 bierkoning (6114), La Tropica, Netherlands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 27, 2009 Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Grapes, lots of mango and grapefruit in the aroma. Oily hopbitter flavor with citrus, mango and melon. The flavors disagree with the color. Maybe there is just the slightest hint of roast in the aftertaste. But that could be make believe. I like this beer.
CaptainCougar (5549), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 26, 2009 Pours black with dark mahogany edges and a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of fresh resiny grapefruity hops and sweet roasty dark malts with a hint of dark chocolate. Starts with good fullness and caramely malty sweetness well balanced with good citrusy flavor hoppy bitterness. Finishes slightly warming and bittersweet. A nice dark hoppy strong ale.
jimhilt (1695), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 26, 2009 Pours a two finger dark cream head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Deep, clear amber/mahogany color. Grapefruit hop nose. Light-medium carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Flavor is malts and grapefruit hops that are really well balanced. Nice imperial black. $6.49 for a 22oz bottle from Manchester Wine and Liquors Manchester, CT.
jonno (608), Brisbane, Australia
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 26, 2009 Very nice big drinking, perhaps without a definable characteristic to seperate itself from others in the style. Still very good and would go again.
frankenkitty (1903), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 25, 2009 Pours a deep caramel brown, approaching black under a short, tannish head which settles quick to soap suds. Big citrus hop aroma, fruity and sweet, tangerine, Juicy Fruit and Lemondrops. Mild herbal/grassy notes follow, but the citrics are hard to drown out. There is an untamed sugary sweetness to start the flavor, which further shows a bittersweet fruitiness (more citric sweetness along with pulp and rind), bitter, rye-like malts, a latent roastiness and a drop of soy sauce. Low syrup on the tongue, finishing dry. It’s never a good sign when you use the word "interesting" to describe something, but I’ll use it here. Good attempt, but I wasn’t sold on the flavor which was far too disparate from nose to mouth. ~~~~~~~~~~ 22 oz. bomber from Kenwood Liquors, Oak Lawn, IL
Tmoney99 (4807), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 25, 2009 Bottle from Dilly Deli.
Poured clear black color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate toasted malt and earthy aroma. Medium to full smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy toastedvbiitersweet flavor to medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate duration.
My expectations where met with a good complex beer.
DalzAle (517), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 18, 2009 Bottle. Pitch black pour, minimal carbonation and a great chocolate and espresso aroma. Flavor was also strong bitter chocolate, smoky peat and a little vanilla and strong (but balanced) booze on the finish. Pretty good!
wavers1 (181), novato, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 18, 2009 bottle courtesy of bmartin08, thanks yet again! pours black with an off brown creamy 1 finger head that leaves good sheeting and lacing. smell is of hops and lots of nice malts, not too sweet, plenty of bitter, dry malts. tastes almost like an iipa and an imperial porter mixed together. lots of hoppy goodness, but a tons of nice sweet malts, but more noteably the dark roasty malt notes in the body. has a very creamy mouthfeel, and leaves a both bitter and sweet aftertaste. this is a pretty complex and yet well balanced beer.
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