4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.Pours black with a big creamy tan head. Fruity aroma, dark fruits, tar..Taste is first of all a lovely roasted one, smooth mouthfeel, nice bitter bite at the end.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with a light brown creamy head. Aroma is roasted barley, chocolate and coffee. Flavour is light roasted barley, sweet chocolate and coffee. Nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Looks like a stout should: dark, with a strong head. Quite mild and light though (for a stout), with a very balanced flavor. Very drinkable, but not very distinctive.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Wow, this one was a very nice surprise. Pours black with tan head. Aroma of dark fruit with slight coffee notes. Taste is very smooth/silky slight coffee, dark fruit (cherry?) and finished with a nice coffee bite. Very good, would drink again.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
pours coffee with a dense tan frothy head. fruity aroma of raisins, and prunes, with hints of espresso. silky mouthfeel. complex sweetness with notebale raisin and dark fruits, maybe cherry. toasty aftertaste with hint of smoke from roasted grains.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours almost jet black with a nice amount of head, just shy of half an inch on the initial pour. Full bodied, but very smooth. On the aroma I get malts, chocolate, ever so slight coffee and slight slight hints of toffee. On the palate I am getting chocolate, like silky smooth choclate, some hop bite there and coffee along with a hint of toffee as well. I like this one. Also considering where it is from very nice beer indeed.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This beer has quite a lot of character going for it. It pours a dark color with a very full body. The head retention is quite good, as is the strong dark chocolate aroma. In many ways this reminds me of Stone’s Russian Imperial Stout except that this beer is not quite as complex. The flavors of chocolate, mocha and some coffee linger on the palate for quite a while afterwards.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is a new find for me. Dark with light cream head. Easy to drink, a tad sweet. Found in Lexington SC at Sam’s for $8.99 a six, drink early and often!
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