4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 25, 2007 (Rather old bottle, best before 04/2007, one million thanks to Maria) Pours black with a light brown head. Rather sweet and complex aroma of friendly roasted malt that brings chocolate and smaller notes of coffee. Also tones of sweet liquorice, leather, suede, cellar, mushrooms, horse light smoke and dark fruits like plums and raisins. Some sugary hint of molasses, brown sugar and caramel. A light alcohol warmth. Nice chocolate flavour with tones of brown sugar, liquorice and dark, dried fruits. Some coffee and raisins in the finish. A bit vinous. Soft, silky and round mouthfeel with a gentle carbonation. Light bitter and some light acid tones. Medium full body. I can’t remember this leather/suede/cellar/ mushrooms nose from previous samples of this beer but it’s probably a vintage question. Anyway, nice and rather complex.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
11.2 oz bottle. Ebony with an active tan head. Nose is coffee, grapes and brown sugar. Medium light with fizzy carb. Taste is sweetened coffee and molasses. Bitter vegetal finish. Solid, enjoyable.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at my 1000 Rates Celebratory tasting, 8th Jan 09, courtesy of tashi. Pure black with a creamy/tan head. Loads of malt character but with a wonderfully smooth palate and a delightful creamy finish. Lots of soft chocolate, lighlty roasted malt.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rater 1001. Tasted 11/9/08. 330ml bottle. Sedimented and pitch brown hued. Trace layer of khaki head. Aromas of anise and coffee. Toffee and dark chocolate. Bitter earthy aromas. Medium to full bodied with a thick, rich and sticky palate. Good rolling palate. Bitter finish. Touch alcohol presence. This is really nice and fresh. Good amalgamation of flavors. Big coffee and chocolate malts. Check this out.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled, from Cooler Box, Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia. Supper dark brown, thick coffee colour with a brown skumy head that is still sitting in my glass the next morning. Sweet, milk stout aroma. Rich dark roasted flavour. A genuine foreign stout the origins of which I had to research to make sure its not the same as the Guinness Foreign Stout. The following useful website details the history of Guinness Anchor Berhad and Malaysian brewing in general - http://www.iol.ie/~ange/guinmay.html
Earlier Rating: 4/22/2003 Total Score: 4
Bitch black with a chololate brown foaming head. The roasted black malt just lifted out of the glass. Bitter sweet tasting with a long and full palate. This is a complete beer that fully deserves its score.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, dark coloured almost black with some small off-white to brown had. Deep malty roasted bittery hinted aroma. Full creamy body. Finish is creamy malty roasted, light alcoholic creamy bitter. Nicely balanced. Rather easily drinkable.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Outstanding. Chocolatey and bitter. Plenty of roasted barley flavor. Nicely dark with full head. Rich aroma.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330ml bottle. Roasty, bittersweet chocolate aroma, fairly complex with hints of smoke and prune alongside faint brown sugar, wood, dried flowers and dark bread. Solid black color with a fine, subsiding head and a good amount of lacing. Flavor profile is grainy and roasty to start, becoming nicely fruity and sweeter and seeing an influx of semi-sweet chocolate and toffeeish flavors before the long, mildly alcoholic, drying, earthy and fully malty finish. Very smooth and slick on the palate with a low amount of effervescence and a full body. Highly enjoyable; recommended.
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