7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, fast-dying tan head and a touch of a muddied brown glow. Aroma toasted malt, alcohol, pit fruits, raisins, earth and a bit of caramel. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malty flavour at first with alcohol, toffee, earth, grain and an oaky and cedar flavour up front that fades to a smooth caramel sweetness that finishes with some alcohol and bitterness from hops and unfinished sugars from caramel and fruits. Aftertaste is smooth-ish with some caramel strength and a dose of hops and bitterness coupled with oaky and dry flavours and finishing with a ton of alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice barley wine with good flavours and a rich finish showing some nutty and earthy finishes that shows some alcohol, but relatively smooth for the style. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Bowery), New York on 05-December-2016 for US$9,99 sampled at home in Washington on Christmas Day, 25-December-2016. Bottled: November 2015 // Purchased: December 2015 // Sampled: December 2016
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2016
at 03:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle shared by Kraig. A really nice, classic, huge Imperial Stout. Pleasantly not barrel aged. A big hop balance, but kind of covered up by the huge chocolate malts. A touch syrupy in the finish, maybe boosted with some sugar. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2016
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a black color stout with a nice large light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with nice black chocolate notes. Taste is a nice mix of roasted malt with some smooth black chocolate notes with light dry bitter notes. Body is full with nice creamy texture and good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. This is just well made and highly drinkable imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2016
at 14:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @ Blind Tiger House. Yupp, it's a black one this. A really deep dark chocolate brown head that's leaving curtains and dots down the sides of the glass. Smells superb roasted and thick creamy. Lots of chocolate and darker roasted coffee mocha, soft hints of sweet marzipan and marshmallows. Lovely. Tastes superb also. It's both sweet and almost a little wood acidic - in a really good way. Thick and almost chewy on the texture and it's prickling and below average on the carbonation. So much dark chocolate in this. Ben and Jerry pish-food also. A lovely tasting one! 21.06.2015
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2016
at 07:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark imperial stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, plums, molasses, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, beautiful mix of sweet chocolate, vanilla extract, light coffee, oily mouth feel, alcohol warmth, very nice and complex. Bottle from Boutip at GRMs tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2016
at 21:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ (Chris and Ruth’s pre-GBBF tasting 2015) by chriso - London ]. [ As Pretty Things Barbapapa ].Clear light dark black brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, soy sauce. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, tart berry - soy sauce, chocolate, dark malt, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150808] 7-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2016
at 08:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. [ As Pretty Things FlowerLand ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, pine, orange, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, pine, sweet malt, sweet hops, orange, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151005] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2016
at 14:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. [ As Pretty Things Hopfenpop ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, dark citrus, juicy citrus, light dill. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, juicy citrus, dark citrus, pale malt, peppery hops - spicy hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151005] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2016
at 09:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Shared 22oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma of roasted malt with mild smokiness. Taste is roasted malt, smoke, chocolate, toffee, alcohol. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2016
at 21:00
8/10
Tried
on 21 Oct 2016
at 10:52