6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours dark brown with a minimal tan head. Solid roasted malt and light spiced aroma. Light chocolate. Flavour is mild acidic, orange fruity, mild hops accent and quite solid roasted malty with a distinct chocolate bitterness and smoothness. Mild orange fruity acidic ntoe into a smooth chocolate finish. Alcohol presence into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2009
at 14:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. A dark red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of chocolate, caramel, fruit, and some spices. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, spices - primarily cardemomme, and a bit of chocolate, leading to a dry spicy finish. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2009
at 12:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, thank you Stig for bringing me this one, on 2009-02-01) Black. Medium sized fizzy quite quickly disappearing tan coloured head. Strong aroma of coffee, liquorice and roastednee.Full bodied, dry and oily palate with medium carbonation. Coffee, roastedness, liquorice, spiciness, dark chocolate and bitterness in taste. Roasty and bitter aftertaste that lasts long. There is an acidid flavour, too, that pulls my rating downwards a bit. Othwerwise an excellent porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2009
at 14:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. It pours a clear, copper-colored body and a beige head sits on top. Malt-driven aroma with pleasant hops and a little sourish note. Slightly sourish flavor too, but only in the background. Malty, with caramel and some roasted malts. Hops too. Medium body. Roasted finish with a nice hoppy bitterness. Not sure about this one, I remember it better, but maybe it didn’t benefit from some time in my cellar. Didn’t sit there too long though. (081128)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2009
at 16:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark ruby colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, hop. Flavour is apple, sweet, caramel, hop, hint of sourness. OK beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2009
at 11:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Very dark brown with ruby hints. Brief, foamy, pale brown head. Fruity, roasted nose with dark fruit, chocolate and cherries in brandy. Fruity, malty taste with notes of chocolate, dark fruit, sweet black coffee and a hint of burnt sugar. Slightly vinous and rather sweet. Nice beer leaning in the porter direction.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 17:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. Served a next to black body under a tan head leaving nice lacings. Coffee, chocolate and roasted malt in the aroma. It is very smooth in the mouth, full-bodied and somehow dryish, even though it is sugary sweet. Coffee, burnt malt, some chocolate and a little hoppy bitterness too. Long coffee-like finish with coffee-like bitterness too. Lovely. (080913)
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 15:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Yngwie for sharing a bottle of this great brew. Mahogany body coloured. Decent beige head. Hoppy aroma with notes of dried fruits. Rich taste of succulent oranges joined by a dash of spices. Nice hop bitterness to a long tail [Oslo, 15.12.2008].
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2008
at 03:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy deep amber with huge beige head. Hoppy aroma with citric and caramel notes. Hoppy flavour with toasted malt, pine and caramel notes. Finished solid bitter.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2008
at 06:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ STBOWF. Stockholm Beer Festival 2008, Sweden.Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, cold coffee, seawater, prune acidic - sweet notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and salty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [270908]
Tried
on 20 Dec 2008
at 06:03