6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at L42. It pours jet black with a thick tan head. The aroma is earthy, charred wood, rich roasted malt, cookie dough, treacle and liquorice. The taste is dry, bitter, charred wood, earthy, toasty, burnt toast, peppery spice, liquorice, umami and burnt cake with a drying and tarry finishes. Medium body and moderate foamy carbonation. More like a stout. Fair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 12:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the L42 Xmas Boost Up '17, thanks to Kenny, 18/12/17. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is charr, roast, liquorice, spice, cocoa powder, chocolate dipped raisins. Taste comprises light ashen notes, mineral bite, pine, charr, toffee, mellow roast, cacao nibs. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 12:26
6/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2017
at 12:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The 23 Club. Pours near clack with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark grains and roasted malts with a decent amount of pine supporting. Flavor is similar with dark grains and roasted malts supported by a bit of earthy pine and grass.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2017
at 16:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at The 23 Club. Pours near black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong dark grains and roasted malts with a touch of chocolate supporting. Flavor has sweet dark grains and chocolate joined by a bit of spice and roasted malt in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2017
at 16:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Oxford, Wednesday 1st November 2017. Pours black with a mid sized cappuccino coloured head. Lots of coffee, in fact there really is a lot of really roasty coffee. Fruity with a coffee laced bitterness. A really good beer that punches well above its weight. A7 A5 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
on 01 Nov 2017
at 12:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg @ Kazimier Garden, Liverpool. Amber with a small head. Fruity, with citrus orange here, and crisp drinking for its strength, which is fairly well hidden.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2017
at 10:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Brewdog CJ. Real impact of creamy mocha as far as aroma goes. I like. Jet black. Creamy off-white head. Initial sweet cream before a coffee bitterness comes in. At first the hoppy bitterness was more evident but it tgen smoothed out. Medium bodied. Vergingon sticky. Soft carb. Astringent finish. Really like this... although heading out of Black IPA territory.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2017
at 10:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at BD Sheps Boost, 20/10/17. Pitch black with a decent tan covering. Nose is roast malt, coffee grinds, black pepper, light hop dusting, charr. Taste comprises burnt toffee, charr, spice, earthy red berry tang, brown bread, treacle, coffee beans. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a roasted climax and earthy hop dusting. Decent coffee CDA affair.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2017
at 06:30