3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 341ml. @ [ Edinburgh Danish Invasion Tasting) by cgarvieuk - Edinburgh ].
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, ash, smoke, chimney. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, smoke, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120422]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at craig’s. Dark brown with red highlights and a tan head. Smoke dominates the aroma, predicably, quite a nice smoke, not kippers, like a burning log. Taste is similar, little toffee. Bitter. Not bad
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle at The Danish Invasion tasting ...dark malt ...thin tan ... soft mellow woody fishy smoke malts ... dark roast ... heavy malts ... and the smoke... im just not a smoked fan
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at a small tasting with Max, Paul, and Andy. Pours a clear dark cola brown with a thin white head. Smoke and a touch of roast on the nose, a touch of burnt tire. Medium bodied, loads of smoke in the body, smooth and smoky. Long roast and smoke on the finish.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a dark brown almost black with a dark brown frothy head. Aroma is heavily smoked campfire with a small amount of smoked deli meats. Taste is big smoke with the oilyness of deli meat. Man I have troubles with this style.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[4141-20111124] 341mL bottle. Charred smoky roast malt aroma. Black brown body with a quick creamy light tan head. Quite charred roasted bread grain flavour has a light fish scale note. Full body. Odd roasty notes, smokiness brings out interesting malt characteristics. (7/3/6/3/13) 3.2
(w/ blankboy, HogTownHarry, jerc)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle [341ml] shared with HogTownHarry, jerc & mabel -- c/o j&m. Nov. 2011. Pours a very dark brown, quite bubbly, with a small frothy diminishing beige head. Nice aroma, super smoky along with sweet roasted malt, bbq’ed meat, burnt wood and a hint of coffee. Flavour of roasted malt, lots of smoke (though less then in the aroma), some chocolate and a touch of coffee. The alcohol is well hidden. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Great stuff, I loved it.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2011 #1058 bottle; Nose is mediumheavy dry smoke, raspberry, cake, late weak hops whiff, feel Is mediumbroad, carb is medium, taste is mediumheavy roasted malt, some coffee, plum, alcohol note
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
341 ml bottle. Pours a deep black with a thin dark head. Smells of dry wood. Tastes of roasted malt, wood, brown sugar, caramel and a hint of milk chocolate.A nice smokey, roasted and, do I also taste...maple finish? Body is VERY thick and oily, each gulp feels like a satisfying mouthful. Carbonation is just perfect. Definitely a classic!
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
roasty, earthy, smoke, resin, Massive is the key word as in undoublty the most smokey beer ever. It’s like drinking by the fireplace. Nice on a cold winter night
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