 craftycarl21 (543), South Hero, Vermont, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 23, 2009 pours black with a brown head, looks like a stout, with noticeable sediment at the bottom. Aroma is heavy with cocoa, roasted malts, caramel, and some dark fruit. Flavor is excellent- roasty stout qualities stick around, but alcohol and spice give it some of the belgian strong feel. Chocolatey palate, very tasty.
BMan1113VR (2818), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 23, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small, off-white head that goes and a murky dark brown body. Some lacing. Aroma of prunes, chocolate, raisins, rum, and plums. Taste is alcohol, prunes, spices, chocolate, nuts and a burnt taste. Somewhat vinous. Warming. A bit thin on the mouth, light carbonation.
Swalden28 (1449), McKinney, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 23, 2009 Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. Pours a dark, deep brown with beige head. Aroma of dark roast and dark fruit. Flavor of dark roast, fruit, and alcohol. Mouthfeel is med-heavy body with med-high carbonation. Overall, pretty good stuff!
mar (1826), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 23, 2009 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. black pour with a thick cream head. nose of chocolate, spices and roasted malts. awesome thickness with a great flavor of spices and a great chocolatey finish.
thebeertourist (2777), Oslo, Norway
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 21, 2009 Bottle. Dark brown with decent, dreamy beige head. Sweet, spicy aroma, quite a bit of licorice, but also orange caramel and alcohol. Flavours are even more spicy with a bitter edge, a lot alcohol, somewhat less harmonic than indicated by the nose.
matt7215 (959), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 19, 2009 tupalev’s 750ml bottle opened late at the first KW group tasting. perfect dark brown almost black pour with an everlasting beige head. aromas are very spice driven with dark belgian malt providing structure. the flavour is also quite spicey. i personally would like to see the spice elements toned down to let the other flavours shine. id love to try a bottle with a couple years of cellaring on it. thanks for the share jeff.
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 18, 2009
Name: Santa’s Little Helper
Date: November 30, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: black, fine tan head, streaky lace
Aroma: dry dark chocolate aroma, light spices, dark roast, touch of sweet fruity esters
Flavor: sweet rich dark chocolate flavor, lots of caramel sweetness along with sweet fruity esters, plenty of balancing spices, light bitterness, dominant bitter dark chocolate
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
Defreni (999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 Flaske: Sort øl med et flot skum, der ikke er brunt, hvilket gør at det ikke mislæses som en stout. Sød og med en god del lakrids i både smag og duft. Kraftig noter der balancere alkoholen fint. I det hele taget en rigtig lækker øl, men ikke så god som sidste års.
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