Phillips Black Toque India Dark Ale

Bottled. A deep red beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is powerful with notes of fruit and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, alcohol, and light notes of wood, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear dark brown with a reddish hue and a rough beige head. Sweetish aroma of vanilla and hard roasted malt. Medium body, sweetish hard roasted malt, vanilla and a fairly bitter finish. 120609

Bottled. Clear very dark ruby. Striking lychee aroma. Medium dry with clean mouthfeel. Very hoppy - the lychee and grapefruit flavours seem to last forever. Very bitter finish. Good stuff!

From bottle, blind #32. Pours dark brown to black with a slowly collapsing off-white head. Solid hoppy and light wooden aroma. Light fruity and hoppy aroma. Light bodied. Mild roasted to acidic base flavoured. Bitter and fruity base flavoured. Light acidic and fruity into the far finish. Smooth and fruity hoppy lasting impression.

Bottle 65cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #32. ]
Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hard roasted, caramel, moderate to heavy vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090612]

Bottle #32 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Hazy red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of coffee, chocolate and berries. Sweet and roasted flavour of coffee, chocolate and berries. Roasted finish.

Date: October 20, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown, headless
Aroma: sweet grapefruit aroma
Flavor: big malt flavor with lots of hops, touch of chocolate, light lingering bitter finish
Overall: great idea but needs a bit more body and sweetness

Date: September 12, 2009
Mode: bottle
Words: central city liquor
Appearance: dark brown, fine beige head, sudsy lace
Aroma: sweet chocolate and pine aroma, touch of caramel
Flavor: dry chocolate flavor, touch of roasted, light hops, some caramel sweetness shows up after a bit and enrichens the chocolate

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Chestnut brown colour. Aroma is a strange mix of lemon, chocolate and toast with a little lit match sulphur getting in the way. The flavour is of bitter chocolate, wood, citrus and caramel. I like the bitter brown ale concept. And this beer has really improved in recent months, too.