8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013. Nose is sharp roast and booze. Opaque black pour with a small tan headFlavour is liquorice, berry tartness, some higher alcohols and booze. Big bold flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 14:58
8.5/10
Starts out like a normal stout, some coffee and chocolate but then segues into vanilla and sweet bourbon.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2013
at 15:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Wheat, banana and lemon citrus. Cloudy gold with a bubbly think head. Banana, clove and a tiny bit of wheat. Not bad, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2013
at 17:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle - Earthy resinous hops with a sweet tropical fruit finish. Clear gold with a bubbly white head. Sweet fruit hops with an out of balance huge hit of bitterness. It finishes a bit sweet as well and the bitterness continues well after. Disappointing from a great brewer, just too sweet and bitter to really enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2013
at 19:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At Chriso pre GBBF Shindig 2013. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate sponge aroma. A decent imperial stout some boozy heat on the finish.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2013
at 11:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 fl oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan to brown head. Aroma is dark malty, breadish and chocolate. Smooth malty, chocolate and dark roasted malty. Mild bourbon smooth and mellow malty. Dark malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2013
at 11:33
8.5/10
: Like a sweet fruit cocktail. Tropical fruit, peaches, herbs, kiss of honey, fruit syrup.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2013
at 15:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, many thanks to Colin. It pours opaque black with a medium tan head. The nose is roasted malt, toast, marshmallow, vanilla, toasted coconut and cocoa. The taste is roasted malt, toast, earth, cocoa, vanilla, coconut, warming alcohol, earth, light charcoal and mild acidity with a dry, roasty finish. Full body, moderate carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. Good depth and well-integrated flavour. Not over the top thankfully. Rather well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2013
at 12:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
26th June 2013
Craft Clerkenwell Tasting. Thanks our Colin. Opaque dark brown - black beer. Good tan head. Palate is light, soft, fluffy and a little dry. Very fluffy light dark malts! Whispers of roast and coffee. Decent bourbon, somewhat spicy. Trace of vanilla. Quite a dry finish. I wrote this down as 9.6%.
Craft Clerkenwell Tasting. Thanks our Colin. Opaque dark brown - black beer. Good tan head. Palate is light, soft, fluffy and a little dry. Very fluffy light dark malts! Whispers of roast and coffee. Decent bourbon, somewhat spicy. Trace of vanilla. Quite a dry finish. I wrote this down as 9.6%.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2013
at 09:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at CBC tasting, thanks to MJ for trading me this one, 26/06/13. Mid black with a dirty tan head that dissipates to a light film. Nose is big dark roast, subtle bourbon, oaky, bitter chocolate, sugars, toffee fudge. Taste comprises cocoa, dark toffee, oaky, good trace of booze, sugars, big roast bite. Full bodied, soft carbonation making for an easy drinking impy, good boozey hit in the finish but well integrated and not OTT. A very good impy stout, well balanced carrying a boozey kick but well integrated in this respect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 14:40