8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml (thx, Tom B. for picking it up and keeping it during the 3 ways of COVID!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: almost black with a weak beige head. Aroma: vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, kind of chocolate. Taste: in exact accordance with the description with quite noticeable cinnamon and boozy notes. Overall: pretty good, but I am not as excited as some people got.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2022
at 03:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is loaded with vanilla beans, moderate cinnamon, dark fruits, and bourbon barrels. Flavour is quite boozy, with lots of dark dried fruits, waffle cones, light cinnamon, some caramel, and bourbon. I don't get the vanilla or hazelnuts. Interestingly, the flavours I taste don't correspond all that quickly with the actual ingredients. It's boozy and rather harsh. Not my favourite flavour profile, but it's balanced reasonably well. Not working amazingly well for me, but it's solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2022
at 03:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tasting at Ryan's, bottle
Pitch black colour, no head, tiny coconut fat floaties. Aroma of dark chocolate, cacao, roasted coconut. Rich dark chocolate flavour, dark sugars, cacao, roasted coconut, it tastes like a good coconut chocolate bar.
Brilliant.
Pitch black colour, no head, tiny coconut fat floaties. Aroma of dark chocolate, cacao, roasted coconut. Rich dark chocolate flavour, dark sugars, cacao, roasted coconut, it tastes like a good coconut chocolate bar.
Brilliant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2022
at 20:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Ryan's, bottle
Pitch black colour. Aroma of dark chocolate, vanilla, ashes. Strong body, but it seems that the alcohol wins over it; roasted malt, bourbon, medium sweetness, spirit, vanilla, and some ashes in the finish.
Good, but too much spirit, not really elegant.
Pitch black colour. Aroma of dark chocolate, vanilla, ashes. Strong body, but it seems that the alcohol wins over it; roasted malt, bourbon, medium sweetness, spirit, vanilla, and some ashes in the finish.
Good, but too much spirit, not really elegant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2022
at 20:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Ryan's, bottle
Black colour, it looks like an imperial stout. Aroma of spirit, dark caramel, nothing special. Full bodied, sweet, but it also has strong roasted malt / dark sugar character, and strong alcohol; some dark chocolate, tar, molasses, bourbon.
Closer to an Imperial Stout than anything Barley Wine (although some people believe in the existance of dark Barely Wines).
Black colour, it looks like an imperial stout. Aroma of spirit, dark caramel, nothing special. Full bodied, sweet, but it also has strong roasted malt / dark sugar character, and strong alcohol; some dark chocolate, tar, molasses, bourbon.
Closer to an Imperial Stout than anything Barley Wine (although some people believe in the existance of dark Barely Wines).
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2022
at 20:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Structures, pours jet black with a small brown head. Nose is full of coconut upfront, followed by caramel and a hint of salt. Flavour is rich and complex, with intense and salted caramel and coconut dominating. The palate is sticky and viscous without being brutal. Lovely use of adjuncts. Excellent pastry.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2022
at 23:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Structures, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out gentle dark dried fruits, toasted nuts and crusty bready malt. Flavour is quite fruity, with dark red fruits, bready malt and a hint of caramel. On the sweeter side for a dunkel but well-made. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2022
at 23:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Brouwer's Cafe, pours an opaque yellow with a small white head. Aroma is chalky, with citrus hops, and lots of muddled chalk. Flavour is muddled and chalky as hell, with lots of orange rinds, chalk, and dank hops. Way too muddled and chalky. Ugh, another crappy hazy.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2022
at 18:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
750ml (thx, Tom B. for a pick-up and storage!) @ Ryan's. Appearance: pours like very dark brown with no head. Aroma: very sweet, licorice, dark malts, some fruity notes. Taste: along the same lines, feels like licorice coming to the sweet soy sauce territory. Overall: feels rather like a blend of a stout and a barleywine than a barleywine.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2022
at 06:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Near black with almost no beige head. Bourbon, mild dark dried fruits, almost stout-y that more fruited (like a blended barley wine and stout), alcohol there though mild for 14%, touch of licorice and sweet soy sauce. Decent, but could be more cohesive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2022
at 06:05