8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, Lot 932, BBE 8/2017, many thanks to cgarvieuk for this one! Pitch black color with a rather large-bubbled beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, thick molten black chocolate, burnt sugar, molasses, plums, chocolate brownies. Taste is roasted malts, again brownies, burnt sugar, thick black chocolate, some liquorice, some vanilla, quite some sweetness, a touch prune/plums as well, including tartness, but the roastedness and earthyness keeps the sweetness in balance; earthy-leathery bitterness in the finish. Medium carbonation to support the richness. A rich, rather classic non-adjunct Imperial Stout with a lot of complexity. Amazing! Bottle, Lot 265, BBE 04.2020. Just a great classic Imperial Stout, as expected, a bit drier than last time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 16:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle pours a murky black with some brown head. Nose has malt, toast, dark fruits, cola, molasses, marzipan. Flavor is port, cherry, raisin, molasses, toast, chocolate, coffee. Finishes full bodied and sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2017
at 16:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Bottle from Beautiful Beer, Bury-St-Edmunds. Spicey, fruity aroma over the top, with a waft of chocolate. And a boozy hit. Dark, glossy, almost muddy. Thick frothy dark beige head. Light bitter with a creamy edge at first. A boozy bitter kick appears into the finish. Thick bodied. Creamy. Sticky. Low key carbonation. Long, astringent finish. The alcohol makes itself known. A beer two halves: understated at first, then the raw 9.6% takes effect. Found the latter off-putting at first, before I aclimatised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2017
at 13:24
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Chris & Ruth´s House. 2009 Version. A black beer with a small most good lasting tan head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, vanilla, toffee, rich chocolate, coffee. Taste of dark roasted malt, toffee, vanilla, wood, some red fruits, coffee, delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2017
at 18:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at salthorse. Pours deep amber, nose is cheesy, toffee, light fruit, taste is bitter, dry, sweet, little past its best. --- Beer merged from original tick of Parnassus Stock Ale Barrel Aged Double IPA on 28 Aug 2017 at 10:16 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle, Lot: 144, bought at the ABV Store in Norwich. Lasting off-white head, poor lacing, deep ruby brown body. aroma of dried fruits and caramel. Sweet taste profile of raisin, caramel, lightly spiced. Slightly roasted drying end. Gets very sweet in the long run. Decent in small amounts. (Hotel Room, Norwich 10.07.2017).
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2017
at 08:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Black colored, long lasting creamy tan head with nice lacing. Aroma is of dark chocolate, some burnt sugar and strong dark fruits, some banana. Taste is medium to very sweet malt, bitter chocolate, toffee, burnt sugar, again lots of dark fruits and berries, light banana notes, medium roasty bitterness, some alcohol and warmth in the finish. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, quite creamy. This really is a chocolate fruit cake! Excellent! (bottle, Bacchanalia, Cambridge)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 07:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Refrigerated 275 ml brown bottle 2013 label poured into a glass. Black with small light brown head. Aroma is rich oak, thick body, medium/low carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is chocolate and oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2017
at 16:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from EeBria cons 2017-06-22 Göteborg AR: British fruit cake, candis AP: hazy bronze, stoutly cresm beige steady lid F: British fruit cake, raisins, prunes, candis, wee spices, a bit ripe fruity
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2017
at 14:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Eebria cons 2017-06-18 Uddingston AR: ripe fruitiness apricot and peach AP:hazy bronze, high frothy dirty brown foam F: dried fruity, bitter, smooth carbonated,
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2017
at 17:44