3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
14th April 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Opaque black porter, moderate carbonation. Bitter coffee start and finish. A little malt in the middle. Okay. Gets easier to drink. An aquired taste.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Delightful with caramel and perhaps a bit of banana, long long finish and moderate sweetness, but a kick that surprises (since I didn’t read the label before drinking).
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 4/20
UPDATED: OCT 2, 2010 Bottle. Pours an ultra-deep brown body, verging on utter blackness, with a thin, khaki-colored head. Nose is faint aniseed, pepper, licorice and hints of leather. Taste is considerably less pleasant, however; strong metallic canny notes penetrate the palate completely, followed by an astringent bitterness with some licorice and dark chocolate thrown carelessly into the mix. Some boozy tones as well, but not too dominant. Not what I consider to be even NEAR a balanced beer, and it actually has pine-streaked blood in the aftertaste. Jeez. I think Dracula might have appreciated this one, but I sure as hell don’t. Since this is such a highly rated beer, I guess I have to take into account the possibility of this being a bad bottle and all. If I get a chance to re-rate, I promise I will.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Notes from June 10, 2010
16.9 oz. bottle from Woodman’s Madison, $1.99
Ar: Big roasty malt nose on this one (coffee, bitter chocolate).
Ap: Pours a deep brown/black with a light cinnamon head of tightly knit bubbles. Leaves a bit of lace on the glass.
T: Huge roasty chocolate/coffee notes with a bit of hop bitterness and alcohol on the finish.
M: Thick, creamy body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle on 06/10/2010. Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Roast, light chocolate and molasses aroma. Sweet chocolate flavor, some roast and molasses. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
dark brown black coloured body with a off white head a spicy roasted chocolat malty aroma a roasted malty little fruity bitter taste with a alcholic bitter finish too bitter for me
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle.
Pours a sparce, persistent tan foam atop an opaque near-black body.
Somewhat subdued nose that suggests potency with rich liquorice, burnt caramel and prune aromas, with an edge of fortified vinous fruits and spirit.
Thick, syrupy body with nice creamy carbonation. Very lengthy and viscous on the palate, lingering wth a good measure of acrid roast.
Opens up very nicely on the palate with flavour; chocolate sauce, bitter orange hops, dates, plums, prunes, mollasses, nuts, liquorice, sultana. Big sweetness is kept at bay with a firm bitterness and drying alcohol on the finish. Nice and warming.
Yum! Rich, smooth, really tasty. Terrifyingly easy to drink for 9.5%. Seems like the sort of beer you could put away for a few years, but it drinks fantastic right now!
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Stellar! This Baltic Porter came in a bit unexptected. It was the awesome Baltic malty rich sweetness but it finishes with a cripy, bittering hop that wows the pallet.
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