3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a bottle poured black with a small amount of head. Nice strong toatsed malty flavor with a lingering finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 33 cl. Black with a tan head. A malt-dominated aroma with sugars present in abundance. Some roastiness in taste combines with hints of dark chocolate, coffee and raisins. Some bitterness in the finish. One of the best Finnish beers by a non-microbrewery.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured black with a superb and lacing, foamy and creamy beige head. Delicious aroma of coffee, roasted grains, some dried fruits and liqueric alcohol, vanilla. Rich body, oily texture with sweet coffe, deep roasted malt, dark chocolate, some creamy vanilla. Fine bitterness in the finish. Fine and delicious one, strong personality what makes numbly my tongue...
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours nice dark tan head. Fairly foamy, but it does eventually collapse. Aroma heavy in malts and dark sugars. Dark black body with no light passing through. Not overly roasted in flavor, but bitterness does creep up in the aftertaste. Good body. Not thin, but not overly thick like some Baltics can be.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a deep black with a big tan head leaving a very good lace. The aroma is very plummy with some vanilla and chocolate. The aroma doesn’t smack you across the nose, you’ve kind of got to get you’re face in the glass, but what is there is very nice indeed. The flavor is complex lots of wonderful things going on. There is a deep earthiness, with complimentary dark fruit notes of raisin and plum. There is a slight burnt toast/burnt sugar thing going on that tastes far better than it sounds. This is very robust and very roasty, with a bitterness that reminds me of espresso but it’s weird because there isn’t much coffee in the flavor. This isn’t particularly dry but it’s in no way cloying. The beer finishes off with a wonderful lingering lightly syrupy mouth feel. Freaking wonderful!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 23, 2009 Bottle 33 cl. Apperance; Black with a big lightbrown head. Aroma; Sweet, dark fruits, malty and some licorice. Flavor; Medium sweet, coffee. Nice with lot of Aromas and flavors.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle
Pours deep dark brown, mocha head
Aroma , malty, some bitter chocolate and roasted malts
Taste was just amazing Lots of good chocolate, coffee, roasted malts with a light bitter finish
Mouthfeel leans more toward cocoa with some charcoal palate, dry finish
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle many thanks from mreusch. Pours a very dark brown, almost black. Very malty, caramel, dark chocolate, smoke, raisins, molasses, and hints of coffee. Roasty with some saltiness. I enjoyed it. Thanks Matt.
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