3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a mostly opaque black with a thin, wispy-lacing dark tan head. Interesting aroma boasts lots of sweet butterscotch candy and vanilla with some mild roasty burnt character and cream. Body starts fairly full with a rich creamy caramel sugar sweetness, some mocha and burnt flavors before a drier, warming finish. A very unique beer and true to its name, just not really up my alley.
3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: SEP 8, 2008 RERATE: I knew already that the was sweet and over-the-top but this time I really has an issue attempting to drink just one pint glass of it. The vanilla and lactic sugar was overwhelming. Simply far too cloying for me today. I am knocking my initial score way down.
Bottle and served in Expedition snifter: Jet black with a small frothy beige head and good lace. The aroma has notes of espresso, irish creme, burnt sugar and charred malts, some prune, a hint of chocolate and vanilla, herbal and dusty esters as well. The taste was sugary sweet and fruity at first before the coffee expression kicked in. The finish was more like a coffee and cream liquor than a beer, different but it just got to be too much by the second glass. The mouth feel is lush and syrupy. Not bad but like I said it just became too much in the end, you need to share this with a couple friends.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
I have tried other beers claiming to be a creme brulee brew (well not more than one other). This one is insane, it smells like it, it tastes like it (with a little alcohol kick). Much better near room temp than cold. The cold left behind some of the less desireable characteristics, alcohol and a little bitter finish. Once warmed it was perfect.
Much less cloying than you expect after the initial aromas of butterscotch/vanilla.
One of the most unique beers ever created, ST does it again.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Shared with BeerVirgin. Wow! This smells awesome.This brew is sexy.The pour was black as night with a small khaki head.The nose was phenominal.Where do i start?Smells just like creme brulee, espresso, vanilla, butterscotch and whipped cream.Flavor was coofee ans cream with vanilla and butterscotch.The alcohol was hidden well.This was too easy to drink, it can be dangerous.Very little bitterness as the sweetness came thru at the end.Good job ST
4.1 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from bottle. Shared with Dragonstout. Aroma was all over the place. Vanilla, coffee, butterscotch, cream...Wonderful aromas! Dark brown pour with creamy tan head. Flavor was light roasted coffee, vanilla cream, caramels, and butterscotch. This was wonderfully sweet, blended well, and way too drinkable. Better as it warmed.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled from a 22oz bottle. Aroma is like Werthers original hard candy or almost butterscotch. Pours a very opaque brown, very little lacing hung around. Flavor is like Baileys Irish Cream or some sweet liqueur. Has a heavy stout palate. Finishes again like a fine liqueur. Southern Tier hasn’t missed so far with their big bottle series. This is one hell of a desert stout. Warm alcohol taste but not overwhelming. I liked it. Not something I could drink a lot of but a super sipping beer or with a rich piece of cake. mmmmmm
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(22oz bottle) Clear brown-black body with creamy medium tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, vanilla, some caramel, Bailey’s cream, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, vanilla, caramel, Bailey’s, alcohol warming. Smooth medium-full body. The Blackwater series scores another success!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Vintage Estate (thanks, Ron!) Anyhow, the aroma is intense... just like the Choklat release from ST, I’m left wondering how they get such a vivid nose... Not much to the aroma, though... just creme brulee/vanilla with a bit of alcohol in the background. Still, creme brulee is a pretty good smell, so I’m scoring high marks for that choice. Flavor was a different story. My first reaction was that it was a combination of creme brulee, jet fuel (yup, the alcohol was pretty detectable on the first couple of sips), coffee and chocolate. I liked it more as I worked through the sample, (warming helps some of the flavors come through better?), yet I was glad that it wasn’t a large sample. Still... how do they make a beer smell like that?
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Coles Buffalo NY. Amazing vanilla, butterscotch, even some coconut aroma. Pours a dark medium body milky black. Taste is way overboard vanilla, butterscotchy & coconut. High scores for flavor 7 aroma but dont really buy into this gimmick. Love the attempt & IM sure some people will love this but doesnt really seen like beer to me. More like a new baileys flavor that girls will do Blow Job shots to. Takes really big balls to attepmt this & Phin should be commended. But too sweet & gimmicky for me
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22 oz bottle split two ways. Black in color with a light brown, medium head. Aroma- alot of vanilla, butterscotch, chocolate, sweet malts- very sweet, and the taste follows suit with chocolate, alot of vanilla and lactose sugar, which becomes overbearing and moderately cloying. Some roasted malt in the finish. Couldn’t get into this one, a bit too sweet for my tastes.
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