3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 50cl. @ Kelly Tasting @ The Coach & Horses, Sheffield Road, Dronfield, South Yorkshire, England S18 2GD.
Clear medium to dark black color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, light heavy hoppy, flowers, perfume, grass, lemon, soap. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090418]
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, lending it a bit of acidity combined with something funky. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt and soy sauce, and again somethin funky, leading to a dry roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and light powdery, strange fruity too. Roasted malt, chocolate and slight powdery flavoured. Smooth chocolate flavoured and vague fruity flavoured finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours completely opaque black with a dense light brown head. Weird spicy and herbal aroma. Quite full-bodied, very hard roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Fairly malt bitter finish. 240709
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (beers of europe). Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is fruity bubble gum, honey, liquorice, mild ashes, syrup and ripe berries. Flavour is ashes, liquorice, mild fruity bubble gum along with some lavendel and mild nuttyness. Also some leathery notes (thomas fawcett peat malts?)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Near black, small head. Erathy licorice aroma. Dry and salty with near full bodyand clean rounded mouthfeel. Plenty of licorice and coffee. salty resiny bitterness in a mildly warming finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at ACBF 2011.
Black coloured with a small brown head.
Roasted aroma of caramel, liquorice and dark chocolate.
Fruity and light roasted flavour of dark chocolate and liquorice with notes of hops.
Sweet and roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty honey and coffee aroma with some nutty hints. Thick sweetish very bitter chocolate flavor with hints of smoke. Has a dry roasted malty warming bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Danish Summer gathering, 2009. Pours pitch black with a creamy brown head and lacings. Smooth and dry roasted. A bit of perfume, ashy and roast. Smooth full bodied and sticky. Nice
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Very dark color, close to black, with creamy brownish head. The mix of malts incredibly enhances the chestnut honey, with all its woody notes, and a touch of forest smoke; there are some roasted malts, and trace of phenols; dry cookies; harmonious and complex; really fantastic.
Very good body structure, the mouthfeel is quite round but not thick; rich dark chocolate flavor, with other components coming in waves; layers of smoke, roasted malt, liquorice, chestnut honey, wood, hints of tar and quality coffee; it has a moderate residual sweetness; strong bitterness with comforting alcohol warmth.
Immense beer.
The perfect beer to celebrate Italy victory on Germany tonight (European Championship 2012).
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