4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
pours black with a very nice head on it.The aroma is nice hints of chocolate mingling with the hops. Rich full flavour. tones of chocolate and deep roasted malts. A bitter hop bite finishes this one off, making it both bold and complex. The beer is so rich and flavourfull. This is an amazing stout. It has every think I want. strong rich stout flavours and a hell of a bitter hop finish. Great.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Flaske 0,33l på Bistro Trägårn, Kiruna 27 Apr 12. Ultradyprød. Lysebrunt skum som varer ei stund. Behagelig svak kaffearoma. Smaken litt syrlig. Litt kaffe & lakris. God. Svakt søtlig ettersmak med innslag av sjokolade.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Black pour with minimal head that disappeared quickly. Interesting combonation of flavours and aromas. Red wine and floral aroma dominate with an nice well balanced bitterness cutting through the aroma followed by a nice warmness bought on for sure by the high abv. Aroma tastes harsh and bitter at first but slowly mellows as time goes on making way for a very pleasant beverage.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home, from my Minneapolis Town Hall glass. This rate should put me in the Top 50 Canadian Raters, so hurray for meaningless statistics! Pours inky deep black, 1-finger highly persistent pale tan head, exceptional lacing. Nose is spicy with grapefruit hops, perfume, delicate roast, shaved sandalwood, black licorice, and quince. Flavours of dry roast, big grapefruit hops, light soap, some heat from the alcohol, nice coffee notes, ashy and dry through the finish. I’m as overwhelmed with this as I was underwhelmed by the Dark Intrigue.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
thick roasted black pour, with a finger and a Half of tan head. Boozy roasted flavor. Lots of roasty flavor. Some finishing hop bitterness. Very drinkable for its ABV
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Initial smell isn’t that potent actually other than a little coffee bean. It picks up a bit of a dank musk as the beer warms up though. Pours black syrupy with brown foam, great lace patterns. Follow through has subtle hints of anise. mocha chocolate and coffee. Quite a bitter aftertaste. Thick palate as one would hope with any imp stout. Pulled a sly trick at Wegman’s in NIagara and slipped this one into a craft-your-own-sixer. Now I’m reaping the rewards.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask. Very dark with big frothy mocha head. Smells chocolaty, roasttv and dark fruity. Nice clean bitter flavor. Light bodied with a clean bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s. Thanks avrashi. Black opaque, frothy tan head. Wine, chocolate liquor aroma, soft, nice bitterness. Light-to-medium body, lively carbonation and abrupt finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
some maltiness and some nice roast in aroma and flavour, but too much green piney grapefruity PNW hops. quite dry and thin for an imp stout, although not too bad, just not that rich and satisfying, more of a "black IPA" - which is fine if you like that sort of thing, but even then, it’s not that bitter. perhaps it’s not the beer it once was, or perhaps it never really was that good in the first place. why do american brewers like adding hop aroma to stouts instead of using flavourful yeasts? no character - gimme a nigerian guinness any day.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
355ml bottle, shared wit Finn at Bistro Trägårn, Kiruna. Tiny, bubbly, brownish head. Clear, mahogany coloured body. Aroma of dark malts with spices. Dark malts in flavour joined by spices and dark fruits as well as a touch of anise. Long-lived bitter end with a little roastiness and integrated alcohol. A well-crafted beer, 27.04.2012.
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