3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Bottle sampled on 8/5/06, thanks to sk8viking: Pours a nearly opaque dark mahogany with a dark tan wispy-lacing head. Has a sweet dark caramel mocha aroma with a touch of earthy dry hops. Body starts with a mild, bitter, citric tartness, turning into a more roasty and dark chocolatey finish. Could use a little more body and sweetness without the mild tartness, otherwise a nice beer.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle @ home birthday gift from Faroeviking... Thanks my friend! ... vintage 2007... It pours pitch black with a small bubbly tan head... the aroma is coffee beans and chocolate... The flavor is thin waterish, coffee and actually nothing else...
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Exp. 2007. No head. Black. Low
Carbonation. Roasted malty notes. Sweet dry taste and a oily finish. Still well balanced. Maybe SOD's grandfather.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
21st October 2009
Opaque black beer, semi soft and semi dry palate. Minerally malt with quite a light touch of coffee. Left some thick brown sludge at the bottom of the glass. Semi crisp and dry minerally finish. Quite lightweight.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Black of color with a brown head. An aroma of roasted malt, liqurice and sweets. A flavor of roasted malt, bitter and weak sweets.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle. 4 years past ’best before’. Pours pitch black with a greyish-brown head. Berry-tart aroma. Roasted notes. Slightly oxidized and slight acetone notes. Flavour is berry-tart, oxidized and sour. Sour, roasted finish. No coffee notes to be found. Overall, this has seen better days. 25.09.10.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Black pour, red shine, brown head. Aroma has coffee, roast, chocolate, berry sweetness. Taste has cold coffee, liquorice, cinnamon, oxidation, burned popcorn.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Deep brown beer with almost no head. Aroma is a bit strange. Wet damp malts, some dark malty character, light coffee aroma and a bit of oxidized leather. Musty and dank and pretty shitty really. Not very good at all.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
.5 liter bottle. Pours a deep dark brownish black with a foamy beige head and some sticky lace. Aroma is chocolate and coffee yogurt, with some weird crayon, waxy esters- cetyl ester-like, and palm-oily with hints of nutty roasted charred chocolate. Flavor is very chocolate with dirty yeast, almost salty oxidation with leather that makes it tasted like a wet dog! Chocolate and harsh roast in the end with a bit more esters and wax. Probably past its prime- not sure if this would have been good fresh though.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Weird waxy aroma (phenols?) with a chocolate note underneath. Some sulfuric notes as well (lit match). Slick body with a weird flavor. Waxy, plasticy phenolics, stale tobacco, burning candle and papery notes. I’m not sure if this bottle was a victim of oxidation or what, but this stuff was off.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a small dark brown bubbly head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of dry coffee with light roasted malt notes. Taste is a well balanced mix between some roasted malt with notes of dry coffee. Body has an oily texture with low carbonation and a nice creamy texture. Bottle has some age on it but still very drinkable with great notes of coffee.
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