Best before Dec 12, 2011. Bottle purchased online from France 44 in Minnesota.

Ah, revisiting an old friend; I haven't tasted it in many years.

It looks to be a pitch black with a creamy +1 finger head of foam and it leaves some nice lacing. Excellent head retention during the session.

A nice roasted malt nose with under currents of chocolate, both sweet and dark. There's a nice bitter/sweet thing going on.

The taste brings the smell to my taste buds. Roasty, bitter and sweetish from the chocolate, some hoppy notes that I have tasted in quite a few Australian ales/lagers. Quite tasty and surprisingly, brings a bit of an alcohol burn.

Pretty light bodied with medium carbonation, it has an above average mouth feel. Drinkability is good despite the "burn". In years past, I found Sheaf Stout and excellent brew to experiment with black and tans. I'm glad I found this one again.
Aug 16, 2011

From old tasting notes. Deep dark brown color with a brownish tan head. Roasted chocolatey malt nose. Sweet roasted malt flavor is coffee-like and bitter. Good body. Burnt caramel finish is long and pleasing. Tasty and drinkable.

Bottle, Blacktown, Australia. Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, roast malt, bread, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, little licorice. Medium body, average carbonation, fairly dry finish. Surprisingly good. 090317

Bottle - Roast and some cocoa notes. Jet black with a decent light brown head. Light dark malts and a little toast.

Bottle on the RBSG party bus
Clear dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts and chocolate. Taste of dark malts, chocolate with a dry finish
Ok

Bottle on the RBSG bus. Pours a very dark brown with beige head that lasts leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is cracker and cookies. Medium mouth, cracker malt, roast, decent.

Not sure why, but this seems to be everywhere in Washington- and it sells for about $3 a bomber. Black with a beige head. Strong roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate, and booze in the aroma. Surprisingly thin body. Flavor is a bit too heavy on the vanilla, but also has notes of roasted malt and chocolate. This is mostly a vanilla bomb in the flavor. Not bad, really, just really hard to drink a while bottle of.

750ml bottle into pint glass. Dark chocolate nose. Opaque black beer with lasting tan head. Bitter & zingy on the tongue. Finishes with bitter coffee notes. Lasting cocoa note right at the end. Beautifully balanced.