7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample during Blarney Wine Festival on 03/17/2012. Dark copper-amber color with a medium thin bone white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Grainy malt, caramel, fruit and hops in the nose. Full-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, ripe fruit and earthy hops. The finish is slightly boozy with a grainy malt aftertaste. Solid Barley Wine overall after a couple years of aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2012
at 18:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Ping Pong, Foosball, and Great Beer tasting on 03/03/2012. Thanks to JaBier for sharing a 2010 bottle. The beer is black with a medium thin khaki head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Stingy lacing on the glass. Chocolate, roasted malt and fruit in the nose. Medium body with flavors of sweet chocolate malt, dark fruit and bourbon. The finish is roasty with a dark malt aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2012
at 15:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@Pikkulintu
Deep, opaque black color, steady creamy brown head. Strong tobacco in the roasted nose, Medium-bodied. Coffee, tobacco dominate the flavor. Some licorice. Soft palate, maybe oat has been used. Tobacco also in the aftertaste. Nice, drinkable strong porter.
Deep, opaque black color, steady creamy brown head. Strong tobacco in the roasted nose, Medium-bodied. Coffee, tobacco dominate the flavor. Some licorice. Soft palate, maybe oat has been used. Tobacco also in the aftertaste. Nice, drinkable strong porter.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2012
at 07:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught at Pikkulintu, 20120222) The beer poured pitch black. Its head was huge and light brown. Aroma had roasted malts, liquorice, coffee and hops. Palate was medium bodied and soft with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, burnt malts, ash, hops, liquorice and bitterness. Aftertaste was roasty, burnt and bitter. A soft and dry stout with long lasting and quite harsh but still pleasant taste.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2012
at 11:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki
Pours pitch black with a massive smooth brown head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate, malts and salmiakki. Taste is "wet", salty and roasty with a lot of licorice and notes of fruits, coffee and chocolate. Finish is salty with some roasted chocolate notes. Tasty, well balanced wet and salty stout.
Pours pitch black with a massive smooth brown head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate, malts and salmiakki. Taste is "wet", salty and roasty with a lot of licorice and notes of fruits, coffee and chocolate. Finish is salty with some roasted chocolate notes. Tasty, well balanced wet and salty stout.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2012
at 07:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
7th February 2012
On tap at the Craft. Opaque black beer, little tan head. Smooth palate with some body, semi dry. Rich dark malt, slightly ashy. Very slight lacto. Crisp minerals. Trace of something plastic well buried. Hints of coffee and fruit. Finishes semi dry. Seems to be popular with the punters at the time of purchase. Can’t say I am that enamoured. It a somewhat skewed beer that doesn’t quite hand together.
On tap at the Craft. Opaque black beer, little tan head. Smooth palate with some body, semi dry. Rich dark malt, slightly ashy. Very slight lacto. Crisp minerals. Trace of something plastic well buried. Hints of coffee and fruit. Finishes semi dry. Seems to be popular with the punters at the time of purchase. Can’t say I am that enamoured. It a somewhat skewed beer that doesn’t quite hand together.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2012
at 08:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gold finch vintage: Hazy copper with a small off-white head. Perfumed floral aroma with caramel malty notes, and some nice touches of vineous dried fruit character. Sweet malty flavour with caramel and toffee, lots of peach and a touch of vanilla.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2012
at 13:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Hallinghansens US Tasting, Odense. 2007. Bottle 1413/1500. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Sweet malty nose and flavor. Winegums, caramel, toffee liquorice. Full bodied. Sweet , actually a bit too much. Cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 08:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap @ Beer Temple. Black color, nice thick mocha colored head. Aroma’s of (ground) coffee, soy sauce, roasted malts, somewhat acidic, some malty notes in the background. Flavor is roasted, slightly acidic and lightly sweet. Medium body, soft carbonation. Finishes with more roast and medium bitter. Nice craft stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Feb 2012
at 14:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Armin’s, courtesy of Armin. Fuck yeah, mofo! Thank you! 2009 version. Red orange appearance with a tan head. clove, Rich caramel malty, red fruity, toffee, rich sugary flavor but not super sweet. Super rich caramel malty, somewhat toasty, rich sugary toffee flavor. Fuck yeah!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2012
at 19:30