3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Muddy brown with a thick head. Peaty accented chocolate aroma. Full malty palate with lots of chocolate and medium peat. Not terribly complex but big and creamy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, purchased in Cheddar. Had to try this one, haven’t seen it in any pubs. Practically opaque brown with ruby tint. Large ice cream head. Aroma is rich. Chocolate malt. Mild spice like from ginger. Pure chocolate and some minerals. The mouthfeel is very soft, and also somewhat tannic and dry with decent carbonation. The peat is not really noticeable to me in the aromas or the flavors but there is a woody dryness on the tongue that is nice. The flavors are interesting, very much like bittersweet chocolate like eating 100% cocoa chocolate. A very dense beer. Not as exciting as expected, (I think maybe the peat is in name only), but still good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Kris Wines. Very dark brown, big tan head. Pear chocolate aroma. Flavours of pears and chocolate, light a very light-weight Rochefort with added bitterness from roasted malts, that appears mostly towards the finish. Nice fruitiness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 10th Feb 2010. Very dark brown with a silky smoothness. Stewed fruits and peat on the nose. Dark chocolate flavours and a soft finish. Bit of warmth at the end. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of smoked and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet iwth notes of malt, caramel, and peated smoke, leading to a dry roasted finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Yespr - Thanks. Clear dark brown - offwhite head. Smokey, peated, licorice, high malty, roasted, english licorice, light chocolate, caramel, nice smokey.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 660ml.
Alc. 4.3%. Clear medium to dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, peat notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100604]
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at yespr.
Clear red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Light roasted aroma of caramel and liquorice with notes of smoke.
Light roasted flavour of liquorice with notes of smoke and hops.
Hoppy finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Dark brown coloured. Dense light brown head. Aroma of sweetness, light roast and some caramel. Flavour of sweetness, cocoa, light roast and some spice. Medium bodied. Dry light roasty end.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 9, 2010 Dark brown with a large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, dark chocolate and hints of smoke. Flavour had peated malt, hard roasted malt, dark choclate and coffee notes. Finished sweet.
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