5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Very good, extremely fine & dense head, upheld by good carbonation; orange-golden beer. Herbal-grassy-spicey nose, spring grains and a touch of citrus, quite perfumey. Lacking ’ a bit of taste ’ - this might go for the understatement of the year... It’s in fact perfectly neutral. Light, however not watery in FG - just bl**dy neutral, flavourless. Oh God.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2007
at 00:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark chocolate, coffee and charcoal aroma. Dark brown with small head - pours rather thin. Creamy chocolate, coffee and charcoal flavor. Moderate acidity and mild carbonation. Nice drinkable stout with lighter body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2007
at 17:30
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle Pours a clear medium deep amber shestnut color with a small light tan head that had to be coaxed a bit with an agressive pour. Aroma is mild malts with some very slight hints of the "spices" that are mentioned. I would have guessed even a lager at first. Flavor does show the corriander and cinnamon and some orange peel maybe. Still mild and not much of a backbone to support these additions. Slight bitter bite at the end and a fairly thin body with soft carbonation. Hoped for more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2007
at 19:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a nice tan head. Big coffee/roasty aroma. Roasty/coffee flavor - not as big as the aroma though. Medium body. No harshness. Slight chocolate. LIngering roast/coffee. Nice balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2007
at 10:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Big brown head. Deep dark red body, barely translucent. Thin, sooty chocolate aroma with burnt notes and touches of pine and vanilla. Taste is thin, burnt chocolate with dry pine aftertaste. Quite good. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2006
at 09:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
A deep dark stout with burgundy notes, and a thick lacing moka head. The aroma is light chocolate with coffee, no ash here. In mouth, a nice light stout, with nice roasted malt bitterness developping in mid tongue, but finishing rather quickly, more coffee-like. A quaffable stout, sent to me by HogtownHarry, in the spring. Still fresh tasting.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2006
at 17:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a boring looking amber with a small white head. Aroma is almost nothing There is some spice in there so i will at least give it a semi good rating. Flavor is way better than the aroma. Some nutmeg, cinnamon and lemon zest. I was ready to bury this one but it is quite tasty. The jokey name is something to look past as this is quite a tasty brew.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2006
at 16:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle purchase from Tuckers maltings online. Poured chesnut in colour a touch hazy. Aroma was slightly spicey and a bit sweet. Taste was also a touch sweet quite stong tasting some spices but found it a bit messy overall and not what I would have expected from Hopback.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2006
at 01:49
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bad aroma; it smells like burning hair. There are some hops in the aroma as well. Lightly sweet malt and a little sour. I didn’t get any of the listed spices. Palate is on the thin side.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2006
at 22:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Very dark amber coloured with nearly unvisible ruby sparks, tanned rocky head; roast malty, coffeeish nose with a metallic tinge and burnt caramel; mainly dry bitter flavour, supported by a little sweetness; slightly sourish, dry,bitter coffeeish finish, almost with hints of smoke. A quite light bodied, satifying Stout..............
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2006
at 11:56