7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[Thanks to fiulijn]. Dark brown color, almost black, with a light tan head with good duration. Aroma has notes of light toffee, toasted malts, burnt sugar and some roasty notes. Flavor is slightly sweet, notes of molasses, good maltiness, toffee and chocolate notes. Subtle sweet notes in the final with some mild bittery traces, maintaining toasted notes. Creamy on palate with sweet mouthfeel.
Tried
on 30 May 2014
at 23:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from whole foods so could be quite old or not retired. Pours chestnut. Nose is caramel and plenty of malt. Tastes of toffee, nutty, malty sweetness, earth, and some grape. Interesting odd brew whose bottle caught my eye for whatever reason.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 19:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Home. 2006 vintage. Pours very dark brown with a creamy light tan head. Aroma of malt, bread, chocolate notes, dark fruits, plum, dates, little oxidation, alcohol. Flavor is rich malty, bready, chocolate, licorice, dark dried fruit, dates, raisin, light boozy, just a hint of oxidation. Medium body, soft carbonation, some warming alcohol in the finish. Have aged nicely, shows just weak signs of oxidation. 170214
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2014
at 04:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample from 50 cl. bottle Pitch black with a small, creamy tanned head. Roasted aroma with caramel malts, coffee, chocolate, liquorice and dark berries. Some vanilla. Taste is bitter. Full body with an oily texture and near flat carbonation. Bitter, roasted finish with liquorice. Excellent despite the age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2014
at 07:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - black pour with a tiny tan head. Roasted malty, toffee,caramel, light choc, some dark dried fruit, syrupy, hoppy undertones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2014
at 07:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
tap at EBF ... Deep brown ... smooth coffee roast ... lots of smooth deep cpoffeee ... some chocolate ... but mostly coffeee ,,, little lactose ... low biterness ... nice
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2012
at 10:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Too sweet. 290512
Tried
on 29 May 2012
at 11:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 2008. Brown/dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel and strong toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, toffee, sweet, hop, sugar, little rip fruit, little warming and a little brandy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 11:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
19th July 2009
Hazy dark brown beer. Soft palate. This 2004 vintage is holding up well. Malt doesn’t taste aged. Slightly bitter toffee caramel. Finishes with a little aniseed alcohol and a touch of heat. Nice enough but I could not drink much.
Hazy dark brown beer. Soft palate. This 2004 vintage is holding up well. Malt doesn’t taste aged. Slightly bitter toffee caramel. Finishes with a little aniseed alcohol and a touch of heat. Nice enough but I could not drink much.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2012
at 05:05
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. BBE 04.09.2009. Rated on 21.09.2009
Orange colour. Aroma has mostly vegetables and roots. Also some bready malt. Flavour is rather disturbing with soil, rye and starch. Also hints of cardboard. Never again. Might have been a bad or too old bottle though.
Orange colour. Aroma has mostly vegetables and roots. Also some bready malt. Flavour is rather disturbing with soil, rye and starch. Also hints of cardboard. Never again. Might have been a bad or too old bottle though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 08:06