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April 2014: 500 ml bottle vintage 2014, Cardinal Pub & Bar; Stavanger. Ingredients include fig purée. 8 different malts are used. Hops are Chinook, Simcoe, Amarillo and Coloumbus. ABV is 10.2%. Pitch black colour, large brown head. The aroma has notes of dark malts, tar, woodwork, coffee, liquorice and dark chocolate, hints of dark dried fruits. The flavour is medium sweet, very tarry and roasty, notes of salty liquorice, strong coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Hints of citrussy hops and dark dried fruits. Bitter and salty finish. Powerful stuff!

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Bottled. Black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some alcohol, mild spiciness and quite much roast too. Flavour is roasted, some liquorice, alcohol and rather syrupy sweet with some mild star anise like elements too.

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Cardinal 011114. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is licorice, roasted malt, chocolate. Flavour is licorice, roasted malt, hay, coffee, chocolate. full body. Nice beer.

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Bottle, at Cardinal. An almost black one, topped by a finger-thick, dense, tan head leaving curtains. The aroma has salty licorice, some bonfire and burnt malts. Hints of coffee. It’s full-bodied, lightly warming and quite sweet, with flavors of licorice and some coffee and bonfire. A light malt bitterness too. Nice carbonation. Lasting roasted finish with molasses, licorice and a touch of bonfire. Quite nice this one, although a tad one dimensional. 141101

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Bottle 500ml @ Cardinal, Stavanger
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, salt licorice, chocolate and ash. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, salt licorice and chocolate finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

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Bottle @ [ DOE - Olfestival Kobenhavn 2014 ] @ Tap1, Ny Carlsbergvej 91, 1760 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Det Lille Bryggeri Imperial Stout 2014 ].Clear dark black color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, alcohol, light chocolate and coffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, coffee, alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140522]

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Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty bitter chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.

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DØE. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee and heavy liquorice. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 220514