4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught @ DØE General Forsamling 2009. Odense, Denmark
Clear dark black color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark chocolate, strong coffee. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090328]
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, alcohol, and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt and alcohol, the latter leaving a burn in the throat, but also notes of chocolate and a bit of soy sauce and wood, leading to a dry and quite roasted finish
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Completely opaque black with a light brown head. Distincly burned malt aroma. Medium body with very burned malts, ashes, coffee and vanilla with a light underlying residual sweetness. Dry and burned malt finish. I don’t really pick up the peaty smoke as described in the commercial description. 150509
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
CBF09. From tap. Pours pitch blach dark brown with a chocolate brown head. Dry roasted and hoppy to spiced hoppy aroma. Light light spiced, smoked and roasted malt flavoured. Dry and malty roasted to acidic malt finish. A bit too sharp to be really good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (thanks rsmeds!). Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is liquorice, smoked wood, smoked wood, peat and some mild alcohol. Flavour is smoke, liquorice, mild wood and some dark fruits. Quite dry palate as well.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2009.
Pitch black coloured with a small beige head.
Roasted aroma of chocolate with notes of liquorice and smoke.
Sweet and roasted flavour of chocolate, liquorice and smoke.
Roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle at KØ09. Good smoky aroma. Black colour. Nice stable brown head. The flavour is sweet and coffeeish, good pepper note. Roasted coffee, flavourful and nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Ølbaren, Copenhagen
Black color; creamy head. Ordinary aroma of roasted malt and ashes. It has a quite good flavor, because the roasted malt is not too strong and there is the sweetness that I like; for me it’s well balanced; there is also chocolate flavor and caramel, and light alcohol feeling in the end.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black with a large beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of burned malt, chocolate and mollasses. Flavour had loads of burned malt, chocolate, smoke and coffee notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at KBH Festival, 2009. Pours pitch black with a creamy white head. Smooth roasted nose and taste. Coffee and chocolate. Hints of lquorice. Full bodied. Ends dry and roasted. Very fine.
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