7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from bottle at Goud Winterbier 2018. Black with light tan head. Big sweet deep roasted chocolate malts. Woody bourbon and whisky notes. Big sweet deep roasted chocolate malts. Over medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 09:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Winterbierfestival Gouda. Black with dark beige head. Roast, red berries, licorice, dry whisky, creamy oats, vanilla, smoke, ash. Over medium sweet and bitter. Almost full bodied with a bit dry feel. A bit rough but nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 09:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Foeders, 17th January 18. Pours dark brown with a lovely off White throthy head. Aroma is floral, perfume, cocoa. Taste is pleasant, floral, then a bitter hop kick, with cocoa, on the finish and a lingering bitterness. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2018
at 10:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Foeders in Amsterdam. Creamy, pale beige, densely structured, regularly shaped head over a near-black beer with clear burgundy tinge. Aroma of mandarin peel, black toast, toffee, orange, jasmin blossoms, liquorice and a buttery note of diacetyl. Restrainedly sweet onset, dried fig, raisins, 'drop'-like aspect, medium carbonated, supple and oily mouthfeel. Smooth nutty and toasty malt body, mildly bitterish but sweetish as well, supporting an aromatically "new" hoppy finish, lots of grapefruit flesh and orange peel, piney as well, depositing a drying, spicy bitterness on the root of the tongue. Your standard modern black IPA, with enough emphasis on the hoppiness of it, contrary to many other European attempts at this style - have an extra point for that, and for still making one, now that this style in its country of origin is in a steady decline due to that 'fruit juice' NEIPA craze.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2018
at 04:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head: The aroma has notes of malt, hops, and fruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, wet hay, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2018
at 13:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured at Shelton Festival, black with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast, wood, cocoa. Slick body, roasted malt, dark chocolate, licorice, boozy finish, very good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 20:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured at Shelton Festival, dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is roast, pine, rye. Medium body, cocoa, roast, bitter finish, very good.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2017
at 18:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle@Jespers - Orange pour with white head. Sweet fruity and malty with notes of citrus fruit. Sweet fruity and malty with notes of citrus fruit, medium body, fruity and malty with decent hoppy backing, fruity hoppy fimish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 10:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow. Small white head. Aroma is bitter, slight herbal. Mellow. Dry and slight herbal. Dry and toasted malt. Mediuk dry. Herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 09:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark brown with thin soapy head. Aroma has some alcohol and a little bit of vanilla. The flavour is stronger. There is an obvious alcohol warmth but it's not harsh. The sweetness of the vanilla works well with the bitter dark malts.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 08:57