3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/2022oz bottle. Dark reddish brown pour. Simple aromas. Mild chocolate earthy flavors, mixed with green coffee beans. The sweetness is balanced back by bittersweet chocolates and dark roasted malts. No noticeable hop flavors. Alcohol is hidden. Nothing to get excited about. Nice Stout, but thats all.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber from the Folsom, CA BevMo. Pours opaque brown/black with a creamy/foamy dark tan head. Aroma is a sort of dusty chocolate - like cocoa powder. Med + body. Flavor is treacle, dark malt, cacao with coffee blending in at the finish. It all sort of melts together into deliciousness. Finishes towards sweet, but there’s definitely bitter to help with that. Impressive stuff. No ingredient skimping here.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black with tan head. Chocolate aromas with some vanilla too. Big dark chocolate flavours with roasted malt too. Nice smooth palate. Quite nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A nice dark black body with off white head. Nice roasted malt aroma. Taste is dark chocolate, a touch of sweetness, maybe some coffee bitterness. Enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Rich and chocolatey plus a fair amount of woodiness. Not too sweet with a dry, bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample at Hopfest 2013. Comes black with a small brown head. Aroma of chocolate, malt, and smoke. Taste is roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, vanilla, and wood. Enjoyed this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty dry chocolate bitter flavor. Has a roasted malty dry bitter chocolate finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black with a brown head. The aroma is full of light smoke with some big chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor is more of the same. The heavily roasted and some light ash come through up front, with the dry chocolate notes coming through more as it warms. The alcohol is well hidden. Medium to thick mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Heavy aromas of chocolate, smoke, cocoa nibs and fudge. Solid black with a thin tan foam and nice lacing. Flavors of chocolate, thick molasses, dark roasted grains and some faint mocha notes. Finish is extremely boozy and slick. Overall, the flavor seems to be a little unbalanced and the alcohol burn is pretty unsettling. Not terrible but could use a few tweaks.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong, smoky aroma has a surprising woody hop component, as well as a chocolate undertone and hints of licorice and molasses. Pours a luscious black-coffee brown with a very thick dark tan head. Rich, mouth-filling flavor delights with a roast malt core, sweet chocolate overtone, and a fine chord of nutty, woody, licorice, coffee and earthy notes. Texture has good fizz and viscosity, though seems on the thin side for a stout. Whatever, a stout fit for a noble, maybe even a Czar.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft. Nice cocoa aroma, as it warms a very chocolate-forward stout. A bit htin. Its decent.
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