End Of Darkness #2
Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri in Oslo, Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Parallel tasting of End of Darkness #1 and #2 August 2020. Both bottles are black bodied, #1 had no head at all and #2 had a small, fast fading one. Both has strong, nicer aroma of dark malt, smooth roasted, chocolate, dry fruit and warming alcohol. The taste is much the same, the aging has made this beers really smooth with sweet, mild roasted malt, chocolate, dry fruit, some wood and lots of warming alcohol. The difference as far as I have understood is cherry and Bourbon barrel for #1 and blackberries and Jamaica rum barrel for #2. The difference from the cherry and blackberries is rather small, the aging seems to make them both taste a bit like dry fruit, but the cherry is actually still reckonable. The biggest different in taste for me is the alcohol from the barrel, the Bourbon seems to be a tad more elegant and complex as the rum tends to have a more general alcoholic sting. Both of them are great beer, but at least for the aging versions I find #1 a little bit better.
0,33 litre Bottle, shared with Hawk. Black with little head. Malts, hops, brett, cherries, berries, liqorice, sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
KYGG 250818. Black color with no head. Aroma is licorice, soy sauce, roasted malt. Flavor is licorice, soy sauce, alcohol, oxidation, roasted malt, booze, blue berries, black current, brett. Too much booze. Needs storage.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle 250ml @ gunnfryd
Pours black with a few tan bubbles. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, alcohol, molasses and oak. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, roasted, chocolate, molasses and oak finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Oily pour, dark brown, close to black, with no head. The aroma has berries and roasted malts, with dark sugar, prunes, alcohol and a pleasant oxidation. Roasted malt, booze, berries, blueberries and blackcurrant, with some coffee and a touch of dark sugar in the flavor. Sourish. Oxidation too, especially in the finish. Full body, smooth, warming and oily, with berries in the finish. A heavy one indeed, probably best suited for a decade in the cellar. 180825
Finn (18112) reviewed End Of Darkness #2 from Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6
Flaske fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø Langnes. Drukket på Bergstua. Svart. 0 skum. Oljeaktig konsistens. Kokosaroma. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken rom & kokos. Ikke ulik #1. Blir for søt. Tørr alkoholisk ettersmak.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
250ml bottle, cuvee #2, wrapped in paper, bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Naked black surface, almost black in the glass, poor lacing. Decent smell of dark malts, dark bread, and dark berries. Rich taste profile of red currants, black berries, wood, and chocolate in fine harmony. Malt-berry, lingering end. Fine depth. More vinous than rum-like. Smooth on the swallow. Enjoying, but cuvee #1 had a bit more to offer. (Tromsø 29.04.2018).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22.04.2017, 0,25l bottle @ home:
02.09.2016, tap @ Bergen Ølfestival:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish mineraly, dark malts, dark sugar, oak, minerals, rhum, dark berries, vanilla, grass, weeds, alcohol. Taste is slightly sour-ish, weeds, rhum, dark malts, dark berries, grass, minerals, brett, dark sugar, licorice, fruit stones, alcohol, hints of chili. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry mineraly and boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Lukt: Rosin og vinøse toner.
Utseende: Sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Ikke skum.
Smak: Rosin og kirsebær.
Hvor: WhatsBryne tasting hos Untapd Jostein.
Medium: Flaske@250ml, ABV@14,5%, Når@21.10.2016
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Svart med høyt kaffeskumfarvet skum. Lukter fatlagringen, vanilje, trevirke, mørke bær, mørk sjokolade og solbær. Fyldig. Noe salt. Kjenner fatlagringen enda tydeligere i smak. Bær, vanilje, trevirke, korn, mørk sjokolade, lang noe salt, lett bitter avsluttning. Noe alkohol. Løp å kjøp...