7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Meilby. Thanks. Almost black with a lasting beige head. Aroma is dry, roasted malt and smoked. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 290914
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2014
at 12:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cheers to the Leightonator for this country tick and for the shower before hand - I enjoyed the squishy feeling beneath my feet (post shower!), 02/09/14. Black with a well appointed tan covering that dissipates but retains to good effect. Nose is earthy roastings, papery notes, dark malt, dark chocolate, brown bread, light spice. Taste comprises mellow dark fruits, spice, chocolate vanilla fudge, sweet licks, light roast. Medium + body, fine carbonation, smei drying close with sweet notes. Decent.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2014
at 14:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Leightons house. Thanks to LKS with the country tick. Dark caramel red coloured pour with a halo of light tan. Aroma is nice raspberry jam, soft choc roast. Flavour is tart berry raspberry, smooth choc, light earthy notes. Palate is medium body. Lingering tangy fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2014
at 13:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to L-Dogggg. It pours cloudy dark brown with a small bubbly tan head. The nose is bitter-sweet, dark chocolate, earth, fruit and gateaux. The taste is bitter-sweet, rich dark chocolate, earth, cocoa, coffee, mild acidity and light ash with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Quite nice. Nice dark chocolate action.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2014
at 13:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - picked up in Copenhagen. Pours rich brown with a frothy, khaki head. The nose has some torched meat, rich chocolate, light roast, dark fruits. Medium sweet flavor with burnt malts, charred ham, raisins, burnt cereal, wood, earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Burnt wood finish with further charred meat, bitter pine, torched wood, bittersweet cocoa. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2014
at 13:05
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Pours a creamy deep black color, topped with a hefty dark cream colored head. A mild, but easily picked up aroma of roasted malts, coffee and caramel. The taste is roasty, quite heavily, with coffee and bittery finish. Roasty aftertaste. Very drinkable and very pleasant.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2014
at 02:32
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Fra fat på den færøyske paviljongen på ONS 2014: mørk gylden med minimalt skum, servert alt for kald og i plastglass. Kanskje det tok knekken på det lille som måtte ha vært av aroma og smak. Lett søtlig maltpreg, og sannelig tar de den internasjonale mangelen på humle alvorlig, eller så har de helt glemt å tilsette humle. Tynn kropp med vandig slutt. Jøje meg.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 13:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle @ the 7th Shrewsbury Bottle Share, brought by me, many thanks to humlelala for the trade! Also glad to make a rare contribution to a new country tick for Master Haddock below. After previous poor ratings I wasn’t expecting a lot from this, but I think it surprised us all. Very rich and boozy, even for a 10.4% quad, with dominant hoppiness cutting through some dark fruit-laden malts. A great end to the night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2014
at 00:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The last beer at the August Shrewsbury bottle share: cheers Mat for bringing the 500ml bottle (BBD 15 Sep 2017). Golden amber pour with a white crown. I thought it more hoppy than other raters seem to have done: have they changed the recipe because although it had plenty of semi-sweet maltiness in the aroma and taste it was predominantly hoppy (or had my taste buds been shot?). The alcohol came through nicely and this was a fittingly good end to a great night of beer tasting. This also took my personal country total to 99, onwards and upwards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2014
at 03:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thick black pour, tan head. Smoky, roasted aroma. Flavour has more smoke, tar, licorice. Sticky, bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2014
at 14:43