Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample, at the Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2010; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: roasted malt, chocolate malt, cocoa, vanilla, coffee, light cherry; mouth: roasted malt, chocolate malt, cocoa, vanilla, coffee, cherry, finale in chocolate with presence of cherry, not much carbonation, light acridness, medium body, lightly oily texture; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Échantillon, lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 3 juin 2010; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, malt chocolat, cacao, vanille, café, léger cerise; bouche : malt torréfié, malt chocolat, cacao, vanille, café, léger cerise, finale en chocolat avec présence de cerise, peu carbonatée, légère âcreté, corps moyen, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : belle surprise
Viper666-Qc (10199) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 341ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de houblon herbeux, citrique (pamplemousse) et légèrement résineux, malté de caramel toffee sucré, moyen de biscuits et de fruits (agrumes) avec des notes de miel et de vanille. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement résineuse, légèrement huileuse et aux petites notes crémeuses. Goût moyen-amer de houblon citrique (pamplemousse) et légèrement herbeux (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un léger goût fruité (agrumes, traces de pêches) et de notes de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré avec un léger goût de biscuits au miel et des notes de sucre bonbon puis en finale l’on retrouve un regain d’amertume de houblon plus herbeux et légèrement résineux ainsi que des notes d’alcool réchauffantes. Post-goût long, amer de houblon citrique, moyennement herbeux et légèrement résineux avec des notes d’alcool et de fruits (zest d’agrumes).
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
31st July 2010. ChrisO’s ’Raise The Roof’ tasting.
Last beer (for me) of a long days tasting. Clear amber beer. Little white head. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Sweet hops - pineapple and mango - lovely and fresh. Finishes dry. Good stuff and great final beer!
fonefan (85107) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 341ml. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Clear medium yellow orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled@The Chriso Rock The Roof Down pre-GBBF shindig. Amber colour with small off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts with some mild bisquity notes and also very much fruity and floral hops and some mild honey as well. Flavour is very much fruity and floral hops in a quite bittery, but sweetish kind of way. Also has some maltyness and mild vanilla to it. A nice IIPA.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Nutcracker from Black Oak Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a brown body and a small white head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate. Exaggeratedly strong coffee. Oak-y. Some earthy or spicy quality to it. Taste is coffee, nutty and ashy. Light bubbles.
Metalchopz (8073) reviewed Nut Brown Ale from Black Oak Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Purchased in Toronto at a LCBO. Part 1 of 3 dark brown beers that are tested. This one pours a clean brown colour that light can be seen through. Good beige creamy head with high retention and excellent thick and creamy lacing. The aromas are of dark malt, molasse, nut, wood and some dark fruits. As the brew breaths, some chocolat scent also appears. The mouthfeel is rather watery though, so this can make a good session dark ale. Taste is like the nose, but with some light burnt wood in the aftertaste. Quite refreshing for a nut brown.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Beat The Heat from Black Oak Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a white head that fades over a clear golden body. Aroma of coriander, dryness, belgian sugar and oranges. Taste is citrus, tart, coriander and green pepper. Mouthfeel is dry and fizzy.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Nutcracker from Black Oak Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can 341ml. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, spicy, cinnamon - anis. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration and spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20090801]
GRM (7527) reviewed Pale Ale from Black Oak Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, 3 juin 2009; oeil : ambrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : léger malt, léger grain; bouche : léger malt, léger grain, drèche, mousseuse, finale en drèche avec une surprenante amertume, astringence moyenne, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt amère; en résumé : ordinaire ENGLISH Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2009; eye: amber, clear, average effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: light malt, light grain; mouth: light malt, light grain, spent grains, foamy, finale in spent grains with a surprising bitterness, mild astringency, medium body, average carbonation, rather bitter; overall: ordinary