7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled at RBESG. Black as night. Aroma of chocolate and tar. Balanced sweetness in combination with full body. Lots of salty licorice, coffee and tar. Powerful, yet restrained. Salty salmiak finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 03:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle at GT - RBESG 2008)June 29, 2008Black color, tan head. Sweet, chocolate, oak scent. Chocolate, salty, malty taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2008
at 12:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
RBESG2008: 27.5 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a lacing tan head. Smooth chocolate malt and roasted aroma. Flavour is sweet chocolate, roasted malt, light liqourice and coffee into a light tarish finish. Ends medium dry and roasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2008
at 17:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark brown. Light toasty nose with a hint of nuttiness and crackers. Sort of a thin body with a light crackery taste. Finishes quick, and far too light
Tried
on 07 May 2008
at 16:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
’05 Reserve Aged in Oak(UK)–275 ml bottle@Vero Beach Throwdown-pours a slightly off white ring for a head and black color. Aroma is oak, vanilla, Jack Daniel, vinuous. Taste is oak, vanilla, Jack Daniel, vinuous-dark fruit. Smooth. Occasional. Thanks to TheCheeseMan for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2008
at 14:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
[Courtesy of yespr - what a treat] Black with medium light brown head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt, caramel, coffee and chocolate notes. Sweet flavor with hard roasted malt, overripe fruits, whisky, wood, chocolate, coffee and liquerice notes. Excellent!
Tried
on 05 Apr 2008
at 12:30
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle Deep, blacky body with a creamy brown head. Aroma of wood, wine, malts, molasses, ... Quite complex and extremely well balanced aroma. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet, complex flavour of spices and malts. For an imperial stout not too heavy on the malts, well balanced and very complex!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2008
at 03:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Vintage 2005, many thanks to Phil_L Very dark mustard-coloured head over jet-black beer. End of bottle solid lumps. Beautiful brandy-like smell with dark fruits, steeped in alcohol, and liberately dosed with black coffee. Coffee², with a very strong sweetener, and doses of alcohol, fusels & benzene. Even molasses in the background, and black (REAL black) chocolate. Very sticky MF, full bodied, viscous as motor oil. Pretty complex, outstanding balance, but I’ve had more delicate flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2008
at 01:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home ... Dark amber bit loose foam head ... pine hop resins ... good fruit tangy ... little soapy ... but loads of citrus and pine ... quite drying ... well balanced... lots of building piney hop ... another great one... not my favourite style ... but one of the best in its class.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2008
at 14:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[i] [b] Bottle, dropped off very kindly by Marc Bartram, Bartrams Brewey with casks for the Beer Festival [/i] [/b] Poured dark brown with light beige head, aroma is very light but there are some sweet malts just detectable. This is a simple typical British Mild, but one that’s done well, ok so it doesn’t have the oomph of say a Beijing Black and it isn’t quite up there with my current favourite Welland Valley Mild, but it’s nice and I would happily have a pint or two of this. There is a nice swishy funky fruity sourness creeping through, it is a bit thin maybe but hey it’s a Mild and a rather nice one at that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2008
at 10:52