7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @ Beer Temple. Orange/amber color. Off white head, good lace. Aroma: sweet malt & resiny hops, nicely balanced. Flavor is medium bitter and lightly (malty) sweet. Body is fuller than I expected from 5.8%. Firm bitter finish. Nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2012
at 23:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Beer Temple. Hazy golden colour, dense rocky white head. Aroma of dusty malts, flowery hops, oranges, citrus. Flavour is malty, dry, dusty, oranges, flowery hops, citrus bitter finish. Medium bodied. Really enjoyable beer, reminded me of XX Bitter. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2012
at 10:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
tap at ølbaren pitch dark, smooth dark brown head4 very roasted aroma, roasted malts, brown sugar, 8 flavor is very roasted, malty, good balance, great considering the low abv.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2011
at 10:06
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampled from a 25 oz brown bottle this beer poured a slightly hazy caramel color with no head and no lacing. The aroma was caramel. molasses and faint vague fruity hops. The flavor was toasted sour caramel, light tobacco, wood and a bit of nut. The finish was long tangy nut, caramel and tobacco. Fairly full bodied but somewhat undercarbonated. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2011
at 19:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at Craft Beer Co., London. Very black, lively beige head. Heavily roast ywith full body and clean, spritzy mouthfeel. Hoppy greapfruit combines with licorice roastiness, all diluted by severe over carbonation. Long inky bitterness.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2011
at 01:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught@Craft Beer Co, London. Pitch black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is coffee, liquorice and some mild sour berries as well. Flavour is fruity, wooden, some pleasant spicyness, liquorice and mild alcohol and ashes as well.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2011
at 11:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Craft Beer Co. It pours opaque black, with a thin tan head. The nose is smoke, leather, roasted malt and salted caramel. The taste is roasted malt, lingering smoke, treacle, tar, ash, burnt malt and salted caramel, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Decent.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2011
at 05:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at CBC, London. Pours oily brown-black with a strong, brown head. Cocoa, roast, licorice aroma. Medium sweet flavor, decent smoke character, some peat, cocoa, mocha. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Touches of smoke to finish, roasted cocoa, toasted sugar, light molasses. A very nice beer.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2011
at 12:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2010 Vintage received in trade from DavoleBomb, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a solid black color with a frothy tan head that displays moderate retention and lace. Smells of roasted grains, chocolate, coffee, tart fruit, hints of bourbon and vanilla. Taste is more tart than stout, seems something has gotten into the barrel on this one. Sharp tart fruit up front, bitter roasted coffee and chocolate next, and then a mellow oak, vanilla, roasted finish. Medium to thick body with a moderate level of carbonation and a bitter tart mouthfeel. Having known nothing about this beer, my first surprise was the oak aging and my second surprise was the slightly lactic fruity tartness. This is a decent beer as is, but I’d like to think this was fantastic before the lacto got around to souring it.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2011
at 16:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled@omhper. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is sweet malts, alcohol, hops and mild grasy notes. Flavour is sweet malts, alcohol, hops, resin, honey and some over all quite sweetish notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2011
at 01:19