8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
20th April 2008 Opaque black beer with a frothy brown head. Sillky smooth with bags of malt depth and a chocolate undertone. Fairly hoppy finish which is dry. Mad beer but very drinkable!
Tried
on 21 Oct 2009
at 16:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a nice chocolate malt with some caramel and toffee. Flavor is milk chocolate, coffee, bourbon with some dark fruit. Then comes the alcohol burn at the end. I did not like the 12 version very much but i think the 13 has enough things in it to carry this to the soild category. With some age to tame the alcohol this could be quite good.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2009
at 16:14
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
HOLY SHIT! This is pure yum. It pours deep and dark with garnet edges and adequate dark tan head. The aroma is milk chocolate, caramel, roasty malts, a dash of burnt malts (13 malts, you know some of it is black patent), a touch of biscuit, a modest level of dark fruity esters and a touch of heat. The flavor is ushered in on a creamy and smooth carpet ride. The taste begins with chocolate and roasty malts and then heading toward burnt malts, caramel, dates, prunes and figs. The booze wells up about midway to join in and help move this to the finish. The roasty and burnt malts persist with light amounts of chocolate and caramel heading from the finish and into the after taste with a modest sense of booze. Seems better than 12 when it was fresh. YUM!
Tried
on 20 Oct 2009
at 19:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2nd April 2008 A smooth malty ale with no bitterness. Not dry or complex just smooth.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2009
at 14:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
’08 bottle Pours cloudy orange, thick beige head. Aroma is malty with hints of fruits, and hops. Flavor, faint pomegranate, fruit profile was a little weak, pomegranate adding only to some extra bitterness, malty finish with some spices and bitter hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2009
at 12:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Chriso pre-GBBF tasting 09. Amber, lasting beige head. Musty malt, some malty fruit. Not great. Not very pommegrannitey either. Very sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2009
at 03:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Pours a deep, dark brown. Beige head which disappears quickly. Very nice aromas of toffee, caramel, roasted malts, brown sugar, candy sugars...interesting. Flavours of toffee, bitter chocolate, black cherries, plums. Sweet, bitter finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2009
at 11:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a lasting off-whiyte head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, dried fruits and licorice. Sweet flavour of burnt caramel, with fruit and a little alcohol.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2009
at 12:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown with a big and lasting white head. Some caramel aroma with big grapefruit hops. Sweet and toffee malty flavour with some grapefruit, and a decent bitter finish
Tried
on 16 Sep 2009
at 08:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy golden with a medium beige head. Sweet fruity aroma and had malty and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel, hops and fruity notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2009
at 17:23