4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours viscous black with a ring of white foam around the glass. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, and black licorice. Taste is rich chocolate, huge bourbon, and a touch of cinnamon candy. Really hot but damn it’s tasty.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2009 bottle thanks to Tom-thanks for this one!! Dead black. Thick and chewy. A bit sweet so a small taster/glass is good with this one. I remember having this at GABF when it first came out-nice to have it again.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Sour & Bitter #2. Clear dark brown - offwhite bubbles. High alccoholic. Sweetness. Coconut. Fruity. Burned. High warming alcohol. Nice bitterness. High malty. Boozy. Wow this is Unbalanced.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle at AZ Crew’s driveway tasting. Not sure which vintage but needless to stay this maybe one of the many reasons I ended up plastered this evening. Pours jet black with one finger beige head. Huge nose of brown sugar, molasses, and malt. Tastes of fudge, toffee, dark fruits, molasses, leather, chocolate, and boozy finish. quite sweet but a lovely dessert beer to be shared
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ ZeeBra Extreme Beer Festival 2013. Black pour, no head. Aroma of bourbon, alcohol, spicy, vanilla and licorice. Flavor is very warming alcohol, bourbon, sharp but still well balanced. Nice bourbon, but a bit boozy.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ S&B#2 - 2012 batch. Pours very dark brown with a lacing and partly lasting frothy tan small head. Aroma is heavy malty with dark roasted malts, cocoa, bourbon, caramel, mint, dark chocolate, vinous, milk chocolate, prune, dark malt, coconut, dark syrup, oak and alcohol. Taste is heavy+ sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium+, texture is viscous and syrupy, carbonation is soft. Finishes heavy sweet with chocolate and burning alcohol. This beer might as well have it’s own style - perhaps something like an American Steroid Bourbon Strong Ale. An intense and refined experience also fairly drinkable despite the ABV.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 750ml @ home
Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, oak, vanilla, alcohol and dried fruits. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, caramel, fruity, chocolate, vanilla and oak finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of vanilla, coco, roasted and burnt malt, alcohol, sherry, chocolate, licorice and caramel. Flavor is sweet and warming with some chocolate, madeira, sherry, oak, vanilla, red berries, caramel and alcohol. full body, soft carbonation.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black with tan head. Sweet chocolate, vanilla, caramel profile with strong alcoholic backbone. This is one strong beer. With all the hype, I was a little let down, but still one of the best.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ ZeeBra. Aroma is roasty malt, big chocolate, some liquorice and ash. Flavour is huge alcoholic roasty black goo. Too much.
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