 MartinT (5085), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 16, 2008 My Bottom Line:
Vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate intertwine in this silky and quite drinkable Sweet Stout.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam circles the brown-lined blackness.
-This is rather lean for a 7.5% Stout.
-Complexity is not really at play here, but all of the sweet malts and coffee nicely coalesce.
-The bubbles are tiny and quiet, leaving plenty of room for the malts to express themselves.
Bottle.
kramer (2533), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 31, 2008 500 ml bottle, via Beerlando. Pours a slightly cloudy dark brown, minimal brown head, with light visible carbonation. Great nose of coffee grounds and roasted barley with a little bit of earthy yeast. The flavor is pretty astringent, but managable. Lots of dark roast coffee, and zero perceptable alcohol. Long lingering coffee finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a little watery in texture, with nice soft carboination. Overall, pretty decent, especially for a coffee lover.
Darkover (1319), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 30, 2008 Very dark brown with a small brown head. Aroma of mild coffee and chocolate. Flavor of coffee and dark chocolate. Pretty good.
liinis (722), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 28, 2008 Updated: Dec 1, 2008almost black with a brown head. lots of liquorice. Very tasty and rich with well roasted espresso sweet chocolate. smooth and medium, almost full bodied and thick. Good head
JCB (1807), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 Oily, thick, gloopy pour, surprisingly with a decent head and carbonation on top. Barely detectable coffee in the nose, overpowered by a fruity, and at times lactic aroma. Sweet stout indeed, and a nice well-balanced one at that. But there’s just not a whole lot of the coffee in there, making it a bit too sweet for what I was expecting.
tronraner (1939), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 16, 2008 Bottle at the 2008 pre-Brewers’ Jam warmup. Pours mahogany black with almost no head. The aroma is rich espresso with a little bit of chocolate and raisin. The flavor is strong, smooth espresso, black cherry, and a bit of roasty sourness. Uncomplicated, but good.
BeerHawk (1203), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 13, 2008 Bottle shared by Suttree at the Pre-Brewer’s Jam Tasting. Poured a dark brown with a thin off-white head that left spotty lacing. Aromas of coffee and dark chocolate. The flavor had sweet chocolate but also a bitter espresso coffee. Medium body. Sweet up front but a bitter coffee aftertaste. Nice!
lithy (1860), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 12, 2008 Suttree’s 2008 Pre-Brewer’s Jam Tasting. Sample from a bottle thanks to Suttree. Deep dark pitch black with hints of earth brown at the edge. A tan ring of head circles the top of the drink. Cold espresso and black cherries. Solid smooth body and a flavor of cold ground coffee beans is actually refreshing. Long finish of bitter coffee.
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