 tytoanderso (1177), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Mar 8, 2008 Updated: May 6, 2008
2006. Bottle with a huge thanks to ygtbsm94 shared with hellomynameis and stine. Been waiting for a while for this one. Dark milk and bitter chocolate, toasted vanilla initially on the nose. Creamy peanut butter. A big alcohol presence that kind of distracts a bit. Pours nearly black as night with a thick dark khaki head leaving spotty lacing and a nice yellow film after a gentle swirl. Roasted malt and toasted marshmallow on the tongue initially.Bitter chocolate. Some dried vanilla, a touch of soy, peanut butter and an underlying fusel alcohol note that distracts from the overall essence of the beer. Viscous and chewy mouthfeel. An excellent example of the style... if only I could get beyond that fusel alcohol...
pivnizub (3768), Porúří, Germany
Aug 11, 2008 Bottle (RBESG 08): Pitch black with a small beige head; turpentine, vanilla, toasted malt and wood in the nose; very full bitter-sweet flavour, full bodied, creamy MF; long, long, long finish: chocolate, cacao and so on. Great, great stuff...............
Miksu (1244), Jyväskylä, Finland
Aug 10, 2008 0.25 l bottle (2006 vintage) at SOPP2008, Helsinki. Pitch black color with small creamy tan head. Sweet aroma with plenty and vanilla and whisky, coffee and chocolate is more on the background. Rich flavor with bourbon, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, salty licorice and sherry. Very warming and a bit sharp palate. Excellent dessert but I prefer the ordinary stormakts porter as this is slightly too whiskyish.
DSG (835), Yuvalim, Israel
Aug 9, 2008 (6/29/08) Bottle sample at RBESG08 grand tasting in Plzen. Black-colored with a brown head. Aroma of roasted to burnt malt, some sweet chocolate notes, cocoa and some coffee. Quite dry roasted-burnt flavor of malt, cocoa and a bit of dark fruitiness. Full-bodied. Looking forward to try a more proper sample of this from the bottle in my cellar.
bu11zeye (3628), Frisco, Texas, USA
Jul 31, 2008 (Bottle, 2006 vintage) Pours a dark brown body with a thick tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, light smoke, bourbon, and chocolate. Flavor of vanilla, roasted malt, light licorice, wood, and bourbon.
mjs (481), Helsinki, Finland
Jul 31, 2008 (2006 bottle at SOPP) Black. Medium-sized bubbly brown head. Nose has got liquorice and chocolate. Full and bit oily palate with little carbonation. Liquorice, chocolate, coffee, sweetness, Finnish Easter pudding, vanilla and whiskey in taste. Long lasting aftertaste. Simply fantastic.
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