3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle at Kaunis Kampela on 2008-04-19) Deep dark brown. Big tan-coloured head. Yeast and some malts in nose. Fizzy and quite full palate. Caramell and hops in taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Utobeer. Opaque dark brown with hints of red, the head was tight and tan coloured. Aromas of licorice, prunes, sweet malts and spice. The flavour had plenty of caramel, dark fruit and chocolate, with a smoky tobacco kick in the finish. Excellent.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 0,33ltr: Dark brown beer thats very carbonated, its gushes out of the bottle, beige head and very tastfull with the spices.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with a red haze, the head is beige and full. The aroma is sweet with fruits, malts and spices. Taste is a dark smokey malt with some chocolateness. Very nice!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body: Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4 Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head: None(1)->Large(5) : 3 Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2 Lasting: 4 Lacing : 4 Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 3
Yeast : 4 Bread : 3 Apple : XX Tropical Fruits : 2 Ink : XX Tar : XX Olives : XX DMS : XX
Malt : 4 Biscuity : 3 Burnt Toast : 2 Caramel : XX Nuts : 2 Pumpernickel : XX Cereals : 3 Coffee : 2 Dark Chocolate : 2 Vanilla : XX Grapes : XX Blackberries : 1 Cherries : XX
Hops : 2 Noble(1)->American(5) : 1 Leafy : 2 Floral : 3 Lemon/Lime : XX Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX Herbal : 2 Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes : Earth : 2 Wood : XX Mint : XX Smoke : XX Soy : XX Bourbon : XX Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Sourness : 1 Lactic : XX Bitterness : 2 Complex : 2 Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3 Clean : XX Sharp : XX Watery : XX Oily : XX Chalk : XX Astringent : XX Alcohol : XX Mineral : 1 Oxidation : XX Metallic : XX
Comments: A more interesting, light yet quite complex black ale. Hugely drinkable, tasty and displaying a most pleasant yeastiness.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle (Porvoo Harvest/Dark Beer Festival 2007)
almost black with red glints, froths out of the bottle and a tight thin head .sweet spicy and sour aroma. burnt bready malts. drink non-chilled, as it will give up a wonderful spicyness, clove and cinnamon.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle - Tasting at Plan B. Dark brown - light brown head. Berries, roasted, portwine like, sweetness, spicy, Bière de Garde like, licorice, raisins, plums, lightody !!
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Kent BF 07. Black, brown edges with thin beige head. Good fruity dark beer, nice everything, some charcoal, coal dust. Good fruits and nice choc. Delicate in mouth. Aroma of ripe plums. Wonderful. Just a little lacking in body as it goes down.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a very deep brown colour with a very bubbly short lasting light brown head. Soursih fruity roasty malty aroma. Bubbly champagne mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet with a soft roasty maltiness, some sourness, spices and bit of alcohol. I thought this was a Biere de Garde......
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
bottle. it has a dark brown color with a large head. it is a bit sour and a bit sweet. some spices too. kinda boring.
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