5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Wheatsheaf and Pigeon, Staines. Pours dark brown with a small head. Aroma is bready malt and caramel. Taste has bready malt to start and a bitter caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2013
at 14:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 275ml. @ home.Clear dark black colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, burnt, alcohol, light prune. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark chocolate, sweet chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130226]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2013
at 18:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Brown colour with a minimal white head, good lasting. Aroma is cerealish, dry hops and caramel slightly toasty. Flavor have a medium bitterness, toasty, slightly wooden, nuts and caramel hints. The final is light with a mild biterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2013
at 22:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
27.5cl bottle courtesy of and shared with Gnoff. Bottle #159076. Brune foncée, col beige-moka laissant une belle pellicule dorée au verre. Arôme est malté, grillé, fruité noir, léger chocolat, malt crystal, noir et sucre résiduel. Palais est épais avec une pointe de malt ajoutant une amertume modérée. Le tout est splendide avec u stout dans la plus pure tradition anglaise. Note de café et de grillé couplé à un malt plus dans les tons pâle. Pointe fruité noire, palais sec, avec un rappel presque de fudge et biscuité. Collant au lèvres.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2013
at 12:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
275 ml bottle from Systembolaget, bought in March. BB 16/08/25. Bottle no 159076. 2012 vintage. Sampled on June 9, 2013.Black color, brown head. Sweet, malty, grainy, alcohol, dark dried fruits, milky scent. Alcohol, toffee, sweet, roasted, bitter cocoa, caramel taste. Warming alcohol. Bitter cocoa and spicy aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2013
at 08:32
7/10
Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2013
at 22:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2012 Vintage Aroma is dominated by dark chocolate and moderate coffee and espresso. moderate fruit character including cherry, plum and pear. Light smokiness and low alcohol note. Really nice complex malt aroma. Pours black with some dark brown notes on the edges. Moderately thick mocha head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges. Light lacing. Flavor is similar to the aroma with lots of chocolate, roast and light smoke. The roast is dark coffee with a light smoked meat quality. Moderate fruit quality with cherry, plum, prune and berry. Some smokiness in the finish with a bit of an ashy character. Medium low bitterness. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium alcohol warmth. Low creaminess. Overall a very nice imperial stout with good malt complexity that is well balanced with the fruitiness from the yeast. The chocolate and roast are well balanced.
Tried
on 26 May 2013
at 21:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Initial nice taste, but hen it falls flat. A bit more head than I’m used to from British ales, so it looks pretty good. But aroma and taste and palate are all very light, flat and almost bland. Next!
Tried
on 14 May 2013
at 10:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from some place that sells beer. Poured a clear chesnut brown with a broken white frothy head. The aroma is malty with a little yeast in the background. The flavour is medium bitter, malty, slightly metallic and with a few roasted nuts floating around on the palate. I used to like this. I’ve moved on, the beer hasn’t.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2013
at 10:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from BOE, 13/04/13. Bottle #122,815 of 210,000. Mid black with a big frothy tan head that retains well. Nose is roast malt, molasses, dark treacle toffee, cocoa powder, brown sugars. Taste comprises, dark roast malts, touch of booze, chocolate, dark treacle toffee, light soapy notes. Full bodied, soft carbonation, pitched perfectly, makes for fairly effortless drinking of such a big beer! Overall a more than decent offering, looks great, feels great, the flavour profile is solid enough - the alcohol is well disguised and the feel on the palate is first rate. I’d take this one again any day!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2013
at 14:33