4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours black with creamy beige head. The aroma is dark ripe fruit, roasted malts, spices, chocolate and some hops. The flavour is roasted and spicy with notes of toasted caramel, chocolate, berries and some hops. Creamy texture. Berries and fruit in the finish. Great!
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4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Skjold Burne. Huge creamy tan head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, fruits, candy sugar, chocolate and hops.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 2, 2012 A almost black beer with a medium, brown head. Aroma is great, roastiness and liquirice, lot of pine woods and some warming alcohol and spicyness. Taste is also roasted with liquirice, medium piney bitterness, spicyness, anis and some black peppers and spicyness. Smooth carbonation, full bodied, pleasant to drink. When the beer is warmer, then spicyness is more dominant than liquirice. This year Santas helper hitts the target and I enjoy this package, very succesfully, enjoyable, distantly similar than Nøgne Ø #100, but clearly more spicy. Edit. 2.11.2012. One year old, now there are also dark furits and raisins in the aroma, same dark fruits can be found also from the taste.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bitter, chocolately stout-like aroma. Very good taste. Dark bitter chocolate stout on the taste -- though listed as a BSA. Pours a great dark brown with tan head. Excellent brew.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep, deep reddish brown with a generous tan head that dissipated to a solid film and left very nice lacing. Chocolate and dark fruit up front on the nose, with hints of gingerbread and coffee poking through. Sweet dark fruits highlight the flavor profile, accompanied by strong coffee notes and modest chocolate. Winter spices and warming alcohol are also present. Full bodied, rich creamy texture, average carbonation and the dark fruit sweetness lingers in the finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours very dark red with a tan head. Aroma is spices and roasted malts, as is pretty much the flavor. Brilliant again from Mikkeller.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Systembolaget in Jakobsberg.
Dark brown with a medium, creamy tan head. A lot of licorice both in the aroma and taste. Sweet with chocolate, roasted malt and notes of vanilla. Nice and complex.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Ølkonsortiet christmas beer tasting. Pours black with a creamy light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, berries, licorice. Taste is malt, yeast, dark chocolate, dark fruit, berries, light licorice, spices, alcohol showing up in the finish. Full body, soft carbonation. Could well be mistaken for a imperial stout, but whatever still a great beer. 051111
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Almost black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, dried fruit and light yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. Soft and smooth. 031111
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A - Dark brown-black with a finger of frothy khaki head. Fades fairly slowly.
S - Dark caramel malts, dark fruits, Belgian yeast, clove, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, other spices, chocolate, and a bit of booze.
T - Sweety dark caramel malts, raisin and other dark fruits, Belgian yeast, clove, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, other spices, chocolate, a hint of roasted coffee, and a bit of booze.
M - Full bodied, moderate carbonation. Smooth with a sweet, spicy, and warming finish.
D - Nice spiced BSDA. Good overall balance.
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