3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cl bottle at home. Black color with a very nice brown head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Flavor is coffee, bitterness (from both coffee and hops?), roasted to burnt malt, liqorice and fine sugar sweetness.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[on tap at EBF 2008]
Nice toasty aroma with no roast; nutty and British-like. Black with nice lacy tan whisps. Excellent strong porter with no burnt, stouty character and very fruity and nutty. Medium body, moderate carbonation, clean finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught@EBF2008. Black colour, not much head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, strong roasted malts and also some slight stinging alcohol. Flavour is alcohol, sweet malts, coffee and mild roasted notes. Aftertaste gets bigtime roasted malts meeting alcohol. Even though the alcohol hints it’s a quite nice and wellbalanced beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Draught@EBF).
Dark ruby, almost opaque color, small head. Licorice in the nose. Very solid, tasty porter. A bit sweetish, good malt profile, some licorice and coffee. Nothing extreme here, good! I like it and reserves a title "the best non-extreme beer @EBF 2008".
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap @ EBF 2008. Licorice in the aroma. Salty, malty roasted flavor with licorice. Soft velvety finish with licorice and honey.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at John Bull Pub, Ålborg. Dark brown, close to black body with a small, creamy beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, mocha, coffee and bitter chocolate. Flavor is biter coffee, chocolate, light burnt malt and fruity. The finish has some kind of nutty bitterness. This is s really great beer, lots of flavors and quite refreshing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
++Draught at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen.++ Black, small beige head. Roasty coffee aroma. Dryish and heavily roasty. Medium bodied with some dark chocolate. The mouthfeel seem to consist of a solid core with mushy edges. Some asphalt lingers in the finish. A solid porter with lots of things going for it.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Almost black colour with small beige head.Aroma is sweet like brown sugar and mild licorice.Flavor is mild rosted and with a medium body,some coffee note to finish it all off.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught at EBF 2008, Sunday September 14)
Clear dark redbrown to black color, tan head. Butterscotch, sweet malty, salty taste. Dry, butterscotch, grainy scent. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Draught) Almost black with a small, beige head. Sweetish-licoricey, moderately roasty aroma. Slightly sweet, nicely licoricey, smooth and pleasant flavor. Almost full body with low carbonation. Very well balanced, enjoyable and full-bodied stout, without being cloying.
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