3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Dark brown pour with a dense beige head of fine bubbles. Coats the glass. Aroma is chocolate, wood, and faint dark fruit. Taste is bitter coffee, burnt, a little wood and dark fruit. Medium body with a little alcohol warmth.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is light roasted malt. Flavor is chocolate with some roasted malt. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle - country #78 thanks Mora2000! Pours opaque black with a large dark tan creamy head that slowly dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, cardboard, coffee. Flavor is light sweet, coffee and roasted malt, medium bitter, fairly astringent, a bit of a metallic finish. Medium body, quite carbonated, fair amount of warming on the finish. Not a bad beer, but the astringence is a bit offputting.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 22, 2013 Bottle from June 2011. Aroma of blueberries, moderate coffee and a slight dark chocolate note. Appearance is black with creamy tan head. Flavor is fairly coffee dominant, but with some amped-up chocolate; there is a touch of blueberry that terminates into a bit of an alcohol presence in the finish. Palate is big, creamy and velvety soft. An interesting IS.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Vinous prune, chocolate and light alcohol aroma. Black brown with a small head. Vinous fruity chocolate malt flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a tall, dark tan head.
Scent is slightly smoky coffee, dark fruit.
Taste is dark fruit, chocolate malt...
Creamy and almost vinous.
Pretty good.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Light chocolate malt aroma. Brown with small head. Mildly sweet wine and chocolate malt flavor. Pretty light for the style but not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a bottle. Tastes like coffee, chocolate, raisins. Smells like raisins, dates, figs, caramel. Smooth, medium body, medium carbonation. Dark brown. Light foamy head.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours deep, dark brown with average, creamy beige head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is plums, black cherries, caramel and toasted malts, floral hops, light chocolate, and faint woody notes. Flavor is roast malts forward with supporting dark fruit esters, chocolate notes, light floral hops, and faint vanilla; dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours black with a medium, frothy light tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is fig, plum, and raisin esters, caramel, toast, and chocolate malt with earthy hops. Flavor is malt dominant, dark fruity esters, light hops and bitterness with a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a dark opaque black in the tasting glass with a touch of ruby. Slight wet cardboard aroma with some roasted coffee and mocha. Spicy flavors up front; black pepper and cinnamon. Cream, dark cocoa, and espresso notes in the aftertaste. Overall, a solid brew! I’ll purchase again.
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