6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Alesela. Gusher! Lost a bit on opening, even though it was damned cold. Murky dark brown with a massive rocky head. Metallic aromas, but chocolate and toffee underneath. Nice creamy texture, bitter roasty finish. Carbonation way too high! Would like to try as a cask beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2013
at 14:01
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at The Hanging Bat. Hazy amber body with a thin off-white head. Nice lacing. Aroma of copper, marzipan and Christmas pudding. Flavour is a bit weird - earth, spice, nuts, icing sugar and candied plum. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Faint carbonation prickle. An odd beer - not undrinkable by any means, but just very unusual and not particularly moreish. Liquidised Christmas pudding.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2013
at 13:38
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 330ml.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a large to huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, rosted, burnt, ash, sweet malt. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, ash, roasted, sweet malt, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131012]
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 07:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A shared 50cl bottle @ allmyvinyl’s homebrew gathering. This ticks all the boxes you’d expect from the style but at this strength I’d want something that has more layers of flavour. There’s a lot of dark chocolate and coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2013
at 04:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle shared at home. Dark brown with a big tan head, a bit over-carbonated, and prickly on the palate because of that. Initially very fresh-tasting, but lots of toffee and chocolate and coffee coming through as it warms up. A woody note towards the end. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2013
at 01:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Black with a lasting brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and liquorice. Flavor is quite sweet and very bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 121013
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 04:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate. Thick tarish and roasted malty. Liqourice. Dark chocolate. Bitter. Lingering tarish and dry solid roasted brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 04:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with big beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, little vinous and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, caramel, little liquorice, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 04:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, licorice, coffee and hops. Long dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 04:17
6/10
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 04:12