7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear dark reddish copper with an average sized tan head. Sweet malt aroma. Sweet malt at the start with a touch of bitterness and dryness coming in at the finish. Needs just a touch more body and more softness in the malt profile. A little less carbonation would also help and might perhaps reduce a bit of the carbonic acid bite that this seems to have. Not bad, I would certainly drink another, but I think that some very small adjustments would make this outstanding.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2009
at 06:09
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to mcbackus: Poured a black brown with a light brown head. The aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, and dark fruits. Taste is bitter bakers chocolate and roastedness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2009
at 14:04
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark copper colored with a thick white head. Plenty of malt throughout, with overtones of caramel candy. A bit on the sweet side, but otherwise very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2009
at 09:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black as night with a very dark head. Molasses, coffee, roasted malts, some cocoa as well as chocolate in the aroma. Thick, syrupy body. Flavor is rather molasses filled. Also full of chocolate, roasted malts, some coffee, dark fruits and light licorice. Very nice impy.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2009
at 03:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled on draft at Smokin Joes this beer poured a black color with a small tan head. The aroma was sweetish, tangy, mildly bitter and had a touch of malted milk. The flavor was bitter, dry and roasty with a touch of coffee and nut. The finish was long, dry and roasty. Fairly full bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2009
at 18:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle at the Brickskeller. Pitch black, with a beige-brown, oily,patchy head. Big-time roasty aroma. Lots of chocolate and coffee. Lots of underlying flavor, but the alcohol tends to dominate, not unlike other big DR beers. Other than that it is pretty right on, with some pleasant sweet maltiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2009
at 12:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a tan head and a black body. Aroma of pumpernickel bread, coffee and burnt popcorn. Taste is roast, chocolate and burnt popcorn. Medium bodied, light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2009
at 11:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Redish brown with a thin beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, dry fruit, sherry and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, dry fruit, some caramel, wood, alcohol and a bitter finish. Quite heavy and sweet body, still somehow balanced on the bitter side. Lovly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2009
at 14:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep, dark brown with a large beige head. Milk chocolate, light herbal hops, and a medium roasted malt nose. Overly effervescent mouth. Flavor is sweet and roasted. Some cocoa, lactose, roasted malts, some molasses, and a finishing bitterness that comes more from the hops than the roasted malts. A nice stout.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2009
at 05:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Moderately strong coffe and oak nose. Cola colored with no head. Uncomplicated flavor of charred oak. Bark finish. Flat soda mouthfeel. Pretty straightforward, nothing outstanding.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2009
at 17:54