2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is mostly coffee and spice with a back note of wet dog. Taste is overwhelmed by a roasted bitterness bordering on acrid astrigency. Lacking balance and maybe some sweetness.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Roasty aroma, weak coffee notes. Cola brown, medium yellow head. Charred oak and coffee flavor with a raspberry tinge that doesn’t seem to belong.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aromas of chocolate, berries, and earthy hops. Almost black, with ruby highlights, and a beige head of good retention. Somewhat sweet with chocolate and coffee flavors, and supportive bitterness. Full bodied, creamy, with low carbonation, and an earthy, chocolatey finish, with lingering bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had a sample of this beer at the brewpub. This particular brew poured a pretty dark color, practically black, with a tiny tan head. Aroma was some roasted notes. Pretty darn good.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
1/2 pint at the brewpub The dark balack beer had a small head with lacing. The stout had a rich roasted malt aroma. Chocolate was also detected to taste. This is a seasonal beer that had average carbonation. There was an astringent taste at the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled on draft at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color appearing opaque black when poured. Huge brown head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet malts and a faint earthy note. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, minty hops and cherry-like fruit notes. Thin bodied. Slightly watery.
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