3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown w/ thin, frothy ring of light brown foam. Aroma of dark chocolate, nuts, roasted coffee beans, vanilla & oak. Soft, creamy feel. Nutty, mildly roasty, chocolaty, whiskey-ish flavour w/ a lot of earthy hop bitterness & notes of licorice & vanilla.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Volo.
Aroma has dark chocolate, roast coffee, dark brown/auburn when held toward the sun, tiny tan head. Flavour is mild milk chocolate at first, burnt toast, roast malt in the mid section, hops come through towards the end, with mild pit fruits and a hint of smoke. Light bodied, as cask tends to be, bitter and dry at the finish. Very nice beer! Kudos Perry!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Volo Cask Situation 2006. Dark ruby-brown colour. Aroma has notes of chocolate, whisky, wood and nuts. Flavour of dark fruit, oaky whisky, and mellow chocolate and vanilla notes as it warms. Nice stuff.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
At Volo cask days. Dry coffee roast, very chocolaty aroma. Still dark brown, very little head. Watery whisky nutty brown taste – ok. Nice vanilla sweetness. Watery. Not bad!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 3, 2006 Cask. At Volo Cask Situation, May 2006 - blind beer #1. Poured clear dark bright mahogany with a small rocky off-white head. Initial dry roasty aroma, faded to a dry caramel roast malt with some slightly tangy hops. Taste of burnt caramel malt, light hops, sweetness offset by the carbon notes in the finish - reminded me of Crown Royal whiskey, reduced over a medium flame. Average body, syrupy mouthfeel, ashy, bitter aftertaste - I liked it, but I couldn’t get away from that burnt character, and it seemed a little boozy.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Volo’s Cask Situation. Pours a clear dark ruby with a small diminishing off-white head. Sweet aroma has lots of caramel malt, along with some roastness and nuts. Flavour -- whiskey?! I was not expecting that! Along with the whiskey is caramel malt, mild fruit and roast and a hint of chocolate. Body’s a little thin. I liked it, it’s definitely not your run-of-the-mill Brown Ale.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Volo Cask Situation. Very dary ruby when held to the light. Nose has lots of honey, rich dark malt, some hops. Fruity almost melon notes. Some sweet honey in the flavor - fruity almost bubblegum notes w. sweet dusty chocolate notes. Whiskey & vanilla dry finish. Slightly thin on body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Volo Cask Situation, Cask #1. Dark brown body. Sweet with a bit of nutty malt in the aroma. Sweet dark malt has light fruity notes, very very mild roast. Hints at amaretto? And maybe some light chocolate flavours. Something else I can’t put my finger on. Subtle, pleasant. Light but appropriate cask palate. Pleasant, I’d like to try a regular draft version. 6+/3/7/3/14+
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