3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Bottle. Pours black with a nice light brown head. Unpleasant aroma with roasted malts, coffee, some hops and butter. Taste is roasted bitterness and hopbitterness with a dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Dark amber/brown colourd. Dense beige head. Aroma.: Flowers, herbs, caramel, light butter. FLavour: Herbs, caramel, some roast, flowers. grape. MEdium bodied. Ends herbal bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at yespr.
Clear orange-brown coloured with a small off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, hops and grass.
Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and grass.
Dry hoppy finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of notes of malt, caramel, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head, creamy. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Bitter, herbal and pine. Bitter and dry hoppy. Toasted malty, light yeasty and caramelish. Bitter and dry roasted finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Reddish brown, cola colour beer, beige head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, krentenbrood (raisin bread), amarena cherries in syrup, some hops. Bitter flavour, malts, roasted malts, some hops. Finish chocolate, mocha, bitter malts, caramel, lingering hops.
Fairly complex, better than I expected from seeing the earlier ratings. Guess a bit of aging made it more balanced.
(From 33cL bottle shared @ pre-FortaRock tasting)
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 5, 2013 1/VI/13 - 33cl bottle @ pre-FortaRock tasting - BB: IX/2013 (2013-509) Thanks to Tinus for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, raisins and raisin bread, some chocolate, liquorish. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, bit metallic, roasted flavours, hoppy, burnt raisins, bit sugary, caramel. Aftertaste: bitter and dry hops, burnt toast, more bitter hops, hint of mocha, very hoppy ending.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with light brown foam head, lasting and lacing. Hoppy aroma, nice bitter taste. Long aftertaste. (Velp 201304)
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Long neck brown bottle, 330 ml, at home. Poured into a tulip glass. ABV on my bottle 6%
Pours a black beer with a nice soapy, two finger tall and biege in colour head. Good retention and beautiful lacing left around the glass.
Aroma of sweet caramel, malts, red grapes.
Strong bitter taste, light citrus flavour, grapefruit-like, with roasted malts character and coffee, mostly notable on the aftertaste.
Medium to full body, average levels of carbonation. Very dry on the palate.
Great beer that happens also to be my first black IPA. With 70 IBU was a bit of a shock for me at first, but what a nice shock.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
300313. Bottle at home. Pours black with a nice white head. Aroma nuts, dry hops. Has the typical black IPA elements and yet strange somehow. Medium dry palate. Not Bad.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
I am liking this beer a lot. Great aroma and a beautiful white head. Bitter taste and a bitter finish but with some flowery, even slightly sour bits. Me likey! Bottle from De Bierkoning.
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