3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
50cl bottle at Schouskjelleren. Pours very dark, almost black with a reddish hue and a beige head. Roasty and hoppy aroma with dark fruits, pine, malt, chocolate and hints of coffee, citrus and herbs. Sweet and roasty with a hoppy and bitter finish. Well balanced and very enjoyable. (2013-02-03)
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours black with nice white head. Grapefruit and floral hops in the nose. Mouthfeel is oily/silky like a stout. Lots of toasty notes along with citrus/grapefruit, and lots of hops. I enjoy the juxtaposition of the hops with the dark full bodied beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark black color with medium beige head. Aroma is hops. Flavor is hops, bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Crowbar
Black, tanned head. Smells of citrus, toast and roast. Medium sweet, roastym not very fruity. Medium bitter, resins. A bit boring this one; the flavors and aromas are ok, but i guess i want some more complexity; this is pretty straight forward
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle. A black beer that pours with a white foamy head. It has a sweet citrus fruity and slight sugary flavour, creamy and slight chocolate notes with slight roasted notes on the finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tap at the Salt House. Appearance: Black, small mocha coloured head. Aroma: Sweet hops, citrus, perfume, herbal, lots of hops. Flavour; woah! Big hop wallop, like biting a grapefruit ! So perfume floral like, hops galore, long bitter hop finish, tremendous!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Medium beige head. Clear dark red body with light carbonation. Earthy roasty fruity aroma with gooseberry notes. Dry-sweet roasty earthy dusty taste with orangey notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, oily mouthfeel. Dry orangey resiny roasty aftertaste with earthy metallic mineraly notes. Nice, drinkable, not terribly remarkable. (0.5l bottle shared with gr0ve at Crowbar, Oslo.)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at The Birch. Big tan head on deep ruby. $%#@ ton of lace. Nose is cheesy stale DIPA, not much else- candies, lemon, cheesecloth, dust. Taste is lemon gum drops, sweet tea, cheesecloth. Not really black IPA in taste. Hints of roast, no density. Fiancé rating: 3.8
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Color: dark black beer with no carbonization and small heavy ivory foam. Smell: spices, hops, malt, caramel. Taste: malt, caramel, hops. Aftertaste: nice bitterness, hops and caramel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Ravenous is a good word, get it in your magpie book. This has got better the further down I’ve got. I like getting down. Just don’t wear jeans. Malty. Dark. Incendiary.
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