Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5
33cl Bottle from Nakumatt Supermarket in Kigali / Rwanda 🇷🇼. sweetish brown beginning. Alcoholic, dark sugars. Hints of roast or burned caramel, not much bitterness, only some from the burned malts. Sweetish and slightly watery metallic. aftertaste, hints of nuts or burned grain, sweetish but not too bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle from Nakumatt Supermarket in Kigali / Rwanda 🇷🇼. Smooth malty grainy beginning. Sessionable, hints of grain. Malty sweetish with a low neutral bitterness. A bit unround with cardboard hints.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
30cl Bottle from Nakumatt Supermarket in Kigali / Rwanda 🇷🇼. Nice fresh but thick dark stout. Sweetish but roasted. Moderate bitterness, sweetish roast, nice!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3
Bottle from Nakumatt Supermarket in Kigali / Rwanda 🇷🇼. Grainy fresh beginning. Corn, malt with a bit of bitterness. Refreshing crisp beer, sessionable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle split at Cotts Convention 2, thanks to the Cotts team, 05/03/16. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is cardboard, light cocoa powder, toffee, malt. Taste comprises light roast, charr, spice, bitter chocolate.Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not too bad.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Cotteridge Beano v2. Dark brown. Tan head. Dried fruit. Unwashed coffee bean tanginess. Rough and basic.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle at CWC 2 - Thanks to the Cotteridge chaps for this one. Pours black with a thin, dirty tan head. Aroma of caramel and malts, tastes sweet and malty. Not Rwanda’s finest moment.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle thanks to the Cotteridge Wines guys at the 2016 Cotteridge Convention. It pours black with a medium tan head. The nose is toasted malt, bitter- sweet, roasted maltage, liquorice and umami. The taste is crisp, bitter, ashy, roasted malt, earth, umami and cheap coffee with a dry, acidic finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty cheap and rough around the edges. Not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at CWC II; opaque dark brown pour with a creamy tan head, aroma has sweet malts and some red fruits, taste has sweet molasses, dark fruits and some chocolate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle shared at the Cotteridge Convention - 2016 edition. Cheers! Pours clear, oily brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds butterscotch, toffee. Medium sweet flavour with some lightly tangy dark fruits, metal, ash and earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Ashy bitter finish, with more cocoa and metal. Fairly mediocre.