4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a flat head. Aroma is yeasty, phenolic and flat malty. Flat and tired yeasty, phenolic and oxidised. Dry, bitter and light herbal. Cheesy, greasy hops and flat herbal profile. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 08:39
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy amber with a tiny, rough white head. Horrible sewer aroma. Medium body, completely flat, tart and phenollic with a bitter finish. Totally flawed. 071112
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 08:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Flat as a pancake, black beer. Chocolate, blackcurrant liqueur, brandy or Bourbon, earthy. Fantastic nose - but lifeless. Bourbona, hot chocolate with brandy, again blackcurrant or blackberry. Black & milkchocolate. Bitterish with a bit of alcoholsweetness in the end. Fla-a-at... and it makes it too thin, Alcoholheat. Sure this is spiritlagered, with a lot of the spirit still there. The price is a tad ridiculous, however.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2012
at 01:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy/muddy black body with a white frothy head. Brown head, fastly diminishing. Lightly bitter, moderately sweet flavour. Light aroma of malts. Not very pronounced, but not bad either.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2012
at 13:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Cave a Bulles. Pours dark brown with no head. Smells like whiskey barrels - single malt. Full bodied. It’s peaty in a mild way, or maybe not so mild. Dark malt. It’s really strongly flavored. Heat is not bothersome - fits the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2012
at 16:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012, London. Pours rich, oily brown with a creamy, beige head. Nose of rubbery, burnt malts. Nice flavor with dark fruits, dirt, earth, burnt wood. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Medium sweet finish with ripe and dark fruits, prunes. Not bad, even though this rate may not make the beer sound too special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2012
at 14:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4th August 2012
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting.Opaque dark brown - black beer. Little tan head. Light dry palate. Mild minerals. Tangy dark malts - almost fruity. A little fresh coffee underneath. Minerals. Dry finish.
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting.Opaque dark brown - black beer. Little tan head. Light dry palate. Mild minerals. Tangy dark malts - almost fruity. A little fresh coffee underneath. Minerals. Dry finish.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2012
at 14:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel yeasty flavor with weak hoppy hints. Roasted malty caramel flavor with hints of hops. has a roasted malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2012
at 07:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 330ml. -from La Cave à Bulles, Paris. Hazy dark amber coloured, big off-white head, spicy hoppy nose. Toasted malt, caramel and hoppy taste with nutty and spicy notes. Some mild alcohol also. Bitter/sweet aftertaste. Surprisingly pleasant French light DIPA. I completely agree with Alexs last sentence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2012
at 15:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2012-10-09, draught at La Fine Mousse, Paris, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Black color, with compact head. Interesting aroma, mild, of wood, roasted malts, light sourness. Excellent flavor, dark malts, chocolate, with just the perfect combination of wood, firewood and moderate sourness, leading to a mild astringency; some sweetness appears in the final, indeed increasing the complexity.
Wonderful beer.
2012-09-24, draught at La Fine Mousse, Paris, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Side to side with the unoaked version
Black color, with almost no head, just some spare bubbles. The first note in the aroma is alcohol, then followed by biscuity and toasted malt notes, finally by very light malt sourness and cheesy yeast. Low carbonation, therefore, smooth and round mouthfeel; good flavor of roasted malt, some dark chocolate, strong hopping, although the moderate roastiness partially hides the qualities of the hop; it has also some flavor of rhubarb candies (or Rabarbaro Zucca digestive); it seems a bit sweeter (and therefore more balanced) than the unoaked version; the light alcohol note adds a quid to an already good beer.
Excellent.
Next time maybe a Calvados version?
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2012
at 12:17