2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
pours black as night,dark tan head,mollasses chocolate roast malt nose.sweet mollasses roasted malt chocolate.very sweet...prettey good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Slowly rising but thick rusty brown head on thick black beer. Have to swirl the glass to maintain a nice molasses and cookie scent. Trace of cinnamon? Flavour is gentle rich chocolate, molasses and light spice. Spice is ginger or nutmeg. Like drinking a soft chocolate cookie.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
"Why is this beer good?" Is a question I asked myself upon tasting this one. All sorts of different things going on but for some reason they work.
Appearance: Dark, dark, dark. Darker than a black steer’s tuckuss
on a moonless prairie night. The opposite of clarity.
Nose: Soy sauce. Don’t let this dissuade you, though, because...
Taste: Surprise! It’s easy to drink. And tasty and enjoyable. Ahh, the British and their beers.
Finish: so, so smooth.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Solid, but nothing particularly interesting going on here. flavors drop off abruptly, unlike the usual lingering roast
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 19, 2009 St. Kitts
Brewed by Carib. Dark brown with a reasonably thick light brown head. Smells a bit lagerish, and a little bit roasty. Good creamy mf, light roast that gets more acrid and bitter as it goes. Decent, with some "foreign" character but the charred notes and low abv place it more as a regular stout. 4-5-7-3-13=3.2
USA
Brewed by Sam Adams. Very dark reddish-brown. Medium brown head. Fudgey, crackery aroma with a strong vanilla accent component...like store brand ice cream that’s been sitting in the freezer a shade too long. Soft, smooth body. Roasty notes of Taiwanese iced coffee . Sweet, but not simple nor boring. Mix of milkiness, smoothness and firm roast. This adds a bit of fudgy chocolate. Solid brew...no complaints. 7-4-8-4-16 = 3.9
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured thick and black with a dark brown head that lasted throughout. Completely opaque.
Strong roasted malt aroma with no hops noted.
Taste was sweet - toffee, a bit of chocolate and roasted caramel (if there is such a thing - but that describes it).
A Trader Joe’s special, that store often disappoints with its beers, but this one is a winner.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
soft alcohol/roast malt aroma. starts off sweet with black malt finish (maybe kiln coffee?). good finish and balance of alcohol, malt, and carbonation. however, this sample had a pronounced sourness which may or may not be intentional. either way, it doesn’t subtract from the flavor.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
very good beer, goes well with beef stew. flavorful, very dark color, has very little head, virtually no after-taste, sweet going down.
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