 smith4498 (822), Miami, Florida, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Pours dark reddish brown with light tan head. Aroma of burnt malts and dark chocolate. Sweet roasty flavor with some chocolate and earthiness. Medium body with moderate carbonation. A decent traditional ale.
carruthm (1109), Seattle, Washington, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Dark brown/black pour with a thinnish head and little cling
Aroma is strong with roasted malts and cocoa.
Charred oak/malts and chocolate on the taste
Thin body.
goldbrew (99), USA
Sep 19, 2008 Went well with a caramelized onion and prosciutto flatbread. Roasty malt mixed with coffee and charbroil. Decent but not my favorite. Alcohol felt very mild. I don’t mind roasty dark ales but this wouldn’t be my favorite, especially drinking it by itself.
gsteph (263), knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 15, 2008 Blackened pour with ruby tinges. Thin tan head with spotty lacing. I could tell from the pour it would be a watered down brew. Aroma is strong but boring. Blackened malts, chocolate, a little cocoa, maybe some oak. Nothing really jumps out. More chocolate in the flavor, bitter cocoa, biscuit dough and charred wood. Body is thin and watery. Slightly bitter finish. It’s not bad, definitely drinkable. Hell, I’ve got worse swill in my fridge. Nothing jumps right out and grabs you. It’s simple and average.
esjaygee (1467), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Sep 12, 2008 Clear brown with a large lacy slowly fading head. Aroma of grains, chocolate and cocoa. Taste of chocolate, sweet malt, cocoa with a nutty dry finish. The best thing about this one was the garbage field goal that Florida kicked to cover by a half point against Miami of Florida!
DKTN (110), Mc Donald, Tennessee, USA
Sep 12, 2008 Ruby with a tan head. Sweet and earthy malt aroma with a bready flavor. A really god beer.
Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
Sep 9, 2008 Much better than my first NB beer (fat tire) but still nothing amazing. Dark clear brown pour with burgandy highlights and miniscule light tan head. Sweet caramel aroma, flavor is malty and biscuity. Aftertaste is a bit cloying.
Lagunitasfan (432), San Diego, California, USA
Sep 7, 2008 22 oz Bottle. Deep dark color with malty coffee and chocolate scents. Crystal clear-no haze at all. Not much in the nose. Latte colored head leaves a blanket as it dissipates. Interesting flavor. The coffee malty chocolate flavors are there but not immediately. The first flavors are round and sweet like a brown ale. That aspect fades quickly and is replaced by the complex bitterness. The side of the glass is filthy with lace cling-ons. I like this one a lot.
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