3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Tasted from big brown bottle into a nonic pint glass, of course. It poured an opaque, very dark brown color, reddish at the edges, with thin and short-lived beige foam. It would kick up a new head and some lace each time it was swirled, though. True-to-style stout aromas and flavors: bready, toasty, roasty (but not overdone), dark cherries and black plums, with hints of chocolate and coffee. Medium carbonation, chewy mouthfeel and lingering complex aftertaste. Very tasty and moreish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle saved from Christmas. Evil dark ale - 8%. Bitter maltiness to taste. Quite nice, but very strong, so could only have 5 or 6 pints in an evening. Goes perfectly with crisps or nuts.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours dark ruby brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is quite spicy with some dark fruity and roasted malts. The flavor is yeasty and spicy with light roast and dark fruity notes.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Roasty, chocolate aroma. Pours very dark brown, but not black like its namesake with a thin white head. Strong chocolate flavor with some caramel notes. Finishes smooth with the chocolate flavor lingering on the aftertaste.
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3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From notes: Poured clear, deep cola brown with a 1-finger ivory head. Roasty, chocolatey aroma, with some bready yeast underneath. Full body, medium-thick, with a very lightly oily finish. Roasty, chocolatey flavor, with a touch of yeast beneath, and a pleasant cocoa flavor that lingers in the finish.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Freebie from my local craft beer cornerstore. Poured from bottle into a pint tulip. Dark cola color with a half finger caramel head.
Aroma is of very high cacao dark chocolate and a bourbon-esk hint in there also. Moderately enjoyable smell.
Appearance looks of a flat cola. Not pretty and not as black as I would have hoped.
Tastes pretty much how it smells. Dark chocolate and bourbon. Heavy bitterness on the back end and boozy. Starts quite chocolaty.
Palate is the weak point. Pretty bad after taste. Chocolate and Bourbon that lasts longer then id like.
Overall. Good for free but would not pay the $6 for a bomber ever. After taste and flat cola visual kill it for me.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, hop. Flavour is chocolate, roasted malt, hop, coffee. Full to medium body. OK beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma of caramel and coffee. Very dark brown color, still pour. Semi-sweetened chocolate, much like a dark chocolate brownie. Thick, but not overly thick body with just a touch bite. Well executed strong stout; doesn’t have the sugar heaviness of the foreign style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a black color from the bottle aromas of roast, chocolate and earth. Flavors are the same with a light leather thrown in and an earthy finish. Ok beer overall.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Afterwork. A really good beer. Very taste. Not at all dry. Not so much to taste. Not much scent.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at home, 10/03/13.
Pours dark cola brown with a fast disappearing tan had that dissipates to nothing. Not a pretty looker in my book - flat and lifeless!
Nose is roast malt, liqourice, chocolate, leather.
Taste comprises roast malt, sugars - quite sweet, yeast notes almost Belgian like, light spice, dark fruits, raisens, plums, dates.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation, dry in the finish.
Drinkable but far from a great and not one I’d return to.
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