3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
0.75l bottle @ RBNAG11 bought at Cracked Kettle webshop. Pours a deep deep brown body with a nice sidesticking lightly tanned head. Aroma is light smoky and kinda beefy with tones of salty beef and smoked malts. Average carbonation with a light oily to sticky mouthfeel. Flavors are even more smoky with salty and ashy tones of dried beef. Light sweet as well. Alcohol completely hidden. A really good smoked!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hand bottle. Pours a very dark brown colour with a thin light tan head. Aroma of smoked malt, oak, caramel and chocolate. A mildly oily mouth-feel with similar smoky, roasty flavours. Lingering caramel and chocolate. Not bad.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 22.10.11 Jan brought this along, cheers Jan. Pours black with no head to speak of. This is smokey, really smokey in the mouth, you imagine fumes coming out of your ears and nostrils. Some smoked fish, wood smoke, really lovely. A8 A3 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared bottle at RBNAG 11. Smoke and oak aroma. Bacon, smoke, the body feels light, and the alcohol well hidden. Overwhelming, but lovely.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Shared bottle at the RBNAG-11 grand tasting. Clear, deep mahogany with a creamy, light brown film. Smoke, wood, candy and roasted notes fills the nose. Smoky, sweet, roasted and bitter flavors with a long smoky finish that leaves the tongue dry. Full bodied.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at fins ...deep black ... light smoke ... light dark roast malt nose ... light oily body ... dark roast ... soft mellow wood smoke ...hint of toffee ... light chocolate ... nice soft chocolate roat with just the right level of smoke... andnot the wrong smoke .
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
65cl bottle. Pitch black colour. No head. Aroma is smoke and tar. Some bacon. Flavour is smoke, tar and bacon or some sort of smoked pig. Short aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample @ RBNAG 11 (live rating). Jet black body, small beige head. Smooth tones of smoked meat, tar and peat. Taste is light sweet malty tones and cured meaty smoke tones. Hints of tar and leather. Nice.
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