4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20Boris pours a pitch black color with a small tan head. Bubbles shoot up from the bottle to the top of the glass. The smell on this beer is pretty damn nice. I was impressed from the start. It has a lot of the same characteristics of a lot of the RIS out there. Nice cocoa smell up front, small amount of coffee, dark fruits, and alcohol. I would of love more of a coffee aroma here but overall nice aroma.
Taste doesn’t exactly match the greatness of the aroma but it’s still very nice. Roastiness comes through more here with the chocolate, coffee, and dark fruits rounding out the taste. The alcohol in this beer is pretty well hidden for being 10%. None of the ingredients really take each other over. Pretty damn balanced from start to finish.
Mouthfeel is full bodied, slick, coats the mouth. Carbonation is fairly high here. There’s a pretty big bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle, thanks trade via brewtopia, dark brown black pour with tan foam, nice burnt roast aroma, flavor of char, ashtray roast note, bitter dark chocolate, malty roast finish
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pitch black pour split into 2 sample glasses. Big aroma of burnt malt and dark fruit. Taste of extreme soy sauce, ash and bitterness. Nothing sweet going on here. Left wanting so much more.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with dark tan head. Smells like rich coffee and sweet background. On first sip I thought something is missing, but the body is there and the carbonation seems just about right. Aftertaste is rich coffee and a little dry. Honestly it is a little bland and needs something more.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle pour..dark black with filmy coating..light brown mocha color head..active carbonation at sides of snifter..aroma of espresso..iced coffee..caramel and a hint of cinnamon..abv is hidden very well..no trace..however overall the mouthfeel is somewhat thin..expecting more intense flavor profile that just isn’t happening..ok ris.....
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Whole Foods, Bowery 355ml ($3): Pours opaque black with a creamy tan head. Aroma is chocolate, pine, fresh coffee, and a hint of booze. Taste is very smooth. The piny hops still taste fresh and nice. Nicely bitter and mildly sweet. There ain’t nothing extreme or brutal about this, as this is very nice and smooth. I could have probably chugged the entire bottle in one go if I had wanted to do so. A welcome surprise.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle: pours an oily opaque black with a stringy-lacing froth of beige head. Has a fresh resiny hoppy nose with nice roasted barley notes. Starts with pretty good fullness and sweet toasted caramel with lots of dark chocolate and crisp piny hop bitterness before a smooth bittersweet finish. True to style and dangerously drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Really smooth, but surprisingly lacking in taste. A decent beer, I'd have to try again.
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3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Seems lighter than the abv would suggest, it is low in body and flavor from what I can taste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Drought. Tasted on 20 March 2013. Dark brown with brownish foamy head, roasted malt aroma, bitter roasted malt taste laced with coffee, bitter long finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Я есть это пиво для первого раза. Это очень хотел понрави& но не слишком большое. В Советск& России, Пиво пьет Вас!
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