4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a solid black with a short brown head and some lacing. The aroma has a great sweet cherry aroma with an equal amount of chocolate. The flavor has a nice balance of cherry and chocolate up front, with a sweet middle and a subtle chocolate and dark malt aftertaste.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught.
Black with a brown head.
Rich, roasted aroma, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, smoke, cherries, hops.
Semi-sweet, full bodied, medium bitterness, creamy CO2.
Rich, complex, roasted taste, chocolate, cherries, coffee, tobacco, ashes, smoke.
(2012-05-01)
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Serving: 12 oz. bottle from State Line Liquors. It pours pitch black with a large, tan head. The nose has lots of roasted notes with some coffee, dried cherry, alcohol, and grain husk. The flavor has a mix of light berries, roasted malt, bittersweet chocolate, some cherry skins, a little obvious alcohol, and coffee on the back end. The flavors never quite blend together well. The cherry tastes artificial with a weird tartness cropping up as the beer warms. Oily texture with a full mouthfeel, slightly softer carbonation, and a finish that lasts too long considering the flavor. I can’t say I cared for this one.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black with thin brown-reddish head. Aroma dark chocolate and port. Complex flavors of vanilla, tobacco, leather and a bit of sweet fruit at the finish. Would have like for a more pronounced cherry profile.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
This beer kind of sucks? Maybe its too old or just not very good. Aroma is decent with chocolate, weird medicinal cherry, and artificial sweetness. Taste is very strange herbally sweet and plastic with a background roastiness. I DPd my glass after a few sips.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nice beer. Good, not great. Tasty chocolate & roasted flavor but the cherry is kinda flawed. (12oz bottle / Liquor Barrell - St Louis Park, Miracle Mile / 05/2012)
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
No real roast or dark malt flavors, cherry is slightly fake tasting and chocolate is milk chocolate type. Subpar
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a deep tan mocha head. Aroma is deep chocolate but no cherry. Flavor is also fairly dark chocolate with a little dark cherry tart hiding underneath. It is not a marachino cherry flavor like I expected which makes this all the more subtle. Excellent beer. Thanks to Bellport Dave for this rare treat.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours tar black with a ran foamy head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt,and cherry. Cherry flavor with chocolate with hint of roasted malt. Smooth creamy moutfeel. Great beer!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From notes: Poured ink-black with a small, thin dark tan head and mild bubbling along the side of the glass. Chocolatey aroma with a faint note of dark cherry. Deep and full-bodied, with a touch of oilyness to it. A bit of a sweet cherry flavor up front that mixes nicely with a cocoa note in the finish. The combination of flavors lingers nicely onthe tongue. Definitely a winner.
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