3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, pours black with a tall light tan head. Roasted coffee and soy sauce aroma. Semi sweet chocolate and sweet roasted malt end with a lingering sweet chocolate flavor. A little too sweet for me, but it’s not bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Can from World Market. Dark brown colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, bitter coffee. Flavour of roasted malts, chocolate, some hops. Quite sweet.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Reviewed 9/13/2009 (Bottle):
Pours an extremely dark brown color body, huge head, light tan, very lasting, creamy. Roasty aroma, some espresso, maybe chocolate. Very good smelling. Creamy mouthfeel, coffee and chocolate flavors. Slight ashiness. A little boozy. Less hot as it warms up. Very good tasting.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a big billowing tan head. Aroma of sweet roasted malts, chocolate, black coffee, some smokiness, some soy and vailla. Flavor starts with a quick super smooth creamy chocolate malt character. Very rich milky cocoa and light coffee beans. Very sweet up to the dry finish with just a nip of dark chocolate bitterness. Medium to full super silky body and soft carbonation. Really tasty stout, I’d love to drink this at a pub all night.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
33 cl bottle, Fargo, ND, USA. Impressively creamy deep tanned head. Almost purely chocolate aroma with a nice infusion of raisin. Sweet with a building alcohol presence that ends with a very satisfying finish.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: AUG 3, 2010 Bottle, labelled Sinha stout. Pours black with massive tan head that fades to half a cm. Aroma has roast malts, blackberries, nuts, coffee, cocoa , soy sauce, cloves, liquorice, vanilla, smoke. Soft mouthfeel. Gently sweet. Finish is gently dry. Alcohol is well-hidden. Body is medium, slightly oily. Excellent. [rerate, same score] Fresher bottle. More dark berries and dried fruit, less umami elements. Looked at my previous rating and wondered whether I was just surprised that something pretty good came from Sri Lanka. But no, it really is a fantastic beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Creamy light milk choco head with black body. Choco Alcohol aroma. Choco alcohol taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown close to black with a small beige head. Aroma is malty fat liqourice and cold coffe. Mouthfeel is very smooth with fine bubbled carbonation. Flavour holds lots of liqourice, coffe and light caramell with additional complex notes similar to burnt spices. Ends on a lingering sweet note.
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