4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 75cl. @ post Borefts BF 09 hotel tasting
Clear dark brown color with average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood, bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091031]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A brown beer. The aroma has notes of alcohol, whiskey, roasted malt, and an odd candy note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of whiskey, roasted malt, and alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. The alcohol burns.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, blind #17. Pours dark brown with a deep readish glare and no lasting head. Aroma is caramelish and hoppy. Sweet caramelish, bitter and slight metallic flavoured. Alcohol. Dark malty and roasted. Breadish and slight bitter into a dry finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of byaeger. Pours black with an orange hue and an off-white bubbly head that dissipates immediately. Sweet Bourbon and vanilla aroma. Medium body, hard roasted malts - but never burned - sweet vanilla and licorice allsorts. No bitterness whatsoever. Candy in a bottle. 210810
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle #17 at Papsøs blindtasting.
Clear red brown coloured with a small beige head.
Sweet aroma of caramel, oak, vanilla and dried fruits with notes of dark chocolate.
Sweet flavour of caramel, dried fruits, oak and vnilla with notes of alcohol.
Sweet and roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma with vanilla hints. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with woody hints and hints of vanilla. Has a roasted malty chocoalte and bourbon vanilla finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
( 750ml bottle ) Pours a dark brown body with a medium tan head. Aroma of cocoa, bourbon, vanilla, and wood. Flavor of toffee, bourbon, roasted malt, wood, vanilla, and caramel.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2012 Bottle at Borefts 10am day after hotel tasting after a very bad drunk Borefts festival ... deep black ... rich fruity stout ... with ligth whiskey nose ... rich deep tones ... light fruityness ... bit too much bourbon ...
bottle at home ... deep black ..thin tan head ... soft toffee brett nose ... soft roast ... big vanilla ... soft boutbon .. soft oak ... little brett ... soft toffee malt ... 3.3
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at post Borefts BF 09 tasting. Black with bourbon on aroma. Some vanilla, ok, some malt character. Some sweetness from bourbon. For a bourbon barrel aged beer, not bad. Still too much though especially the heat on the end.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Date: March 13, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBWG 2010
Appearance: opaque dark brown, wispy tan head, bits of lace
Aroma: roasted malt aroma, vanilla sweetness, touch of bourbon, light funk
Flavor: sweet chocolate and bourbon flavor, light tartness, drying earthyness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
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