 Rciesla (2800), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
Jun 16, 2009 Bottle. Pours a black body with at tan head. Roast y malt with hints of licorice and a band aid cherry like woody note. Eh not great for the style, i might add.
FROTHINGSLOSH (1807), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2009 Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small dark brown head. The aroma was bitter, roasty and had a moderately strong sweet chocolate element. Very nice aroma but a bit faint. The flavor was bitter, tangy, roasty chocolate and coffee with strong floral hops, ripe dark fruity and a long bitter, roasty and hoppy finish. The mouthfeel was fairly thick. Very good.
mabel (2208), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 19, 2009 [1988-20090205] small bottle. Oily motor oil roast malt aroma with milk chocolate and mild chicklet gum. Dark brown black body with a quick tan head. Roasted wooden malt flavour has lots of bitter oil and not so much chocolate. Full body is bitter with a long sweet aftertaste. Lovely smell, quite roasted.
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joergen (7864), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Apr 9, 2009 Bottle at Oliver Twist.
Pitch black coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Roasted aroma of dried fruits, grass, chocolate and hops.
Roasted flavour of dried fruits, dark berries and chocolate.
Roasted finish of chocolate.
hirigalzkar (404), Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 3, 2009 Bottle. Look: Black. No head. Smell: Soy. Not much more. Taste: First chocolate, then soy and lots and lots of coffee in the aftertaste. Espresso? Coffee beans? The alcohol is a little too strong in this brew. Overall: Nice taste in´many ways. Some clear weaknesses though.
mcox90 (548), Wilton, USA
Apr 2, 2009 Bottle poured into a tulip style glass. Pours a jet black with a 1/2" tan head. Aroma is heavily roasted malt and chocolate. Palate is heavy, rich and full. Low carbonation. Flavors are chocolate, molasses, malt and some dark fruit. Warming finish with an alcohol burn. Ok, so it’s not Expedtion, but it’s a nice competant stout.
beerbill (1742), Laurel, New York, USA
Mar 27, 2009 I have to admit, I never have high expectations whenever I try a new beer from Saranac. That said, I found this beer to be better than most I have tried in the lineup. Pours black with a moderate-large brown head that lasted until mid-glass and left decent lace. Pleasant aroma of malt, molasses, prunes and alcohol. The flavor is malt, molasses and prunes with a bit of cardboard emerging after a few seconds, followed by alcohol. Medium bitterness at the finish. Medium-full bodied.
elihapa (821), Honolulu, California, USA
Mar 25, 2009 Bottle, 12oz. Pours black, small head. Malty, sweet nose: dark fruit, prune, raisins, chocolate. Palate is thick and rich. Flavor starts with prune sweetness, matched with nice creamy chocolate. Mid-palate brings in roastiness and some black coffee; doesn’t lose its overall firm sweetness yet. Finishes chalky and dry, with back of the mouth alcohol and flavors of bitter roasts, plum. Finish lingers nicely. Well done.
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