2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
(Bottle, courtesy of Swalden_28) Pours a brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla, molasses, and maple. Flavor of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, and a quite displeasing buttery taste (DMS).
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Date: March 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown with ruby highlights, sudsy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with light roasted, light earthy hops
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, touch of caramel sweetness, only a hint of being beat with the house tart stick, balancing earthyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle, thanks nimbleprop. Small beige head atop lightly hazed dark brown-red body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, light seltzer. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, some lager yeast sour, caramel. Light-medium body, low carbonation.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 01/10/2005
Mid brown coloured with some alcohol present. Rich on the palate. Fruity slightly roast finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle poured a clear dark reddish brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of cocoa, light roastiness, light licorice and a hint of vanilla. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of cocoa, roastiness, light earthiness and a hint of vanilla with a crisp lingering cocoa finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear black with a small, fizzy tan head, low retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, chocolate, caramel), light hops (woody), and light esters (dried fruit) with notes of smoke and prune. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, chocolate, toasted), light hops (woody), and light esters (dried fruit) with notes of smoke and prune. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation, low creaminess with a dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at nimbleprop DC tasting, 6 March 2010 as Choc Miner Mishap. My first beer from Oklahoma. Good dark colour with a thin beige head. Some light, but firm, roast malt notes in the aroma. Lots of chocolate in the flavour. Purists would probably regard it as having too much chocolate for a Schwarzbier but it was fine by me. Firm and pretty tasty. A pleasant surprise.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Dark brown or even purple hues with light at the edges of the glass. Has a bad sour hay and mold aroma, with a bland, flavorless moldy harshness. Bad in so many ways.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A: The pour from bottle to pint glass is black with about one finger of tan colored foam.
S: The aroma is almost solely roasted malt with perhaps a touch of earthy hops.
T: Like the nose, the primary player in the flavor is the roasted malt. There is a slight acidity to the beer which lends it an almost sour flavor. A slight bitter and smokiness is present also, but at times is overwhelmed by the acidity.
M: The body is quite good, especially for what most people generally expect from a lager. The carbonation is very lively.
D: Definitely an easy drinker in terms of alcohol "punch", but the acidity/sourness detracts somewhat from the drinkability.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. Poured clear, deep brown with a lovely cap of tan head.. looked great! The aroma picked up toasty coffee, molasses, and black patent maltage accented by a touch of smoke and earth.. nice presentation. The flavor had sticky caramel, molasses, and coffee at the core with some vanilla and chocolate laced throughout.. spicy earth and lactic sourness surrounded.. finished with the milky sugars clashing against the malts. Lighter-bodied with high carbonation on the palate.. scratchy and bitter at the end.. OK feel, but barely.
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