4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Comes out of the bottle a luscious opaque sable with a fairly thick and fine-bubbled light tan head that leaves some good lacing. Aroma has tones of roast coffee, molasses, caramel and burnt wood with a firm alcohol note. Mouth-filling flavor has a nice chord of molasses, quality coffee, semi-sweet chocolate, caramel and an alcohol nip and a honey-sweet hint. Firm-bodied, edgy texture has about an average amount of fizz. Definitely worth seeking if you like imperial stouts.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, raisins, roasted malt, coffee and vanilla. Sweet with some bitterness. Fairly balanced. Quite nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours dark, nutty brown with thick, frothy tan head; good retention and lacing. Aroma is dark fruit, roasted malt, brown sugar and chocolate. Flavor matches the nose with light smoke. Medium/full body with medium carbonation and warmth. Good beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black body, with a faint hint of red. Oh how I love that colour! The brown head is large and long-lived, or rather, the remnants of hte head are long lived: the head reduces to foamy patches and build-up at the walls disappointingly fast. Good lacing. Intense aroma, even at 10ºC, and it gets more and more intense as the beer warms up. It’s heavy malty and very sweet. Roasted notes, coffee, chocolate, tobacco, alcohol, and faint grapes, raisins and black currant. I miss some more obvious hoppy notes, but by all means a tempting aroma. Medium to heavy sweet taste and a medium bitterness with a long-lasting roasted coffee finish. Complex flavours, to quote my tasting notes: "First sip: initially totally dominated by very sweet caramel, then chocolate replaced by strong coffee. Second sip: sweet berries, then bitter chocolate coffee mayhem!". The alcohol is quite well hidden. Halfway down the bottle I got some oak as well, but that may because I really was trying to find it… Wonderful mouthfeel, with a full body (but not as full as Nøgne Ø’s Imperial Stout), oily to syrupy texture and soft carbonation. A very nice ale!
[50 cl bottle, enjoyed ~1 year before BB date, from Vinmonopolet Ullevål Stadion, Oslo]
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with ruby highlights and a large, creamy tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is chocolate and roast malt, raisins, figs, prunes and licorice, light minty hops. Flavor is dark malt and fruits, licorice and smoke, light hops and medium bitterness with a dry finish. Full body, medium warmth and carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a nice deep brown with a fluffy tan head. Soft, chocolatey aroma with minimal roast character, very Danish I reckon. Something perfumey in there too, maybe grapes. Flavor is a direct recreation of the smell. Chocolates and fruit with no bitterness, roast or alcohol. Not bad but lacks oomph. A little low on carbonation too I notice. A solid but unspectacular brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a tan head. Chocolate and rich malt aroma. Chocolate and caramel flavor with rich malt and light roast. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and toffee lingers with caramel, earth, and light roast.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Date: October 18, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Greenville Beer Exchange
Appearance: black, frothy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: dry roasted aroma, touch of sweetness, dark chocolate, roasted coffee
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, roasted malts, milky sweetness brings out the richness of the chocolate, bitter dark chocolate
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
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