3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker,Gent, Belgium, Friday 8th June 2012 consumed Friday 29th June 2012 at Lyn & Barry’s. Pours pitch black with beige head. Thick in mouth, quite noticeable spirity warmth. Generally smooth but a bit too much alcohol, oodles of coffee. Almost a chilli warmth at times. Like this but my interest wanes as a take each sip. A8 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.6
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Port Street Beer House, was pretty expensive, 18 pounds if i remember correctly, but i wanted to treat myself the night before my 1st game at Old Trafford (come on united!!) .. . . pours a deep black .. solid foam .. . coffee and apple brandy .. light heat, some tar in the finish too .. . quite the experience, i enjoyed it .. . . . People are so selfish these days. Not a single person in this homeless shelter will loan me their toothbrush...
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, at home in the couch, packing up a box of beer for a trade. Looks good, smells good, tastes good. I like. To bad it’s such a small bottle.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with (and great courtesy of) the Bergen tasting crew. Has a deep reddish brown colour with no head. Sweet aroma of liqour, caramel, brown sugar, coffee, alcohol, oak and cocoa. Powerful flavour with warming alcohol and more touch from the barrel aging. Complex and nice. Has a silky and rich mouth feel, and a medium bitterness. Powerful, well-balanced and nice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
11.05.2013, 0,25l bottle sampled @ BBGTC moving-home-tasting for Floffern:
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry, wood, cocoa, alcohol, grass, coffee, dark sugar. Taste is medium rich and dry, sour coffee, wood, cocoa, alcohol, grass, dark sugar. Dry long lasting finish and bitterness. Not a favourite.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, shared with Foffern and Inbreak at Foffern’s going-away tasting. Pours a jet black body with a miniscule beige head. Nose is wood, licorice, espresso, calvados, grape peel, hints of burnt sugar and caramel. Subtle calvados tones which work very nice. Taste is licorice, espresso, wood, dry charcoal, calvados and hints of dark chocolate and burnt sugar. Full body, soft carbonation. Elegant and subtle in its makeup, this is a tasty understatement.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Un nez puissant de tannins et d’ethanol dans un marécage chocolaté. Le calvados est vraiment envahissant au début et ne réussi jamais à balancer le poids des sucres. Bon mais à court de l’excellence.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
1-year aged 8.5 OZ bottle poured into small snifter. It pours deep, deep deeeeep opaque black, with a small ring of foam. This one is so deeply black you can’t even perceive a hint of light through the glass...in this was tested in direct afternoon sunlight! Aroma is of coffee, dark chocolate, calvados (duh) and is quite woody. It’s also quite boozy but it isn’t a fault in this case, in fact, it blends well (and we have to remember it’s 10.9% abv anyways)! Taste is uhm...bittersweet let’s say? The bitterness has a lot to do with the woody aspect of this brew. Body is full, with an oily texture - really, really nice. Carbonation is practically nonexistent. Finish is long. Very long! Overall? Wow. This is a very well done barrel-aged brew. Every aspect - aroma, taste, texture seems to fall into place perfectly. Highly recommended.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Dark, oily, almost lumpy. Aroma of roasted coffee, coco and mild oak. Powerful taste of coffee, dark chocolate, wood, and some calvados - taste lasts forever. Great stuff.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle @ Triple Rock Sour Sunday, Triple Rock, Berkeley, CA. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma with nice hints of calvados. Roasted malty bitter chocolate and coffee flavor with woody calvados hints. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate finish with calvados hints.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, 03/24/2013. Pours dark brown, nearly black, medium creamy dark tan head, settles in a few minutes, fine lacing rings the glass. Aroma is round, rich coffee and chocolate with smooth roast background, very dark, raisin and sweeter fruity barrel notes. Taste begins with fruity calvados notes, boozy apple highlights coming in, then changes completely, expanding to intense char roast, espresso grounds, cacao nuts and dark chocolate, long bitter finish. Thick, creamy palate. Wow, nice and quite complex.
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