7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650mL bottle, pours black with a medium beige head. Aroma is heavy on roasted malts, burnt espresso and potent hops. Flavour begins with heavy espresso beans, burnt / roasted malt, finishing with a potent hoppiness. Well done CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
cloudy brown, smooth white head. aroma of coffee, roasted malts flavor is coffee, roasted malts, simple but good
Tried
on 08 Apr 2011
at 11:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee, roasted malt, caramel, and sweet malt, leading to a dry bitter finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2011
at 11:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a dark brown with a reddish hue and a beige head. Dry hard roast coffee aroma - a little chili-like - with a beige head. Medium body, some hard roast but also quite a metallic touch. A little vanilla and ashes. Ends dry. A little too thin to support the roast. 080411
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2011
at 11:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark mahogany color, the red hue is visible through the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, spent coffee; not too exciting. Dry mouthfeel, quite weak body, with strong flavor of roasted malt and bad coffee; ordinary bitterness. Nothing special.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2011
at 11:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours dark brown with a dark amber glare and small tan head. Aroma is herbal coffee and dark malty. Bitter, herbal and coffee flavorued. Bitter and coffee smooth flavoured. Smooth and bitter into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2011
at 11:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Hazy dark amber color; creamy head. The aroma shows a delicate fruity hop touch. Strong caramel flavor, a bit nutty, with very strong bitterness; the hopping is well aromatic, American; the final is quite dry, maybe too bitter.
Extreme Side Bitter, but good.
Hazy dark amber color; creamy head. The aroma shows a delicate fruity hop touch. Strong caramel flavor, a bit nutty, with very strong bitterness; the hopping is well aromatic, American; the final is quite dry, maybe too bitter.
Extreme Side Bitter, but good.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2011
at 08:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Both tap & cask at The Met Amber with a creamy, lasting beige head. Nose is piney hops and crystal malt.Palate is a nice balance of sweet malt and hop bitterness. Notes of piney hops throughout. Medium strength lasting hop bitterness in finish. Decent brew!
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2011
at 14:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Decent black body with a brighter beige head of rather respectable size. Aroma is sweet barley, very stout like, with hints of coffee that may or may not be the barley or perhaps the advertised "Salt Spring Coffee". Really, they can grow coffee over there in this wet climate? Oh, it’s Sumatran and then re-branded by the Salt Spring crowd, gotcha. The flavour is very heavy on the coffee, and again it’s hard to say if it’s the extra infused coffee or the barley. Either way it’s reasonably tasty, but inquiring minds wouldn’t mind knowing if the brewers were good enough at their porters that they did this with barley or a heapload of coffee. Given that the bottle wasn’t too cheap, it could go either way.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2011
at 18:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Jet black body and dark brown head. Simple aroma of roasted barley. Taste is a sour stout, not sweet at all and with a bitter finish. Not my kind of stout; I prefer the sweeter and more complex ones. Some might find this highly drinkable, I found it just barely.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2011
at 16:55