5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours muddy black. Aromas of port wine, malt, olives, dust, chocolate. Taste is port wine-like, malty, roasty, dusty, licorice, dark chocolate.

7.5

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

Tasted @ EBF 2008. Plums and grapes in the aroma. Grapes, malt and alcohol in the flavor. Licorice. Pleasant enough, but lacks some depth.

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8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Vintage 2008. 250mL bottle, pours a motor oil black with a tiny head. Nose brings out lots of soy sauce, oxidation, dark fruits and liqueur. Flavour is actually pretty good for being so old, with soy sauce, some dark cocoa, dark fruits and a touch of roast. Very well-balanced and complex. Surprisingly nice for such age and oxidation.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

26th October 2009
Opaque black stout. Low carbonation. Sweetish stout part of the sweetness is lacto. Rich rich malt but not hard roasted at all. Some licorice and subtle Port Wine notes as well. Shows it’s strength just a little at the finish. A pretty decent stong stout this and in a sensibly sized 25cl bottle.

9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Tap @ Fairbar. Pours black with no head. Aroma of hard roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, dried dark fruit, light notes of smoke. Taste is very smooth with roasted malt, coffee, plums, raisins, chocolate, port. Full smoth body, low carbonation ( was aged 2 - 3 years at this point ) no signs of booze. Exellent stout, full flavored, smooth and easy drinking. Shame this was the ever last keg of it. 141010

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted bitter finish with warming alcohol. Full bodied and oily. 231009

7.3

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

Sehr schwerer Antrunk, in das Malz selbstverständliche das deutlichste Aroma ist. Der Alkohol ist nicht störend, wir aber erkennbar. Das Malz wird noch intensiver und wird tief-intensiv, bitterschokoladig, holz-hopfig. Sehr schokoladig und stimmig, wobei das gehäufte Malz auf Dauer auch als monoton ausgelegt werden kann. 7/12/9/12/8/12

6.2

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

Dark brown. The head falls quickly. The aroma has some dark fruit, but is surprisingly limited. Tarry thick with maybe a little dark fruit, not a ton of nuance. There’s a bit of alcohol late and a lot of dark malt sweetness.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Entered to celebrate my rating number 16,000. A black beer with a red shine under a thick brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and whiskey.