6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear black colour, red hue, beige head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate, coffee, bit dusty. Very light bitter, roasted malts flavour. Quite thin body. Finish liquorice (drop), coffee. No Best Before Date or indication of brew date, but guess it’s not really fresh anymore.
(From 355cL bottle shared @ Ben’s place. Bought that very day @ De Molen Biershop)
(From 355cL bottle shared @ Ben’s place. Bought that very day @ De Molen Biershop)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2013
at 07:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours opaque black with red tones, minimal head. Aroma is rusted malt,cocoa, tobacco. Flavor is the same, medium sweet, lactose, light bitter. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2013
at 15:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Pours cloudy, deep wooden brown with a short, thick, bright-tan head. Aroma is candied fruit, raisin, syrup, licorice. Taste is sweet, candied...licorice, caramel, nuts, dark, dried fruits. A slight herbal-mild spice flavour. Very nice...only a hint of the alcohol content...very soft and smooth for 8.5%.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2013
at 13:20
4.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
volatile hoppy fumey aroma. from bottle, why was I thinking this would not be a dark beer? you know, the name, hoppy bunny aba, not thinking the b was for black. and thus it pours, a beauty black beer with a tan head that goes into this rising dough evolution to a plateau. big nasty hoppy black beer, nasty that is if you are a lager lover, heheh. big long bitter finish trenches into your tongue for a finish. does not hide alky well even tho it does not come across as viscous. dark burnt background makes this almost enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 13:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured black color with a huge foamy dark brown head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was licorice, roasty malts, tart fruity hops, perfume and a odd slightly off presence. The flavor was bitter, roasty and toasty with notes of anise, rough fruity hops, perfume and again an odd off presence. Long bitter, roasty, anise and fruity hop finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2013
at 14:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355 cl. bottle sampled – courtesy of Martinus. Thx! for sharing. Dating strip is unclear to the least but this seems to be a 2008 Vintage. The beer itself reveals clear signs of age. Pours dark brown, blackish, mocha head. Nose is sweet iron, oxidation, thin fading coffee & caramel, fading malts. Taste is thinned out, bitter roast upfront, brown sugar, herbs, thin older coffee, herbs, old grains, mocha & some berries. Body is thinned out. I hope that this is better fresh because the reputation of this doesn’t correspond in any way with the quality of this. I hard good things about these guys.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 00:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at local 44. pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma peachy and grapefruit hoppy. solid bitter and crisp hoppy. Bitter and dry herbal finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jun 2013
at 01:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with medium frothy tan head. The aroma is sweet roasted malt and caramel, Thin moutfeel with sweet roast, chocolate, and light bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2013
at 15:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours black with two-inches of brown head. Smells of dark fruits. Tastes on tangy pine, soap, and chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2013
at 04:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Strong tobacco nose with maple syrup highlights, wood, fig, and molasses. Awesome. Clear brown, medium tan head. Robust wood and nutty notes. Walnuts are prominent, with a pleasurable bitter char finish. Excellent hoppy ABA.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2013
at 13:29