3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 75 cl - bottled for 3 years, 5 months, 22 days - Pours deep brown with thin hazelnut head. Nose of wild cherries, some old vintage port, nutty, hint of vanilla. Medium body with fresh and vivid undertone; no carbonation whatsoever, dry finish. Taste of mocca, soy sauce, wine impression,
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Rated 16.1.2012. Black beer, thin but very creamy beige head. Roasted nose has milk chocolatey roastedness, star anise and some coriander. Sweetish malty flavor with rich dark caramel notes and round/chocolatey roastedness. Slightly sour and berryish finish with moderate bitterness, light salty note and clear star anise spiciness. Almost full bodied, smooth and slightly oily texture with sof carbonation. Well aged beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
05/01/2012 Brasserie 4:20 (375ml bottle). Bevuta al Mikkeller Beer Festival. Nera, densa, quasi impenetrabile, leggera schiuma color cappuccino poco persistente. Al naso è caffettosa, pungente, con intense note speziate (anice stellato e liquirizia). In bocca è caffettosa, speziata, con note di anice stellato e liquirizia. Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa, carbonazione soft. Ben fatta, una delle migliori birre assaggiate al festival. Unico neo, è un po’ stucchevole alla lunga.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pour is dark brown with thin tan head, aroma brings notes of roast, chocolate, spices, hints of caramel, dark fruit, and pine in there, with a more herbal note in there. Taste is a mix of pine and herbal spruce notes, hints of caramel, toffee, some dark fruit mixes with spices, finishing fairly sweet. Not bad.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared bottle at RBNAG-11. Black with dark brown edges. Small, fully diminishing choco head. Black chocolate, roasty and peppered dark malts to the nose. Dry cocoa and coffee ground accented malt flavor. Nicly spiced. Firm bitterness. Chalky mouthfeel. Medium full. Burnt and ashy malts in the a dry ending.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
75 cl bottle @ Nurmo, bottled 02.09.2008, BBE 02.09.2012
Aroma is rather strong on spices. Also some chocolate, salty licorice and herbs. Flavour is salty with herbs and salty licorice. A bit too roasted malt here.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a small fast fading tan head, leaving nice lacings. Aroma of roasted malt, cofffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits, sweets. Taste is malt, chocolate, notes of coffee, sweet dark fruit ( plums and raisins ) notes of cinnamon and other spices, some tartness. Thin to medium body, low carbonation. 211211
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
15.10.2011. 0,75l Bottle. Dark brown colour with tan head. Dry and bitter beer with that is a little sour. Roasted botterness and malts.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a clear dark brown with a lasting brown head. Aromas of toffee, cinnamon, milk chocolate and light carmel. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of dark chocolate, cinnamon, toffee and light earthiness with a crisp dry lingering spiced chocolate finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750 c&C from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours dark brown/black with a 3 finger tan head. Aromas of wine and chocolate. Brett notes? Full bodied. Vinous. Spicy. Earthy coffee. Chocolate. Arguably a bit bretty. Great with chimay grand cru.
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