Svartekunst F.E.D.I.R.E.S.P.
(has 7 batches)
Kinn Bryggeri in Florø, Vestland, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.69
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Svartekunst - Black Magic - is a Porter Stout we brewed initially in summer 2011, to celebrate our Batch Number 100. Each year sees a new vintage, and the detailed recipe is adjusted each time, so that later tasting sessions can make some really interesting comparisons. As the label suggests, this is a highly potent and powerful beer. The bitterness, however, will fade in the cellar, and the vinous tones will amplify. Coffee, burnt notes, smoke and leather are the dominant flavours. Residual sweetness is heavy, while the hops are dry with a bitter finish. We believe this stout can improve for 20 years, hence the legend "Best After" rather than "Best Before".
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at an Imperial Stout tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks KnutAlbert for this bottle. Black. Strong aroma of chocolate, cocoa, coffee beans and a bit of alcohol. Sweet flavor of chocolate, a bit of coffee beans, light fruitiness and a bit of alcohol. Medium to full-bodied, pretty thick mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2012
at 07:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
250ml bottle as a perfect dessert following the fish soup at Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri. Jet black, bright naked surface. Roasted smell of dark malts providing hints of dark chocolate and liquorice. Dark malts and dark fruits in flavour making it taste like dark marmalade. Rounded, roasted bitterness to the finish with noticeable alcohol. A pleasant dessert (Oslo, 25.05.2012).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2012
at 05:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black colour with a beige head. Rich roasted malt, coffee and chocolate aroma. Rich coffee and chocolate flavour. Mild sweetness. Very fine blend and easy drinkable.
[@ Haand ØlFestival 2012]
[@ Haand ØlFestival 2012]
Tried
on 08 May 2012
at 07:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at HaandBryggeriet Beer Festival, Drammen. Served too cold. Pitch black colour, creamy beige head. Modest aroma, mild roasty notes, coffee, dark chocolate and dust, hints of oak. Will probably improve as the beer warms up. The flavour is distinctly roasty with notes of strong coffee and dark chocolate, but is not very sweet. Packs a real punch this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2012
at 11:07
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at Amundsen. Black, no head. Aroma of dark rich cocoa powder. Taste is bitter 90% cacao. Extremely dry finish. Fascinating and unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 11:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, brygg 100. Pours a dark, reddish translucent, with almost no head. Aroma of a not to sweet liquorice and caramel, with some smoky notes. Flavour has a lot of chocolate and coffee, with a nice dry bitterness sticking through the finish. Bottle says best after 2013, and a couple of years will probably benefit the brew which then might be all the way up there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2012
at 12:43
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample at Nærbø ølfestival. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is smoked, roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Flavour is smoked, roasted malt, double coffee, hop, fruit, licorice dried fruit. Full bodied nice beer.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2012
at 00:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 24 Feb 2012
at 05:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Medium creamy pale brown head. Opaque black body. Intense spicy herbal mints and licorice aroma with sooty earthy licorice and blackberry notes. Incredible aroma. Dry-sweet alcoholic minty herbal taste with licorice notes. Mid-bodied. Mild soft mouthfeel. Dry alcoholic burnt grainy aftertaste with sooty fruity notes. Nice, but somehow the alcohol is totally overwhelming. Not sure why, but serving it cask may have something to do with it. All the usual Kinn virtues, and some faults that are entirely its own. (0.33l cask at Naboen Pub, Bergen, Norway.)
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2012
at 02:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Vinmonopolet, Vika. Pours black with a tiny light brown head. Aroma of dark fruits, roasted malt a hints of hops. Sweet with light bitterness and a distinctive taste of alcohol. A bit disappointed, but will try it again later. On the back of the bottle it is written best AFTER 2013, so I will try it again in a couple of years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2012
at 11:47