8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle (thanks cgravieuk). Pours black with beige head. Aroma is fruit, roast, booze. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, malt, chocolate, banana, booze. Feels very light. Very interesting palate. Overall: great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2018
at 16:34
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at cgarvieuk's, vintage 2015 vs vintage 2009. Pours black. Aroma is toffee, caramel, barrel, nuts, coffee. Much more oak in the younger one. Body is heavy, strong but not super boozy, barrel, little carbonated sourness, intense, but mostly diabetes. Rich for sure, but also not as gracefully balanced as the GKH 2009 I just had. Still a very good beer, of course. Older gets better, but the flatness ruins some of the experience. Maybe there is a sweet spot in between?
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2018
at 21:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at cgarvieuk's, vintage 2009. Pours black. Aroma is raisin, roasted malt, plum and fig. Body is heavy, light on sweetness but still sweet, roasted and coffee and vanilla, still intense on bitterness. Smooth. Great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2018
at 21:14
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2018
at 21:28
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2018
at 21:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Craigs, many thanks, very little head, opaque dark brown color, aroma of dark bread, waffle, rich chocolate and some oakiness, lots of dark chocolate in flavor with prunes, soya and oakiness enveloping it all, strong but extremely mellow sweetness. Balanced and really really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 05:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs, many thanks, small creamy head, opaque pitch black color, aroma of barnyard, animal feed, dark bread, coffee behind it all, some dark fruits creeping through, flavor of plums and damsons with sweet dark chocolate, pleasant light bitterness, mild mellow sweetness. Very good ans really enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 05:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Craigs, medium bubbly creamy head, clear oxidized red color, aroma of wood, overipe oranges and minerals, flavor of wood and citrus with a noticable alcoholic presence, a hint of sweetness, a bit heavy. Nice, but nothing more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2018
at 19:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the dregs run, cheers Craig. Pours hazy amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of toffee, marzipan. Taste is bitter up-front, then burnt sugar, toffee. Boozy. Burnt sugar dominates the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2018
at 15:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black pour. Aroma of creamy roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, mocha coffee and caramel. Taste has rich roasted malt, herbs, chocolate malt, licorice, caramel and mocha. Soft, somewhat lively mouthfeel. Nice classic ris.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2018
at 19:11