4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pleasant aromas of chocolate, coffee, and mild caramel. Midnight black appearance & completely opaque. Coffee forward flavor and a lingering dark chocolate with a smooth finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours opaque black with a small brown head and decent lacing. Aroma is coffee, dark roasted malts, chocolate, a bit of citrus. Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Medium plus body. Decent, but nothing spectacular.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the brewery. Dark black pour with nice head. Aroma was cocoa and caramel. Taste was chocolate with a touch of roast and nuttiness. Pretty good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown pour, beige head. Coffee, roasted malt, light chocolate, and dark roasted nuts. Flavor is roast, cocoa, prunes and light espresso.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at El Tovar. Brewer not listed but this has to be it ("Starry Night Stout" on a menu in Arizona). Pours a deep cola brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, nuts, brown sugar, and coffee. The flavor is a more muted version of the same with an odd metallic note. Light-medium bodied, with moderate carbonation. Not bad.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2009 Limited Release bottle picked up in Santa Barbara. Pours with a black body and a brown head that fades before it arrives. Somewhat glass coating. Aroma of brown sugar, baked biscuits, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa powder, vanilla beans, pretty rich smelling. Flavors are not so good. Light infection. Vinous, dark fruits, bitter cocoa, lactic sourness, metallic. Light bubbles, watery, infection (once again!).
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2010 2009 Bomber from BevMo Salinas. Nose of coffee, chocolate, and a slight sourness; must be slightly infected. Black with a small cinnamon tan head. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, pepperiness, and a slight hint of off sourness; not too bad of an infection. 5/4/6/2/11/ 2.8
A fresh bomber of 2009 from the brewpub! Much better! Nose of strong roasted coffee and chocolate. Clear black with cherry edges and a small cinnamon colored head. Flavor is coffee and more coffee, light bitterness over a hint of chocolate. Very good this bottle.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
2008. Black with a mocha head. Aroma is espresso, roasty, chocolate, light alcohol. Taste is roasty, mettalic, light chocolate and coffee- light alcohol.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
22oz bottle, 2007 release. Black with a small brown head that leaves a ring around the glass. The aroma is pretty roasty with coffee, dust, and wet earth. Tasted clean on the first sip or two, but then a chalky, ashy element became noticeable, combined with a bitter coffee acidity. The body feels robust, yet also a little water, with a chalky drying in the mouth in the finish. The flavors really didn’t do it for me and I hope I’m more impressed with their other offerings.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Nitrogen draft at brewery, consumed 02/18/08. Beer is almost black with a fine tan head. Aroma is a little roasty. Despite nitro, mouthfeel is watery. Mineral water flavor is odd, like beer was brewed with Perrier. Mocha and chocolate fight with the minerals in a struggle for flavor dominance that leaves your palate the loser. Disappointing.
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