6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a local bottle shop. Aroma is roasted malt with cocoa, chocolate, coffee, some bittering hops, not really fruity, notes of ash, light flowery. Flavour is mildly sweet with a moderate to medium bitterness and a slight dryness in the finish. Body is light to medium. Not much of a Black IPA, lacks fruity hops, but it's a fine Stout.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle (from Ales by Mail). Deep brown colour with a mediumsized beige foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is toffee, some toast, caramel, citrus and mild chocolaty tones. Flavour is chocolate, some toffee, mild toasted tones with citrus and some mild tropical fruity tones. Quite thin palate.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Eltham Wines. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Nose is burnt toffee, caramel, citrus. Taste is much the same with a touch of milk chocolate holding things together. Malty sweet mouthfeel. Malty light bitter finish.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Foamy beige head left a creamy cover on a mahogany coloured still body. Chocolate, malt & toffee aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a thinner lively back. Toffee, burnt, malt, roasted & chocolate with a lightly hopped finish. Goes down well.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

50cl bottle. A clear dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee and resins. Taste of bitter roasted malt, coffee, caramel, chocolate, moderate bitterness.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Clear, darkest brown colour with average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty dark malty and slightly herbal, grassy, hoppy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, subtile sweetness. Taste is roasty dark malty, moderately bitter, grassy hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee. Watery texture, dry palate, fine and prickly carbonation. Solid.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Luke 11 i min ultrahemmelige julekalender viste seg å innehode to overraskelser! 0,5 flaske, delt med Kitty: mørk, mørk mahogny med flott skum ned til siste dråpe.Behagelig aroma og overbevisende smak av mørkrøstede malter, franskbrent espresso, hint av citrus og 70%-sjokolader. Imponerende smaksrik opplevelse for et øl på kun 4,4%. Stor takk til seremonimester Melberg for denne drikkegleden!

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Very dark chestnut color with white head. Aroma of cocolate, dark malt, light citrus hops. Taste, dark malt, chocolate, coffee, red fruits, light hops. As Henrk says, decent porter.

7

0,5 litre Bottle from Gulating Lillehammer. Black with light brown head. Roasted malts, hops, coffee, Fruity, some bitterness.