3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft: Poured a deep black with a thin tan to light brown head. Nice gritty chocolate and malt aroma. Taste is rich coffee with a nice soothing chocolate and malt.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Silver Gulch. Dark reddish brown with a small light tan head. Aroma of dry bitter chocolate, coffee and some burnt malt. Flavor is black malt, bitter coffee and a light caramel sweetness, some mild alcohol heat. Fullish body with average carbonation. This is a great Foreign stout buts seems a bit too light to be called an Imperial Stout. Enjoyable beer though.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at GABBF 2012. Dark maroon color, thick brown head. Aroma of cocoa powder. Taste is dark milk chocolate and coffee grounds. Very nice.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled at the ’11 GABBF. Dark beer with ruby glints when held against the light. Creamy tan head. Roasted grain and ashy nose. Oily mouthfeel. Burnt toast, molasses, apple fritter and green grass in the finish. Nice impy stout.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the 2011 Great Alaskan Beer and Barley Wine Festival. Colour... nearly black with a thin rim of head. Nose... quite meaty and roasty. Palate... also quite meaty and roasty but with a sweet, dry and slightly tangy quality, (similar to a high cocoa mass bittersweet chocolate) followed by liquor soaked dried fruits and a long dry-ish finish. This’d be a dandy on a cold winter’s night; which of course means, you’d have one every night (in Fairbanks) from September through May!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival 2011. Black color/ fleeting tan head. Chocolate malt, fudge, mild coffee aroma. Medium bodied. Good dark chocolate syrup, medium roast coffee, roasted malts. Mildly astringent--good.
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