3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Kaiwei Beer House, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Near black, small head. Full roasty coffee flavour, but a bit tart around the edges. Mid sweet with mediuk body and soft mouthfeel. Nice concentrated flavours of mud cake and tar. Fairly low bitterness. Except for the tartness this has huge potential. It took me forever to get the waitress to understand that I wanted the Black Beer. It’s difficult to imagine a more friendly and attentive staff, but the level of English spoken is somewhat limited...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUL 23, 2010 Draft @ Cafe Brussels is better than location in Shenzhen. Pours opaque black with thick head and lacing. Chocolate syrup in the aroma. Has a sturdy body and good palate. Very chocolatey beer with good toasty malt character. If it’s kit beer it’s hard to tell, well done.
At Kai Wei Shenzhen. Pitch black, beige head. Mild delicate coal and chocolate malt but not roasty. Thin palate is soft. Nice flavors. Very mild and somewhat sweet but good. Clean dark malty fun with dry finish. Light bodied but perfectly fine. Caramel in nose and palate. 6-3-6-2-12
2.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
on tap-pours a tan, thick, creamy head that retains well. Black color. Aroma is malty. Taste is coffee, malty, OK carbonation. Not my taste but well done.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 20, 2010 2010, Cafe Brussel, Wuhan. Dark brown with a finger of foam. Rich aroma is full of chocolate, toffee and dark fruit. These characteristics carry through the palate with the accent on the toffee and those subtle fruits. Though it gets a little thin at the end, this is a nuanced, complex dark lager. 8-4-7-4-15 = 3.8
2010, Shenzhen. Dark brown, hazy. Nutty aroma with light chocolate notes. Soft body. Beer showing maybe a little funk. Still soft in the finish, with chocolatey notes and light fruitiness. 6-4-6-3-12 = 3.1
2004 rating, flagship pub in Hankou. Chestnut brown, with thick head. Nutty, chocolatey aroma. Compex palate, though a little astringent. Tobacco, chocolate, coffee and nuts. 5-4-7-3-14 = 3.3
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