7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle, 0.33 l - #156565, 2012 Vintage - BBE 16/08/25, from Systembolaget, 20130215) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had liquorice, roasted malts, dark chocolate and saltiness. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, liquorice, sweetness, dark chocolate, cocoa and bitterness. Aftertaste was rosty, ashy and bitter. A bit too sweet and aftertaste was too harh. Aging would quite likely soften both. Othrwise nicely balanced and alcohol was quite well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2013
at 11:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
11.2oz bottle-trade with hbmason-thin brown-black. Aroasty/anise-dk malt, some spice. T-roasty/anise-dk malt, peat, spice hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2013
at 18:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance: Black color with a fine foamy beige head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee and fruity.
Palate: Thick and oily body. Slightly sweet and a light bitterness. Creamy carbonation.
Taste: Rich dark chocolate, coffee, fruity, vanilla and dark malt.
Overall impression: I do understand The Russian Tsar.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget in Uddevalla, Sweden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2013
at 12:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Deep golden,almost clear, small persistent off-white head, delicate hoppy-fruity nose with a slight metallic tinge; dryish bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied;dryish thin bitter-fruity finish. Best Bitter? Must be a kind of english humour...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2013
at 04:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Tin Goose, LHR T1, 25/01/13. Clear copper golden with a thin bubbly white head. Nose carries pale malts, light summer fruit, background caramel notes. Taste comprises summer fruits, light malts, some hop presence, grain. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, some bitterness in the dry finish. First time Iโve had this in 10+ years and you know what - itโs a well balanced simple bitter and perfectly drinkable. I think this beer (in my mind) has picked up a stigma of being a dud because it is a default choice in the Shit Hole Arms (TM) and therefore Iโve had a number of bad pints over the years. Better than some of the latter day twig offerings by some distance when well kept, which it was here !
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2013
at 13:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Black colour with an off-white head. Chocolate aroma. Flavour is sweet chocolate, rather weak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2013
at 10:01
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottled:
Pours black with a large head. Roasted aroma with notes of toffee, biscuits and licorice, Thick mouth feel. Very roasted flavour with notes of anise seeds, coffee and salty licorice. Long, roasted, bitter and warming finish. Damn! I shouldโve bought more bottles of this!
Pours black with a large head. Roasted aroma with notes of toffee, biscuits and licorice, Thick mouth feel. Very roasted flavour with notes of anise seeds, coffee and salty licorice. Long, roasted, bitter and warming finish. Damn! I shouldโve bought more bottles of this!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2013
at 09:53
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
brownish colour with notable off-white head; yeasty aroma, strong bitterness with long lasting bitter aftertaste, surprisingly high carbonation...a bit disappointing english ale far below the average
Tried
on 01 Jan 2013
at 08:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(bottle) Clear, amber colour with a mid-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Slightly toasted malty aroma with notes of caramel, shades of citrus and a tinge of dust. Mildly bitter flavour, light bodied with a moderate carbonation. Slim cara-malty base with a restrained fruit-character but spicy hops from behind; mildly bitter and caramel-malty finish. Drinkable but rather boring. 14.XII.12
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2012
at 15:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Revisited this one after not tasting it for many years. I seem to remember it having much more flavour. Still a well balanced dark, malty bitter though.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2012
at 02:18