Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber color. Ripe tropical fruit, white pepper and a hint of licorice in the aroma. Firm floral hopbitter flavor with ripe tropical fruit, grassy notes and a hint of licorice. Slightly alcoholic. Nice!
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Big Black Boltini from HillDevils 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Black. Malt, smoke, metal and coffee in the aroma. Malty sweetish. Slightly metallic flavor with coffee, caramel, and roast. Raisin. Firm.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thanks Benzai! Almost black. caramel and a hint of vanilla, charcoal and smoke in the aroma. caramel, raisin, red fruit and whisky in the flavor. Full bodied, vanilla. Quite likeable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber color. Cedarwood, floral notes and red fruit in the malty aroma. Hint of ginger. Malty sweet, woody flavor, even some peaty notes. Red fruit. Lapsang souchong tea. An exaggerated wood character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Almost black. Sherry, caramel, roast and licorice in the aroma. Medium bodied. Roasty flavor with licorice, oak, sherry. Not great, but quite pleasant.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Big Black Boltini from HillDevils 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
6th July 2019
Semi opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, slightly thin in flavour but with some mild malt creamy sweetness. Underneath some Coca-Cola and dark fruits, finishes fairly smooth but with some alcohol spice biting. It's ok but nothing to write home about.
Geurt beter dan ie smaakt. Betere kelders gehad.
Heel apart, maar prima drinkbaar
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
I Draught /I Dense, good and layered white to yellow-cream head over virtually black beer. Roasted, burnt, chocolate, but also a tad soapy. Molasses syrup. Very roasted, sweet-bitterish, dry roast, breadcrust. Sweet is enhanced by the alcohol, but it has no boozy character whatsoever, whisky is hard or not traceable at all. Bit almondy. Well-bodied, almost no alcoholwarming, slick to viscous feel. Maybe a tad too restrained.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
I Draught /I Dense dark-beige head, fed by fine, lively carbonated jet-black beer; very lacey. Smelling quite sweet, just a bit of smoke, quite roasted. But cloying sweet seems to threaten, with vanilla in force and Bourbon, of course. Sweet, vanilla², sweet chocolate, hint of musk, tobacco. And lots of roast, caramelized. Bar of chocolate with a shot of Bourbon. Warming up, a hint of nutmeg. Very well-bodied, ultra long-lasting flavours, alcoholheat. Somehow, I expected more from this. The Bourbon here lends more sweetness, than it gives complexity.