Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Lots of sweet cocoa. Deep brown with a small beige head. Light cheap chelate and lots of cocoa.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Soured sweet red plum. Cloudy copper with a decent white head. Sweet and light soured lychee and plum. Closest to a sour here although there is some sweetness as well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Soft sweet bready notes. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Very sweet and fruit bready notes. Odd, but much too sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Soft roast coffee with some sweet milky notes. Jet black brown with a small light brown head. Soft coffee and a rich body. Touches of toffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at My Yacht Taproom, pours a clear copper bronze with a small white head. Aroma brings out earthy, ashy smoke, with little sweetness or other features discernible. Flavour is along the same lines, with plenty of ashy smoke, earthy notes and bready malt. Not much body, no residual sweetness, little depth. Not too impressive, but pleasant enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at BeerCat, pours black with a small beige head. Nose is full of dark chocolate and little else. Flavour delivers as the nose suggests, with only minimally sweetened dark cocoa. Oily palate, with nothin' but chocolate. Well-structured and tasty stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Mikkeller Taipei, pours a hazy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out tons of plums upfront, with subtle lactose and sorbet-like notes. Flavour is quite sweet, with dessert-like plums, with liqueur and lactose. Loads of sweet plums dominate. Fun one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Mikkeller Nanxi, pours a hazy yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out a strange melange of pithy fruits, with lots of tea-like notes as well. Flavour is very different, with cloyingly sweet fruits and some pulpy notes. Pithy, fruity and sweet. Not the best.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Mikkeller Nanxi, pours a deep dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out lots of black tea upfront, with an earthy character. Flavour is sweet and malty, with lots of black tea, sweet roasted malt, and earthy notes. Nice incorporation of the tea on top a sweet, roasted backbone. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
clear dark brown colour, minimal beige head; aroma of dark chocolate, some coffee, cocoa and hints of soy sauce; taste of intensive dark chocolate, coffee, herbal liqueur notes and burnt sugar; good one!