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7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can 330ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2017 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Time and Tide Double Stout ].Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, chocolate, dark malt, dusty, roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, roasted, chocolate, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170806] 8-4-8-3-16

7.8

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330ml can. Black with a small tan head. Roast malts, chocolate, caramel and booze on the nose. Taste of roast malts, dark chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, roasty bitterness, warming boozy finish. Medium-full body, soft carbonation. Really nice.

7

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330ml can. Pours dark brown, almost black with a smooth brown head. Roasty, earthy and syrupy imperial stout with some licorice, dark chocolate and espresso notes, hints of leather and burnt malts. A bit too burnt.

7.8

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Keg @ In De Wildeman. Pitch black color. Big dense light brown head. Aroma's: roast, coffee, mocha, light umami. Retronasal it's sweetish, fruity, roasted, coffee. Flavor is light moderate sweet, roasted bitterish. Medium bodied. Long finish with lots of roast and firm bitterness. Very good.

8

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Keg at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is smoky, meaty, liquorice, chocolate, taste is similar, sugary, chewy.

7.6

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

Black, beige head. Malty aroma, cacao, roasted malts, quite nutty, cacao. Sweet flavour, malts, caramel, coffee, dried figs. Finish roasted malts, leather, coffee.
(from draught @ BXL Beer Fest, Brussel. Thanks for sharing today's beers, rb crew!)

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keg at bow bar... Dark black.. Thin tan head... Soft chocolate heavy malts.. Rich chocolate roast.. Dark bitter heavy meaty chocolate.. Light iodine...

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can: Deep,deep amber coloured, a ruby sheen is still visible, creamy and stable and firm tanned head, moderate to solid nose of dried fruits, toasted malt and leather, as usual, with traces of fresh (?) hops in the background; moderate to solid - as well - sweet-bitter flavour, accompanied by a delicate acidity, full bodied, quite soft; lingering sweet-sourish finish with dried fruits, toasted malt, herbal hops and warming alcohol. Very well quaffable ImpStout...

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Modern, American-style imperial stout from this Kentish brewery, sampled at BXL Beerfest, thanks Olivier for sharing. Lacing, medium thick, pale yellowish beige head, near-black robe with hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of hazelnuts, dry leather, dry tree leaves, coffee grounds, walnut shells, black tea, dry black earth, cigar ashes, butterscotch, glue. Dried fig and dried Polish plum notes in the onset, medium to lightly fizzy carbo, thoroughly nutty malt body, full and oily, toasted and very bitter black chocolatey, bit earthy finish, humus and dry dead tree leaf impressions, cold coffee grounds too, herbal, followed by a warming gin-like alcohol effect. Nice enough for its style, but could do with a tad more body and a bit less of that herbal, leafy earthiness in nose and finish.