Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Birch & Barley, October 2011. This was a great beer to finish my final evening at Birch & Barley with. Really rich in both the aroma and taste, well-balanced and smoot to drink despite 12% alcohol. Great stuff!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into snifter; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, vanilla, oak, herbal, pepper, and pine; with lighter notes of molasses, smoke, charcoal, dark fruits, licorice, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts and moderate earthy hop/oak notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, vanilla, oak, herbal, pepper, and pine; with lighter notes of molasses, smoke, charcoal, dark fruits, licorice, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate roast/char and herbal/peppery/piney hop bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, vanilla, oak, herbal, pepper, pine, molasses, smoke, charcoal, light licorice/dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and moderate earthy hop/oak flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from hop/char bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 12%. Overall this is an excellent Russian imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and moderate earthy hop/oak flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. This fits the RIS style perfectly on the level of hops and dark/roasty malts. Bottle doesn't mention anything about oak, but it's definitely there as stated in the site notes. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
smith4498 (4269) reviewed 4 Seasons IPA from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from a trade with watson1977. Pours dark golden color with white head. Citrus and caramel malt aromas. Bitter citrus flavor with a hint of sweetness. Medium body with average carbonation and a dry finish. Thanks Kerry.
Anders37 (30297) reviewed Black Magick from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate licorice and bourbon aroma. Roasted malty chocolate bourbon and vanilla flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate bourbon and vanilla finish.
yespr (55573) reviewed White Magick of the Sun from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of travlr. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spixed, coriander, juniper and peppery. Mild sweet, yeasty, spiced and mild fruity. Spiced, light fruity and herbal finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Deutlich kräuterartiger Antrunk, süß, Getreide. Vollmundig, minimal scharf. Dann wieder süßer, kombiniert mit dezenter Herbe. Die Mischung der Gewürze ist passend, das Bier rund. Gut! Danke an Travlr! /10/11/11/9/11
fonefan (85107) reviewed Black Magick from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear dark black colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, chocolate, wood, smoke, alcohol. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee beans, alcohol burn in the nice way ;O). Body is medium to full, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft. [20110904]
deyholla (22839) reviewed Black Magick from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle thanks to my Michigan Crew! Pours an oily black with a dark brown head that dissiapted to the edges and lace slightly. Aroma is full of roasted malts with a good amount of bourbon and a hint of dark chocolate. Flavor starts with booze of bourbon but dissipates in to a slightly bitter dark chocolate finish. Nice and oily.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Black Magick from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle-thanks dmac for sharing-pours a thin light brown head and black color. Aroma is sharp dark malt-anise, molasses, alcohol. Taste is sharp/rich dark malt-anise/molasses/chocolate, some earthy hops, alcohol.
yespr (55573) reviewed CowBell from Voodoo Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From tap. Pours dark brown to black with a creamy dense tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and slight vanilla. Vanilla, sweet, caramel and dark roasted malty. Smooth sweet and slight vanilla into the finish. Ends sweet.