2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Blackish brown colour, fluffy beige head that does not last long. Medium-bodied, somewhat sweet aroma, some soft roasty maltiness, some bitterness from the hops (esp. in aftertaste), some coffee-ish undertones, and some too much carbonation. Kind of a compromise; an easy introduction to dark beers for pale lager lovers. Not that bad, however.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled.
Light-stout.
A lot of carbonation, rather thin with some roasted coffee-flavour.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled.
Dark brown colour. This is all about coffee. Coffee aroma and flavour with a smooth palate feel. Dry finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Canned. Interesting ale with pleasant roasted barley flavour. Similar to anglo-irish stouts. Coffee undertones. Looking forward to sampling their porter...
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Dark, almost black color with lasting head. Aroma bit alcoholic. Malt has some sweetness and strong carbonation overpowers mild hops. Aftertaste is bitter, due to too much carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 5, 2004 Bottled
Almost opaque. Tanned creamy head. Aroma sweet and coffee. Starts bitter, medium thin, sweet toffee and roasted malt, some bitter hops in the end. Just too thin to be excellent beer and needs more ABV but otherwise complex enough and one of the best from KOFF brand, like a little brother of brewery's world famous Porter.(6/5/7/4/14 3.6)
Re-rate: (Bottled, BB 03/2005)
Opaque black with tanned brown medium head. Roasted malt, rubbery aroma. Roasted, slightly sweet and medium-bodied. This is not "an ale" but more like "Schwarzbier". (6/5/5/3/14 3.3)
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark brown color; big head. Sweet aroma; malt, corn-like, light vanilla. Not really malty, thin mouthfeel in the beginning, it becomes more bitter, with a lot of caramel and roasted nuts.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: OCT 28, 2006 (Bottled) Very nice dark reddish brown, almost black color, with a medium, beige, cloudy and lacy head. Mild, dry and malty, slightly sour roasted coffee aroma. Flavor is quite dry, moderately bitter and burned-malty, very coffeeish. Long, caramely but dryish and ashy, roasted-malty aftertaste. Medium-bodied, oily, chalky and sticky palate - somewhat carbonated, too. A very stout-like ale, a "Finnish Guinness". A very nice effort from Sinebrychoff.
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