7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lsting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Light sweet. Average finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2012
at 13:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift. Tasty enough porter. Good choc. OK, good balance, good flaovurs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2012
at 04:35
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
12/03/2012 275ml bottle, via trade (thanks fonefan!). Nerissima, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma color cappuccino, molto persistente. L’aroma è di una intensità incredibile, aggressivo e potente, quasi brutale. Si percepiscono malti tostati e una punta di torbato, caffé, nocciola, cioccolata fondente, note etiliche, legnose, tanta vaniglia, ma anche ciliegie, con reminiscenze quasi di Cherry. In bocca è molto complessa, liquorosa, dolce all’attacco con note di cioccolato, vaniglia, ciliegie e frutta secca, legno, una punta di torbato e alcool. Corpo è medio-pieno, carbonazione leggera. Grandissima birra. Chapeau!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2012
at 18:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
275mL bottle - vintage 2009, brought back from the UK by the amazing Matts_Property, pours pitch black with zero head. Aroma of light oak barrels, roasted malt, vanilla, chocolate and a bit of wood / peat - quite subtle on the nose though. Flavour of light peat, dark dried fruits, oak, vanilla and sweetened chocolate - finishes with liqueur-coated dark fruits. Palate is full-bodied with not much notice of the ABV. The barrels are executed to perfection. Excellent, though seems a tad overrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2012
at 22:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Clear gold beer, good white head. Light dry palate. Mild lemon in the dry pale malt - hint of something ginger perhaps? Dry finish. Not bad.
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Clear gold beer, good white head. Light dry palate. Mild lemon in the dry pale malt - hint of something ginger perhaps? Dry finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2012
at 03:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, fruits, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, roasted malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2012
at 11:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
clear brown, small offwhite head. spicy, herbal and roasted malty aroma. flavor is roasted malts, sweet syrupy note, boozy note. ends with notes of liqeur.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2012
at 10:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks a lot to madmitch for that one. The small bottle looks good, the beer in the glass deep black, small head. Heavy malty aroma. Starts very strong, deep malty, not too dry. Earthy-woody notes, background with hints of vanilla. Well balanced but intense finish of malt, wood, earth. Goes down burning. Definetly a beer to enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2012
at 22:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
275 ml bottle thanks to Jason big time. I had the reserve version some years ago. Pours a wonderful black viscous color with a small beige head. A huge dark fruit nose with tobacco and leather. A sweet flavor with currants, more darker fruit, some caramel, light roast and slight sourness, dark cherries, very big and somehow very mellow. The palate really adds a ton with how viscous and oily it is. Very good. A bit akin to Expy but less robust and more mellow. Damn nice, I could drink this often, like twice a day!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2012
at 21:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy ginger and lemon. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 120112
Tried
on 12 Jan 2012
at 11:18