 skortila (2388), Bunnik, Netherlands
Aug 20, 2007
Yes!!! Bottle 2006. Rating #1900. Aroma of chocolate, wood, earth, cake, prunes, cognac. Very special and unique aroma. Opaque, black coloured with a thin, brown head. Taste is sweet with some coffee bitterness. Woods, lots of chocolate, some prunes appear in the taste. More cognac than port taste. Very lingering palate. Alcohol is noticeable (duh... 10%) but it gives the beer a nice warming character. Great stuff this is. I hope I can get it more often.
pivnizub (3770), 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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