7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
Pours very dark brown with a fading head.Nose shows funky brett, red wine, redcurrants and little else. Nice though.Flavours are a little more geared towards a BSDA with some soft chocolate and roasted malt before the funk and booze rolls through.Body feels watery.A bit of a mishmash of flavours, can’t quite get my head around this one.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2013
at 21:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours hazy pale amber . Actually reminiscent of mango. Head fades fast.Aroma of overt, full-on passion-fruit with the mango noticeable underneath. Also funky brett and green apples. Very fruity.Lots of brett and acidity in terms of flavour - unlike in the aroma the fruit doesn’t dominate. It’s still noticeable however, merging in seemlessly amongst the funk. Some woody notes too. Nice!Carbonation could be upped.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2013
at 23:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep amber with a fading head.Nose shows Belgian esters and soft spicy phenols along with herbal, spicy hops and some clean, light sweet malt.Boozy syrupy flavours but very clean. Smooth but obvious alcohol, sweet clean malt, soft herbal hops. Unnecessarily high booze.Needs more carbonation.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2013
at 19:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the Brew Wharf, London - big thanks to Nick for bringing this along! Pours oily black with a thick, brown cream head. Lots of funk in the nose, smacking of some brand of infection, along with dark, tangy berries. Medium sweet flavor with more tangy funk, dark chocolate syrup, sourish berries, faint roasted malts. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and a chewy mouthfeel. Sweet, tangy dark malt finish, some dark sugars here, moderate chocolate; mild heat, too. Rich and the funk does add an interesting element, though I’m not sure it’s intentional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2013
at 02:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
From a 330ml bottle on 28/1/2013. Pours pretty much black with a huge three finger tan head. The aroma is features chocolate, caramel and prunes, with hints of coffee and smoke. This is a real sweet one, with chocolate and caramel again the primary drivers, but I also get the honey, some condensed milk, and a fair bit of dark dried fruit. The sweetness is balanced quite nicely by a modest roasty bitterness. The palate is creamy. The only knock is that it’s a shade over-carbonated. Otherwise, this is an excellent sweet stout. Fabulous artwork on the label too!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2013
at 21:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
From a 330ml bottle on 27/1/2013. Pours a murky cola colour with a biggish head that disappears quite quickly. Had a modest caramel malt aroma with a hint of dark fruit. The flavour follows suit, with some caramel sweetness, some prune and date, and a bit of chocolate and brown sugar. Couldn’t detect any Belgian character to it at all. Finishes with medium to big slightly roasty bitterness. I found this to be ridiculously over-carbonated, which refused to settle down despite being left in the glass for ages. Even without the explosion of bubbles making it hard to down, it comes across as a bit pedestrian. Rather disappointing given the Moon Dog Love Tap I just downed previously was rather good. Perhaps one for a re-rate just in case it was a dud bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 22:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 330ml bottle on 27/1/2013. Pours a cloudy medium golden with just the barest hint of a head. The aroma is primarily stone fruits with a touch of fermented apple. The flavour is big, with more stone fruits (apricot and peach), a touch of tropical fruit (pineapple), with a sharp citric bitterness which lingers. The body is full and the carbonation medium. Notwithstanding the advertising blurb, this presents as every bit of 7.1%. A very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 21:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 13C. Very dark but clear brown with a coat of beige head that retreats to the rim. Aroma of stewed and dried fruits, brett, treacle, cinnamon, peppery shiraz. Taste is sweet with black licorice, raisins, prunes. A little funky, but the brett is less obvious than in the aroma. Some citrus flavours as the bitterness emerges. Woody and vinous at the end as well as tangy and bitter. Interesting and clearly not thrown together, but at least for now just doesn’t quite come together as a whole.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2013
at 04:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Pours brown with a quickly fading head.Heavy banana on the noose, along with treacle, nuttyy notes, soft spicy hops and some light roast. Also some subtle spices.More roast as a flavour but there’s still a fair bit of banana and sweet treacle too.Needs a lot more carbonation.Interesting stuff.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2013
at 15:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours amber with a fading head.Nose shows funky brett, toffee, butterscotch, lemon and bready malt. Pretty interesting.A faint bit of the sweetness follows through as a flavours, almost vanilla-like. Also some bretty horseblanket. Finishes a little grainy and cardboard-like.Could use more carbonation.Pretty decent stuff, although there’s still a couple of issues to sort out.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2013
at 04:11