The Event Horizon: Spectrum 4
Olde Hickory Brewery in Hickory, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.31
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Sweet and rich with an aroma of cinnamon, chocolate, boozy bourbon, roasted malt, and spicy habañero pepper. Burning and sweet, roasted, mexicake chocolate. Body is medium to full. Expressive, sweet with burning chili.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black, tan foam. Chocolate, oxidation note, cinnamon, a bit of chili pepper, vanilla, sweet, hot chili pepper finish, full-bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Sample from bottle. Black. Vanilla, chocolate and a hint of pepper in the aroma. Chocolate and raisin. Malty sweet flavor with soft roast, a pepper burn and cinnamon. Thinnish.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
@ Brouwerij de Molen (volunteers gathering), thanks for sharing John & Petra! Pours a black colour with a beige head. Aroma's of cinnamon, sweet malts, a bit vegetal pepper. Flavour is moderate sweet with some peppery fruitiness. Medium bodied. Increasing pepper heat. Long finish with chocolate, lasting pepper heat - a bit too much for my liking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Draft at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Black with a small brown head. Aroma of cinnamon, coconut, milk chocolate, fudge, vanilla, toffee and coffee. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Light full bodied with a chilli warmth getting hotter and hotter with each sip, and soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Craigs. Pours black, nose is coconut, liquorice, chocolate, cinnamon, fudge, taste is sweet, sugary, huge cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla, fair bit of heat from the chilli.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle big thanks to Stu. it pours jet black with a tiny tan head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, oily, dark fruits, vanilla, spiced, cinnamon, doughnut, earth, warming and cocoa. The taste is dry, bitter, spicy, peppery, massive cinnamon, peppery spice, chilli, cocoa, earth and rocky road with a warming chilli finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Can't say this is my favourite version due to the chilli heat, but it's alright.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home .. dark black ... thin tan lacing ... dark chcolate malts .. heavy roast ... dark heavy maltss ... light spice roast malt nose .. dark roast malts .. heavy spiced .. big chilli ... big warming roast ... dark malts ... heavy sweet roast malts ...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Lucky Bamboo share. Thanks Andrew! Very coffee forward nose with chocolate brownie aromas. Milk chocolate sweetness and roasty espresso bitterness. The coffee may have muted a bit since last year though, as the chocolate notes stand tall and proud. Lingering chocolate and faint vanilla bourbon notes on the finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours opaque black, medium creamy brown head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma is mocha, coffee, bourbon, vanilla, hazelnut. Flavor is medium plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium plus body. A bit hot and harsh, and it gets worse, not better, as the beer warms.