8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.[ Trade by Fin ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, wood, vanilla notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, wood, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120623]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2012
at 06:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 75cl. A reddish dark brown beer with a finger-thick dense, light beige head. Roasted, lightly boozy nose with dark chocolate and some coffee. Some vanilla hints. Super soft and full-bodied, a bit warming, but not in an unpleasant way. Roasted malts, chocolate, some vanilla and booze, and a little bit of bitterness in the flavor. Lasting finish. A pleasant one, that’s for sure. 120623
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 14:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Batch 2 on the back of the bottle. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel and vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, liquorice, wood, vanilla, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 14:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml @ fonefan
Pours clear dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and oak. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long oak, chocolate, vanilla finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and oak. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long oak, chocolate, vanilla finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 14:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, wood, vanilla, roast malt and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 14:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BrewDog Camden. It pours dark brown (nr black), with a decent beige head. The nose is roasted malt, charcoal, caramel, toffee, treacle, smoked ham, dark fruit, citrus pith and leather. The taste is roasted malt, caramel, dark fruit, charcoal, dryness, rich-roasted coffee and wood, with a long bitter-roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Great balance. Delicious!
Tried
on 10 Jun 2012
at 09:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at BrewDog Camden, London. Pours black-brown with a soft, off-white foamy head. Nose holds quite a bit of ripe citrus, strong grapefruit, dark pineapple, some well and toasted malts. Decent flavor, medium sweet, some burnt caramel, burnt grapefruit, strong burnt grass, some juicy pine, mild smoked meat. Medium bodied with fine to average, smooth carbonation. Pretty dry yet resinous to finiush, a good dose of burnt wood, robust grapefruit notes, dark toast. Some burnt sugar. A nice black IPA overall. Reasonably well-balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jun 2012
at 08:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ The Holyrood 9A, 9a Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 8AE.Clear dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, moderate hoppy, light to moderate pine - grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120421] 7-3-8-3-15 Draught @ Earl of Essex, 25 Danbury st, London, Greater London, England N1 8LE.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate chocolate, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, roasted, grapefruit, citrus, dry, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120806] 8-4-8-3-16
Tried
on 06 Jun 2012
at 07:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler from the brewery tap in Henley. Amber with a billowing white head, that falls back slowly leaving an attractive lacing; full-on resinous hop aroma; full-on flavour as well with clean hops and some sweet grapefruit over a smooth malty body; the finish is long dry and bitter, with some throat rasing before a final warming glow. This is an excellent IPA.
Tried
from Growler
on 12 May 2012
at 11:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery tap in Henley. The first sunny Friday afternoon of the summer, so what better to do than head over to the Lovibond brewery tap in Henley. After a sample of this I decided it was the perfect beer to drink sitting in their garden watching the world go by.
. It’s pitch black in colour with a tawny tint against the light and a thin cream head; the aroma was hard to identify at first - I picked up wood smoke and licorice, but in the end I decided it most reminded me of warm, freshly laid, tarmac. It’s soft in the mouth, and there is an immediate impact from the hops which are assertive and mellow at the same time, and are supported rich, slightly tarry, malts that give a slight sweetness that offsets the dryness of the hops well. Excellent.
. It’s pitch black in colour with a tawny tint against the light and a thin cream head; the aroma was hard to identify at first - I picked up wood smoke and licorice, but in the end I decided it most reminded me of warm, freshly laid, tarmac. It’s soft in the mouth, and there is an immediate impact from the hops which are assertive and mellow at the same time, and are supported rich, slightly tarry, malts that give a slight sweetness that offsets the dryness of the hops well. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2012
at 10:41