6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Ruby/black, small but persistant head. Minty asphalt and grapefruit assaults my nostrils with pear, coffee and licorice following shortly thereafter. Sweet and massively full bodied with compact, black hole-style mouthfeel. Lots and lots of hops backed by licorice and truckloads of heavily roasty malt. Peppery warming alcohol dominates ths finish. Clean and massive, potent and hugely flavourful, but still not with much depth.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2010
at 07:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Dark brown colour, almost black, with creamy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with dried fruit, coffee, chocolate and raisins. Possibly a touch of smoke. Roasted, malty taste with notes of dark and/or dried fruit, coffee, dark chocolate, raisins, prunes and a hint of smoke or ashes. Vinous and powerful with a generous, slightly herbal bitterness in the finish. Full body, really heavy on the malt side, but smooth and rounded mouthfeel. Excellent beer!
Tried
on 05 Apr 2010
at 14:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Mahogany color, very dark; the head reduces quickly. Sweet aroma, molasses and figs jam, frankly not stimulating. Sweet flavor, caramel and molasses, with figs and dates; in the final there is more bitterness, not aggressive, from dark caramel. Bold, drinkable, but also cloying; overall it’s not an extremely positive experience; very dubious.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2010
at 11:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Cigar City Brewing Cask for a Cause. Dark brown, small tan head, scant lacing. Aroma of scotch and caramel. Taste has chocolate, malt-o-milk balls and plenty of alcohol. Nice brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2010
at 18:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle pours dark amber with a medium light tan head. Aroma is metallic toffee and clove. Spiced semi rich body of bread, brown sugar, and clove.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2010
at 16:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, from Kris Wines, London. Drunk in Haarlem sat by a windmill. Deep dark brown pour with a medium tan head that gradually faded but still had some life in it until the end. Super sweet aroma with dark fruit molasses, booze, chocolate and malt aplenty. Thickish slightly chewy mouthfeel. Not the most refined chappy really. Booze was clearly evident. Flavour pretty sweet and had some nice spicy/ fruity notes but the malty aspect was very nearly all consuming and smothered proceedings a litle. Certainly drinkable and quite tasty, but feel this could have been even better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2010
at 04:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
22oz bottle-pours a tan head and amber color. Aroma is date/raisin, sweet medium malt-caramel. Taste is dark malt-burnt/molasses/brown sugar/date/raisin, earthy/spice hops bite, alcohol. Better at cellar temperature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 15:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle thanks to Morrie, pours dark brown/black with a medium tan head. Aroma is very hot and spicey, lots of pepper, licorice. Flavor is nice and roasty with some smoke and peat notes finishing with a spicey alcoholic finish. A nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 07:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml. Murky brown-amber color, frothy, soapy head. Very nice aroma, potent alcohol, pomegranate, and amber malt all collide. The taste is not dissimilar. Some pleasant fruity edges around a big, Belgian-like, amber malt body. A very nice offering from Hebrew, the pomegranate complements the big amber malt body excellently. Bonus points for ingenuity.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2010
at 23:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a brown head. Rich malt and toffee aroma with dark fruit. Rich malt and alcohol flavor with toffee and dried fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Rich malt and dried fruit lingers with toffee and alcohol. Alcohol definitely noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2010
at 15:09