09th Birthday Cake - Espresso Lava Cake
Amundsen Brewery in Oslo, Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
Collab with: North Brewing CoStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series Out of Production
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Score
7.69
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 29/01/23. Lightish black with a tan cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is coffee grinds, charr, light spice, cacao nibs, roast malt, brown sugar melt. Taste comprises roasted bite, kiss of booze, spice, coffee cake, charr, burnt sugars, toffee fudge, coffee latte. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Solid coffee laden impy stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Can at home procured from HOTM . A sticky dark brown coloured pour with a decent mid tan head that fades to a swirl. Aroma is nice rich earthy coffee, brown sugars, light ash, dark chocolate, ash, some dark berries. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, rich dark choclate fudge cake, rich coffee, brown sugars, brownie. Nice lingerine chocolate and coffee. Palate is medium sweet, sticky pily, mellow carbonation, Really good pastry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Eltham Wines. Black pour with a tan head. Aromas of coffee beans, dark chocolate, profiteroles, liquorice toffee. Flavours of dark roast coffee, chocolate cake, cocoa, more liquorice toffee, touch of smoke. Boozy sweet finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
440ml can. Pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, vanilla. Taste of strong coffee, chocolate, vanilla, very rich, strong bittersweet finish. Thick full body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is strong bitter espresso. Taste has dark chocolate, lots of bitter espresso and some sponge cake.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can at NYE weekend. Jet black colour with a thin head. Aroma and tan are buckets of coffee and chocolate. Full smooth and rich body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is roasted coffee, meaty, chocolate, taste is similar, some sweetness, light bitterness.