7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(500 ml bottle). Pours with a large to moderate frothy head. Very dark brown colour. Moderate but pleasant aroma of cherry chocolates and coffee. Decent sweetish flavour of roasted malts, oats, coffee and dark chocolates, some fruitiness too. Mouthfeel is surprisingly thin for an oatmeal stout. A bit too carbonated for my taste. Acceptable bitterness from the hops and roasted malts in the aftertaste. Thanks, JensenTaster!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2004
at 10:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle conditioned, 500 ml). Pours with an enormous fluffy lingering head. Cloudy brown colour. Aroma is alcohol, red fruits, leather, caramel and sherry. Flavour is malty with English fruitcake and Christmas pudding elements, but a substantial hoppy bitterness (nearly too much?) takes over and dominates through the long finish. Some alcoholic warmth. Good strong ale, but somehow the hop varieties used seem not to be perfectly balanced with the initial comforting sweetness. Thanks, JensenTaster - at least I liked this beer better than you did!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2004
at 16:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(500 ml bottle). Nearly gushes out of the bottle, pours with an enormous long lasting fluffy head. Colour is hazy golden. Pleasant hoppy aroma, heather, herbal, hints of cedarwood. Initially some notes of dirty socks too, notes which fortunately soon disappears in the glass. Lovely crisp hoppy flavour on a subtle malty background, hop character reminiscent of a very good golden ale. This is not a sweet beer, but the little sweetness there is reminds me of heather honey. Notes of rambutan and grapefruit too. Excellent mouthfeel, not fizzy. Long lasting hops aftertaste. This is a very good beer, regardless of style - and of course MUCH better than any industrial pilsener. Thanks, JensenTaster!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2004
at 17:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bronze; chewy, almost nutty malt aroma; earthy, toffeeish malts; long finish. Cheers to Kaya for letting us have a crack at this one.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2002
at 08:53