6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
9th October 2008. GABF. Clear amber beer. Refreshing aromatic hops. Mint and grapefruit. Dry finish.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2010
at 14:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
9th October 2008. GABF. Clear golden beer. Dry aromatic beer with hints of fruit and spices.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2010
at 14:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
9th October 2008. GABF. Sweet and malty with a touch of coffee. Just a little smoke. Very palatable!
Tried
on 13 Jan 2010
at 16:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
9th October 2008.
GABF. Smooth palate. Just a nice touch of coffee. Dry finish. Not bitter.
GABF. Smooth palate. Just a nice touch of coffee. Dry finish. Not bitter.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2010
at 16:36
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
I’ve had a helluva time trying/wanting to rate this one... After comparing it to my other favs and taste preferences, here goes: Bottle, 2009 vintage. The first thing I noticed was the incredible amount of hoppiness in the nose. Roasty too. A rather simple aroma, but delightful. Nearly black pour with two fingers of creamy brown head. Sticky lacing is already from me moving the glass around. Wow! What a mouthful. Creamy, thick, and full of flavor. Nothing really stands out except the hops. Everything else blends together so well. Roast, chocolate, and espresso. With this perfect amount of hops it is just throwing me for a loop... I love Dark Lord and this is right on par with it. Was it worth the 10 hour drive and 5 hours waiting in line? Damn right it was. A beautiful beer that in my opinion is damn near perfect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2010
at 16:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with a medium sized deep beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt and hints of dark chocolate. Sweet flavour with burned malt, dark chocolate and coffee notes. Finished sweet. Had expected a bit more really.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2010
at 11:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7 ounce handbottle from StFun (thanks, Josh!) - nice handbottling job, too - still very well-carbonated - pours dark brown - intensely smoky aroma, with quite a bit of sweetness behind it, like smelling a campfire while someone is roasting a marshmallow - a bit of smoked meat as well - a bit of bitter black malt up front, followed by charred wood, dark chocolate - thick smokiness - a bit of doughy character, some yeastiness - some oak character on the back end - lingering campfire qualities - quite a good smoked beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2009
at 22:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Dark cherries, mochacinno, toffee in the nose. Big espresso notes with caramel, but not in your face. The problem is the body isn’t big enough to support the beer and is just a bit weak. Taking this beer up to 6-7% would really help it out. Not bad.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2009
at 14:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
#900 2008 bottle, pours thick black with a tall dark tan head. Strong mollassis and coffee with roasted malt nose. Sweet burnt sugar and maple syrup flavors with faint coffee notes. Amazing how sweet this is, it’s almost too much sweetness for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 07:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
750 ml bottle sampled@RBNAG 2009, Vatlandsvåg. Black body with a thin brown head. Strong aroma of roasted malt, molasses, soy and hops. Flavor is sweet, dark malt, roasted coffee, chocolate, molasses, honey, alcohol and bitterhops. Very complex, heavy and pleasant, but in moderate volume.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2009
at 07:44