3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Linden Street Brewery. Adam, the brewer, poured it himself. Pours an opaque, dark chestnut-cola color with a short off white head. Unbrewed coffee and hazelnut aromas. Coffee and nutty flavors with coffee acidity at the finish. Somewhat thin, but decent. Very drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Celebration 2013, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with nutty hints. Roasted malty caramel flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap. Black with creamy off white head. Sweet chocolate caramel and lightly smokey roasted grain aroma and taste with a hint of citrus. Smooth medium bodied palate.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
A very good black lager. Pours black with a thick tan head. Smells nutty and coffee. Tastes a little fruity and nutty, with a very smooth aftertaste. Had on tap in Healdsburg.
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3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Linden Street poured a clear dark brown with a small lingering tan head. aromas of smoke, roastiness, cocoa and light earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of smoke, carmel, roastiness, cocoa and light licorice with a crisp dry lingering roasty finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft in Oakland. Dark brown with a creamy head. Aroma of bread dough, coffee and fruity esters. Flavor is rich malt, chocolate and coffee. Medium body with average carbonation. Another beer from Linden that calls itself a lager but seems more like an ale to me. Decent non the less.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
16oz lagerm glass at Monk’s Kettle pours a hazy, translucent deep mahogany with some fast fading white head. Nose is malty, nutty, light chocolate, brown bread. Flavor is sweet, malty, nutty, chocolate, light molasses, brown bread, coffee grounds. Medium bodied finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 ounce sample on tap at øl in Walnut Creek. The aroma is very roasty with some burnt cocoa hints present. Scant coffee. Nice enough aroma. Mostly opaque dark brown body with a foamy tan head. Leaves good lacing behind. An attractive beer. Starts with some promising roastiness, which is lightly burnt. The middle thins out big time. I get some huskiness and tannins late. Thin body, which is lacking. Unfortunately, this is pretty one-dimensional and fairly lifeless.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
From tap a dark brown with medium head, aroma is chocolatety and a bit of toast. Favor is malt and chocolate with toasted grain side note. Palate is lightly sweet, a little grain bitterness but ends somewhat watery. Easy to drink, nice flavors.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a hazed, near black body with a lasting tan head. Aromas are bready, vanilla, light roast, clean. Some smoke, leather and caramel. Flavors have a light smokiness to them, a hint of minerallity, salt, chocolate roast. Light umami and brown sugar. Lively bubbles, medium dry, clean.
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