4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500mL bottle, no date. I also have a review last year from General_Gao, but some day I’ll add my backlog. Ah, gotta love the gushers spilling on my computer, carpet, couch, and whatnot. Fuck! Very deep ruby brown--damn near opaque--with a two finger brown head, fading down to a 1/4 finger head by the time it took me to wipe up everything and Resolve® my carpet. Roasted malts, chocolate malted milk balls, nutmeg and misc. spices are dominant. Quite chocolatey with some sweet caramel and chocolate chip cookie dough. Flavor was roastier, though there are still some sweet chocolate and caramel notes again, cookie dough and raisins following with some warming alcohol. Though what I stated sounds somewhat like a RIS, it didn’t taste like one at all. The roast never got very strong. Semi-dry finish with bitterness reaching a 2-3. Moderate carbonation with a medium full body. I originally had this a 7-4-8-4-16, but think it deserved an extra point as it warmed.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark black-brown pour has a medium off-white head and beautiful depth to the color. Nose is muted with malty sweetness and carbonated liveliness. The texture and palate are really the best part of this brew with a nice silken heaviness that is well rounded out and even. Flavor is nice with some chocolate and coffee, a slight hoppiness at the back, and roast. This is clearly well-crafted and the texture alone makes it a remarkable brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours mahogany into a snifter. Mocha head recedes to skim surface. Sour pit fruit and alcohol aromas. Creamy and sweet upfront with a thin, lasting bitter chocolate and espresso finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Hamiton Creek. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt and piney hops. Full bodied with a nice robust mouthfeel. Flavor of dark roasted malts and chocolate, countered by a heavy spruce like hoppinenss. Some people at the tasting felt that they spruce / pine flavors were too much, but I liked it.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 15, 2008 another one from Beerworld of Largo. Very dark brown in color with some ruby highlights. Alot of caramelized malts and dark fruits, specificially raisins, chocolate, and light citrus hanging in the background in the aroma. In the taste, chocolate, molasses/caramel, raisins/figs, toffee, light notes of citrus. Full bodied and moderately sweet. Finishes lightly roasty with a lingering light hop bitterness, a touch of alcohol, and some dry chocolate. Complex, very nice beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a tan head. Dark fruits, caramel, spices, alcohol latent fruit. Vanilla and coffee to finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from BevMo Mission Valley. Pours a deep brown almost black with a small light tan head. Aromas of cocoa dust, dark fruits, and toasted malts. Flavors held pitted fruits, caramel, light chocolate, and a nice hop bite. Another great one from Nogne-0
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Very dark brown, almost black, with a whitish head. The aroma has some of chocolate, coffee and nuts, a bit roasty also. Medium body and I dont notice that much alcohol in it for being that strong. Smooth finish
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