7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black beer with a malty and dry aroma and a malty flavour. Overall a nicely dry malty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2006
at 08:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle 0,33l at The St Albans Beer Festival 29 Sep 06. Dark brown coloured. A creamy lasting tanned head. Cautious aroma with some malt. An explosion in flavour! Fruit, malt and roastedness. A lingering dry bittersweet aftertaste. A morish beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2006
at 05:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
330ml bottle ongefilterd. Frothy and bubbly off-white head. Hazy, pitch black body. Dark malty aroma with anise notes. Aroma has got a solid component of dark fruit - plums and prunes - with hints of roasted malt and yeast towards the end. Full bodied. Tasty (enjoyed at the 11th St Albans Beer Festival 29.09.2006).
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2006
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 01/2008). Slightly hazy amber color, small firm off-white head. Strong fruity (mango) aroma with hints of rye. Quite simple flavour palette for strong ale here: mango, apples and alcohol. Even this is not so complex, it is reasonably enjoyable to sip, long fruity and warming aftertaste. Caesar put it well: Erik de Noorman’s flavours are close to La Trappe Quadrupel (or some other La Trappe), same yeast used?
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2006
at 08:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Warning! My bottle was a sample from the second trial brew. If the commercialized product proves different, I’ll try a new rating. Fully hazy brown with red-amber highlights; small yellowish, very fine head as whipped cream, leaving rings of lace. First impression is leafy/earthy, then an overwhelming onslaught of chocolate, dark chocolate powder and cacao booms. Quite bitter taste, chocolate, but also quite some hops. Malty, nowhere sweet, until after some serious warming up. Dry beer, a bit fizzy. In the aftertaste, warming up, some mild melassy sweetness. The chocolate reigns in the aroma, but is very meek in the flavour. Whatever, nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2006
at 13:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle (thanx to bierkoning !): Dark amber coloured, stable, firm tanned head; strong, sweet, spicy and fruity (sultanas, mushrooms...!) nose; stronger sweet and a bit sourish flavour; warming, sweet, later tart and slightly bitter finish. O.K., but a bit too much on the sweet side.......
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 00:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with a slight note of acidity from the roasted malt, but also a light note of coffee. The flavor is sweet with over ripe fruit notes and prunes, leading to a dry wood and roasted end.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2006
at 14:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Foreign Beer bar at GBBF Sat 5th August 2006. Very dark beer with no head to speak of, nice roasted notes on the nose. Quite sticky and a bit sweet but not overly so, also bitterness quite evident as was roasted flavours, drank very easily for the strength. Very nice. A6 A4 F7 P3 OV16 3.6 Had this again 09-01-09 Barry a friend picked it up at Westholme Londis Store, Goring-on-Thames, cheers Barry. Pours dark brown with beige head. Nice chewy maltiness, little boozy on the nose. Some oatiness comes through from somewhere along with a soft chocolatey bitterness, good Impy Stout. A7 A4 F7 P4 OV15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2006
at 11:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Reading BF 06. Rich gold with sediment in suspension. I was told that is was a rarity and that a Dutchman at the festival had taken a bottle because he couldn’t get it back home. Rounded yeast citrus aroma. Bit too fizzy, but the tangerine is lovely. Nice beer. Its a bit like Rowntree’s tangerine jelly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2006
at 13:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Yeasty aroma with some fresh hop notes. Burnt sugar. Almost black colour with a red shine. Very small light brown head. Roasted, peppery flavour and peppery aftertaste. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2006
at 05:23