2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Yorker (582) - Århus, DENMARK - NOV 1, 2012
33 cl bottle @ home. Pours black with some sediment and a tan head that leaves a little lacing. Aroma is malt, nuts, grains, and something slightly metallic. Flavour is roasted malt, nuts, and a small amount of earthy hops.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Gerbeer (852) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - OCT 30, 2012
330 ml bottle. Pours black with full head. Aromas of toasted malt, dark cocoa powder, and grass. Metallic. Light watery flavors of coffee and roasted malts. Little hops.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 northropfrye (1344) - Steinbach, Manitoba, CANADA - AUG 29, 2012
Faint coffee aroma, a sweet nutiness. Attractive black body with offwhite foamy head, some nice lacing. Taste is rather understated, sweet bready malts, a bit of roast taste, but altogether too faint.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20 adnielsen (6152) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - JUL 12, 2012
Bottle @ Rene’s house. Thanks Rene! Dark brown appearance with a foamy, brown head and nice lacing. Burnt toffee, roast, brown sugar, grassy aroma. Fairly sweet, dark caramel/burnt sugar, roasty, a bit charred flavor.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20 iandrinks (6) - randers, DENMARK - JUN 19, 2012 does not count
Black as coal in the glass. Taste is malty almost chocolate lacks a bit in body. Aroma is subtle hint of caramel. Not bad for a black style beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 dresden (517) - Saskatchewan, CANADA - APR 21, 2012
Black with a creamy off white head. Yeasty and dark fruit aroma with a bit of smokiness. Taste is quite sweet with butter and smoke. Not bad, but not feeling it much.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 reebtogi (3259) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - FEB 14, 2012
330ml bottle pours almost black in color with a finger of off-white head that retains well and leaves some thin lacing on the glass. Aroma is roasted malts and earthy hops. Taste is roasty malted bitterness with some malty sweetness to balance things out and a mild earthy hop bitterness to round it out. Medium body and modest carbonation. A pretty tasty black lager which was definitely worth sampling.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Geokkjer (4260) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, some caramel and fruitiness.Flavor is sweet and somewhat roasted with some caramel, some berries and yeast. medium body, average carbonation.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20 Meilby (4467) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle 330ml @ gunnfryd
Pours almost pitch black with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt and some fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 larsga (5324) - Oslo, NORWAY - JUL 31, 2011
Big beige head. Nearly opaque black body goes deep dark brown at edges. Roasty earthy aroma with coffee and blackcurrant notes. Dry-acidic buttery earthy roasty taste. Fizzy mouthfeel. Light body. Dry funky burnt aftertaste with earthy notes. Infected? (0.33l bottle, Salling, Århus. Should rerate.)
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