Leighton (35102) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared at the Cad’s 10th Anniversary Tasting - CBC Clerkenwell, London. Thanks to Anders. Pours clear, rich gold with frothy white head. The nose holds some rindy citrus, pale bread, crackers, grain. Medium sweet flavor with more crackery pale malts, pine needles, rindy orange. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly resinous to finish, warming, with more crackers and orange. So so.
Anders37 (30297) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ The Cad’s 10yr Shindig. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter piney flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the Cads 10th Anniversary bash, thanks to Anders, 29/03/15. Clear golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is tangerine, grass, light pine, apricot, floral notes, touch herbal, citric rinds. Taste comprises caramel, pine, orange pith, mandarin, grapefruit, light bread notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the close. Decent DIPA.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Epiphany No. 1 from Black Oak Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Tasting at Matt’s
Cloudy dark mahogany color with red shades. Aroma of caramel, walnut, malt. Sweet caramel flavor, a bit of maple syrup, of oak, of nuts, very low bitterness, lightly fudgy, and some alcohol evidence.
Nothing special. Just strong.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Epiphany No. 1 from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Cocoa, caramel and dark fruits and a touch of spice. Cloudy copper with a decent beige head. Spicy, light cocoa and some fruity notes. Nice, but would have never guessed quad. Finish has some more fruit.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Epiphany No. 1 from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
650mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a dark reddish brown with a small off-white head. Nose brings out the cherry wood upfront, with some faint cinnamon and dark fruits. Flavour is quite nice, with cherries, wood, light cinnamon and dark fruits. Unique flavours for the style, with a finish of light cherries and wood. Doesn't strike me as a quad. Not overly pleasant, but decent.
Scopey (25220) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at The Cad’s 10 yr Shindig. Thanks to the Anders? It pours clear golden-amber with a small white head. The nose is sweet, juicy, fresh, plenty of orange citrus, resin, dough, earth and orange blossom. The taste is crisp, bitter, orange, tangerine, caramel, piney resin and some sponge cake malty action with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent gear.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Toms 10 yr anniversary. Amber colour. Hoppy grapefruit some tropical fruit. I liked it. Easy drinking resiny hoppy. Excellent.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Nox Aeterna from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown. Mega coffee nose, can’t smell anything else. Taste the same...heavy-handed coffee. No smoke found. Thick, strong body.
Helsdon (1072) reviewed Epiphany No. 1 from Black Oak Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
For some reason this is feeling like it’s more of a Double to me, which really isn’t that much different than a Quad. Maybe it’s because this brew doesn’t quite break the booze double digits (which seems like a mandatory for a Quad to me), the brew’s density, and overall sweetness. But regardless I like it. Really toasty nose, with that Candi coming through as general stickiness. The taste heavy on the roasted malts, a plain sweetness, rather than a more complex molasses or maple, dried fruit, and woodiness. Might have been nice to see it peculate a little longer to eat up some of those sugars and edge up the booze numbers. Overall a good brew. Might grab another before they’re gone.