9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Draught@EBF2008. Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is smoke, malts, tar, licorice and vanilla. Also some slight wooden notes as well as some dark dried fruits. Also a sting of alcohol as it warms up. Flavour is roasted malts, smoked wood, alcohol, vanilla and some slight fruityness too. All in a very nice balance. Got even better the more it warmed up. Probably my favourite beer of the festival, so I drank loads of it....
Tried
on 23 Sep 2008
at 04:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught@EBF). Pitch black, small tan head. Smoke and tar in the nose. Full-bodied. Loads of tar, smoke, licorice and some sweetness. Very balanced slow-drinking beer to people who love smoked and tarry brews. This needs to be close to room temperature to optimize smoke overdose. Sampled this also at brewpub, there head was bigger, flavorwise same. Congrats Mika, world class brew.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2008
at 15:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Medium brown head. Opaque black body, dark reddish brown at edges. Burnt grainy coffee aroma with earthy notes. Dry-sweet intense smoky burnt charcoal taste with faintly acidic pumpernickel notes. Delicate. Dry-acidic burnt smoky aftertaste. Very nice. (0.1l taster draft at EBF ’08.)
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2008
at 12:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. Transparently black, minimal head. Smokey tarry nose. Densely malty, a bit slimmer than expected with fairly clean mouthfeel. Streamlined but with interesting flavor combinations of bacon, tar and licorice. A beer with attitude.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2008
at 11:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap. Pours pitch black with a lacing chocolate brown head. Mild smoked and chocolate malty aroma. Flavour starts chocolate malty yet quickly turn into a more solid smoked base flavour. Lingering hard roasted malty and chocolate finish with a nice smoke note into the far finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2008
at 02:55
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Draught, 9.0% at EBF08. Good sweet smoke flavour, distinct and clean smoke. Very good. My favourite of the EBF08.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2008
at 14:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, smoke and coffee notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, coffee, smoke and chocolate notes.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2008
at 06:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draught Beige, persistent head; black beer. Lightly smoked, very "thick" nose, bits of restsugars; pipetobacco and some chocolate. Very creamy-smooth with again just a light touch of smokiness. Toasted, slightly burnt cookies. Extremely smooth, nearly liquid velvet. And some body... Impressive, especially on the palate.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2008
at 04:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at EBF 2008, on Saturday September 13Blac color, creamy brown head. Salty, smoke scent. Salty, metallic, dry roasted taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2008
at 02:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught@brewpub
Inspiration for the name is (of course) Mikkeller Black Hole. Murky dark brown color, small off-white head. Light fruity yeasty, almost banana-like nose. Starts a bit yeasty with malty edge then nice fresh bitterness which lingers in the aftertaste. Kind of light crossover of brown ale and bitter. This was at its best when sampled fresh, after one week hops were more harsh and beer tasted more cold coffeish, which reduced drinkability.
Inspiration for the name is (of course) Mikkeller Black Hole. Murky dark brown color, small off-white head. Light fruity yeasty, almost banana-like nose. Starts a bit yeasty with malty edge then nice fresh bitterness which lingers in the aftertaste. Kind of light crossover of brown ale and bitter. This was at its best when sampled fresh, after one week hops were more harsh and beer tasted more cold coffeish, which reduced drinkability.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2008
at 02:28