Crooked Line Labyrinth Black Ale
Uinta Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.88
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Enter the Labyrinth, a multi-dimensional black ale. Discover the complex intermingling of black licorice and toasted oak. Seek the subtle hints of bittersweet chocolate. Flavors are enhanced when served cool, not frigid. Explore pairing Labyrinth with flavorful cheeses and rich desserts.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This nice big 750 is courtesy of my Utah hook up extraordinaire douglas88, thanks again! I’ve had this for a while now (maybe 8 months). It pours dark mahogany with mocha head and spotty lacing. What?! The aroma is bold rich pure yum with a mix of caramel candy, black strap molasses, some burnt toffee, malt balls, mild prune notes and just a bit of booze at the end of the draw. Smells wonderful and hides the huge ABV very well. The taste is just as good, wonderful, with loads of chocolate, black strap molasses, slick slippery sweet malts, some black licorice and mild spicy oak like notes. I expected this to be a booze harsh brew but luckily I was completely wrong. Smooth rich bold and brilliantly good. (Need more of this).
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2010
at 17:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black with a small, light brown head. Aroma of licorice, malt, soy sauce, ink and smoke. Sweet, roasted flavour with licorice and fruit, and some ash in the finish
Tried
on 18 Dec 2010
at 13:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at 2010 FOBAB. Poured black with a brown head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was full of roasted malts with some dark chocolate and hint of coffee as well as a hint of licorice. Flavor had a slight bitter chocolate to roasted malts with a bit of a whiskey finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2010
at 09:38
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
The last of my beers from GBBF ’10 and a damn fine one too. Jet black pour with a fluffy tan head. Nice, nasal caressing aromas of molasses, chocolate, coffee, toffee, a dash of soy sauce and marzipan. Good, inviting roasty nose. Big, bold flavours of dark roast coffee, licorice, some smoke, dark chocolate, quite earthy, robust oak flavours. Dry as Jack Dee’s wit finish with a slight bitterness. Warming alcohol infusion. Tasty.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2010
at 09:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours pitch black with a beige head and lacings. Roast, cocoa, coffee and oak. A bit of warmth but very drinkable for a 13,2% beer. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2010
at 12:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Near blck, small beige head. Aroma of tar and asphalt. Surprisingly dry with full body and rather clean mouthfeel. Cocoa and and smoke, plenty of licorice. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2010
at 03:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Clear dark brown black color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, dark malt, chocolate malt, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, roasted bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20100912]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2010
at 00:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor with burned malt, dark bitter chocolate, espresso and hops. Finished sweet though hoppy.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 13:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of matl, straw, rosted toast, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, roasted malt, and alchohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2010
at 11:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
dark.. black, small light brown head. roasted malts in the aroma, flavor is roasted malts, licorice, dry. very nice indeed.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 07:13