alta Loma, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle shared by....someone. Pours black with a dark tan ring. Aroma is coconut, chocolate, dark fruits, and over ripe pears with some alcohol. Flavor is pretty much german chocolate cake. Thick and silky but under carbonated.
jcr (1195), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bomber. Opaque black body. Tan head, mostly diminishing. Oil-like sheen. Aroma of roasted malts, sweet chocolate, whiskey, alcohol, smoke, molasses and licorice. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Alcohol bite. Full body, velvety texture and soft carbonation. A good sipping beer with complex flavors, but the whiskey is overpowering leaving notes of tobacco and vanilla. Too much whiskey flavor, in fact. Couldn’t drink more than a glass of this.
Ernest (4515), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, brown, fully diminishing.
Body is black.
Aroma is heavily malty (roasted grain, chocolate, molasses, caramel), with notes of whisky/alcohol, vanilla, wood, blackberry.
Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter.
Full body, creamy/syrupy texture, soft carbonation, heavily alcoholic.
Significantly better than my last bottle of the regular BORIS (which has been inconsistent, sometimes very nice and other times boring). I’m rarely a fan of the bourbon treatment, but this is rich and focuses more on the malt than the whisky. Burning in the finish, but overall enjoyable.
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