6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A clear, dark brown beer with a nice beige head leaving lacings. Roasted aroma with some coffee and a vague hint of chocolate. Coffee, burnt malt and some chocolate-notes in the flavor. Too thin-bodied. Long, coffee-bitter finish with some fruityness. A bit one-dimentional, maybe some food or snack could to the trick? (070321)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2007
at 15:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Utobeer. Bottleconditioned. Dark brown-tinged body under a thin brownish head. Roasted smell. Dark chocolate and mild coffee with a touch of cocoa flavour. Thin to medium palate (shared with Magne and CinnamonGirl, 03.02.2007).
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2007
at 10:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Creamy medium white head. Chestnut brown body with strong carbonation. Powerful wooden aroma with light cloves, cinnamon, and acidic touches. Reminiscent of a lambik, but without the metallic severity. Deep, sweetish wooden acidic cloves and cinnamon taste with metallic, nutty, fruity notes. Dry wooden, spicy aftertaste. Very powerful spiciness to this one; really enjoyed that. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2007
at 13:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2007. Pale chestnut colour with thin beige head. Malty aroma, fine. Some good hop on end. Very good barley wine, bit of ginger spice. Sweet. Nice barley wine but could do better. Some tangerine in there as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2007
at 12:09
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Good, dense cream-coloured and long lasting head, lace included, over quite carbonated red-foxy beer with some UFO’s. Vegetable, garden herbs, sourish to nearly astringent nose. Further spices, the only identifyable being clove. Berries (currants,quetches, mirabelles,...) too. Fruity and very spicey flavours. The clove is too powerful, too imposing, and not natural as a Weizenyeast would yield. Certain soapy flavour as well, seems amalgamated by the fruit and spices. Dry finish indeed, nearly tart. A bit oily texture, medium to well-bodied, some astringency all the same. I don’t know about this Mary, but my marie, sorry, Lut, nearly spat it out. Can’t say I’m over the moon either.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2007
at 13:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle Conditioned pours a slightly hazy reddish amber with a dense white head; spicy aroma, I can pick out the cloves and ginger, but I’m less sure about the coriander; thick and rish in the mouth, dry and spicy at first, then fuller and sweet, but leaving a very dry and spicy aftertaste of nutmeg and cloves. Not something I’d go looking for again, but worth the experience
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2007
at 15:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask Black beer with some brownish edges under B.C."H.". Slightly hoppy nose, whith some dark malts, liquorice, and hints at moccha. Nice, grapey, definitely hoppy taste, with flavours as from grape juice without the excess sweetness and as if sweetened with Traubenzucker . Light but not watery, some grist-like slickness. Original porter - a flavour which I would not associate with the style. I would tend to call it a very good mild, in fact.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2007
at 12:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear brown color, short brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, rye, coffee and some licorice, blackcurrant as well. Sweet and malty taste, slightly bitter, bready. Decent porter indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2007
at 13:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. bottle conditioned, ABV is 4.5%. Very dark brown colour, nearly black. Decent and lingering creamy tan head. The slug-like "trail" of the head down the side of the glass as you drink has allegedly given the beer its name - together with the fact that the brewers had to "fight" slugs coming into the brewery at the old premises. (As we know, slugs LOVE beer.) Pleasant aroma of prunes, mild coffee and chocolate. Roasty flavour, fairly dry, notes of coffee, dark bread and chocolate. Some fruity notes in the finish, "coffee" aftertaste. A decent porter with a moderate ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2006
at 12:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Bottle conditioned. Brewed with pale malt only. Golden colour, just a slight haziness, large off-white head. Nice hoppy aroma, hints of citrus, leather and maybe some oak. Distinct hoppy flavour throughout, some citrus and toffee, fruity finish. Bitter and long lasting aftertaste. A refreshing beer - not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2006
at 13:39