8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting, London. Pours clear ruby with a filmy, white head. Old hops in the aroma, with notes of caramel and straight sugar. Very sweet flavor rife with toffee, fruits, malt, caramel. Awesomeish. Full bodied with average carbonation. Mildly warming finish with moderate bitterness, sweet brown sugar and caramel. Very, very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2012
at 02:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a great trader! Pours a near clear golden amber with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma is sweet with wheat, grain and some backing caramel. Flavor is similarly sweet with grains and caramel and has a bit of light fruit underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2012
at 16:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Dark honey and cinnamon nose over a dried leaves base. Clear rust, medium yellow head. Earthy with cinnamon accents. Well balanced and enjoyable. Thinnish mouthfeel.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2012
at 17:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours very dark, almost opaque but not quite; just a hint of garnet coming through the edges under strong light. Thin scum of foam for a head that quickly reserves itself to the glass edges. The aroma is like berry scented bath soap. Berry-like, yet artificial in some way. The flavor is a weak chocolate cherry kind of affair. It doesn’t deliver what was hinted at in the aroma.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2012
at 16:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Almost black, small tan head, fair lacing. Aroma of cocoa powder, burnt coffee and pine. Taste is similar. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2012
at 13:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 7.7%. Salty liquorice aroma. Black colour. Cigarbox flavour, sweet vanilla alcohol. Not too powerful and with a little rough alcohol. The oak taste is OK, I guess, but the alcohol bitterness is too rough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 09:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to dark amber with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted dark malty, vanilla and toffee malt. Roasted and slight breadish. Dark malty and toasted. Thick malty and vanilla. Ends dark malty and toasted toffee malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 09:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of nimbleprop. Pours black with a reddish hue and a beige head. Sweet oak dominates the aroma. Medium body, sweet roast, chocolate and licorice allsorts. Dark, dried fruits and sweet vanilla. Heavily boozy finish. Hard to believe this is only 7.7%. 180212
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 09:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. A dark brown beer topped by a small, dense, light beige head. The aroma is roasted and lightly boozy, with some vanilla hints, roasted malts and some chocolate hints. The flavor is roasted and vanilla-ish, with coffee, cocoa notes, dark chocolate, and also some bitterness. Full-bodied and warming. Roasted finish with a touch of bourbon. A really pleasant one, except that it’s a bit too boozy. 120818
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 08:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. very dark brown/red with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and a little vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon, oak, little vanilla, medium sweet, little liquorice, hops and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 08:38