6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Notes from October 2012 $3 bottle from New Beer. 12/12/A notch. A bit of a gusher upon opening. Hope the price break didn't mean this was headed to the clearance rack. Things have to be pretty bleak to land there. Ommegang chalice. Muddy amber/brown body. Whispy off-white head. Smell is a moderately rich sausage smoke. Faint char & alcohol. Feel is a bit thin. Taste is a bit more subdued. Light ash, sweet char, mellow whiskey. Lingering bark-like bitterness. Odd, twangy fruit finish. Paired with the thin, beaded body, & the overeager start, I'm guessing that this one will start turning sooner rather then later.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2024
at 21:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
15 June 2024. Bottle from the brewery; shared with Tim & Anke; many thanks to the former for hosting!
Hazy dark brown, small, frothy, beige head. Aroma of malt vinegar, red grape, brambleberry, ruby port, blackcurrant, wood, vague almond. Taste has sweetish-sour blackcurrant & grape in a malt body of almond, jam and malt vinegar. Tart finish of berries, dry wood, warming oxidised port alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. This has aged nicely.
Hazy dark brown, small, frothy, beige head. Aroma of malt vinegar, red grape, brambleberry, ruby port, blackcurrant, wood, vague almond. Taste has sweetish-sour blackcurrant & grape in a malt body of almond, jam and malt vinegar. Tart finish of berries, dry wood, warming oxidised port alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. This has aged nicely.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2024
at 14:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Quasi black colour with small to average, frothy, fading, tan head. BA supported, sweet-ish, caramel malty and slightly peaty aroma, notes of caramel, dark caramel, peat, TCP, plaster, leather, a touch of liquorice. Taste is alcoholic, peaty and sweet-ish, caramel malty, notes of TCP, leather, caramel; warming, alcohlic finish. Watery texture, pungent palate, medium, scattered, mildly prickly carbonation. Quite simple and monotonous, boozy, hardly drinkable - meh!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2024
at 22:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Dutch bar bermondsey. A light hazed caramel orange coloured pour with a lasting off white head. Aroma is big tart apple, barrel funk, calvedos, some lacto. Bark. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tangy, apple, musty vinous funk, caramel, brown sugars, light tangy fruit. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, woody tannin, mellow carbonation. Quite interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2024
at 18:29
6/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2024
at 19:22
7/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2024
at 19:22
7/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2024
at 19:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at 'If It Ain't Dutch', Enid Street, 31/07/24. Extremely dark mahogany brown verging on black topped with a khaki head. Nose is toffee, chocolate, dark malts, light spice, earthy roast. Taste comprises toffee, cocoa powder, nougat, sugars, nutty, dark malts. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Lacks complexity for the ABV but a competent sipper ... surprised this is riding at 3.10 off 28 rates!
Tried
on 24 Aug 2024
at 08:39
6/10
0,33 litre Bottle, from Ølutsalget Storo, St home. Amber with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, Wheat, Caramel, spices, some herbal bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2024
at 18:37
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2024
at 16:48