8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
The aroma is of coffee, chocolate, prunes, and slightly sour. The color is black and it has a small chocolate brown head. The flavor is of roasted malt, coffee, and bitter chocolate. Before it ends on a fanatastic malt bitter note combined with coffee. The body is very soft. It is not thin, but I had hoped for more power.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2004
at 13:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Blond color; almost no head. Deep chocolate and liquorice aroma. Thick, oily, rich; malt, liquorice, roasted malt. Strong and long final. Lovely and powerful, close to the border with Imperial Stouts.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2004
at 08:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy copper colour with a dense soapy tall off-white head. Aroma of slightly roasted malt, bubble gum and a slight english hoppiness. Medium to Full-bodied; Sweet tastes entralled in potent hoppiness that lasts for quite a while. Aftertaste bittered from the hops, but not overly so. Overall, a good english-styled IPA-owrth trying if you can find it! I bought this 16 ounce bottle at Chevy Chase Wine & Liquor in Washington and sampled it on 30-November-2003.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2003
at 22:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottled. Pale golden with firm head. Flowery smokey nose. Firm, rounded soft maltiness with a body and mouthfeel reminding of a good German Helles, even though English barley is used here. Quite bitter finish witha hint of tobacco. A discrete, introvert beer, very pleasant throughtout, never pushy or intimidating, nor average or boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2003
at 00:21
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Amber in colour. Aroma of apples and resiny hops. Sweet and mild with light body and a dominating pine needle flavour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2003
at 22:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Many breweries describe their stouts as being inky black, but this beer''s description doesn''t even say it, and it is the most inky black stout I have seen that isn''t an imperial. No light passes through whatsoever, but there is no head. This brew is all about oats and coffee, both in generous amounts in the flavor. That roasted barley really comes through here. Everything is perfectly balanced in the flavor, and the smooth, rich finish is quite enjoyable. I have to lower the palate a bit due to its near total lack of carbonation, but other than that, this is a great stout.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2003
at 21:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber-orange colour, cloudy, poor head.Nice fruity aroma, not too strong (banana, abricot, ...). Sudden aggression of hop in the mouth; smooth, drinkable, no malt taste. Good bitter final, only partially aromatic.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2002
at 03:25
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
As far as I could tell inside the dimly lit pub it was black as coal, and didn't have much head. Really roasty nose with loads of coffee and licorice. It is dry with just above medium bodym is somewhat smokey and buttery, and finishes salty and bitter. An excellent, complex and flavourful stout.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2002
at 04:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Orange-brown and very hazy. Medium bodied with a harsh mouthfeel. Immensly bitter. Nice.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2002
at 09:43
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep orange coloured. Big ginger smell, light bodied, somewhat acidic. In all a drinkable unusual beer.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2002
at 09:20