8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7
440ml can as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home. Blacker than black and viscous with a small ring of khaki head. Massive aroma of vanilla-laden caramel, espresso beans and maybe a tiny bit of liquorice. Taste is so, so sweet, like cold oversugared coffee (but still somehow really amazing) and some light toasty bitterness in the finish. Full, full body with light carbonation. Works incredibly well.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2023
at 22:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Cloudy pale amber with a cm of white head. Aroma of mandarin, pine, Australian pineapple, light biscuit. Light bodied and dryish with more crackery malt than guessed, fruit that starts sweet and gradually leans astringent. Lowish bitterness with some earthy herbs. Odd.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2023
at 12:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Caramel and chocolate aroma with light roast. Caramel and chocolate flavor with dark fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Caramel and light toffee linger with chocolate and dark fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2023
at 20:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas are lots of roast, molasses, raisins, prunes, dark malt. Flavors are similar to nose, very well balanced with just right bitter to sweet and carbonation. Easy drinking and alcohol as well hidden. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2023
at 04:49
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours amber with a small fading head.Nose shows floral hops, papaya, mango, nectarine, pineapple and orange. Also some soft pine.Favours include soft floral and herbal hops along with some citrus and a bit of a brett-like note. Some pine and gentle malt behind.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2023
at 08:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
440ml can as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective, drunk at home. It pours very dark brown, almost opaque with a decent-sized khaki head. Coffee, of course, dominates the aroma, along with some gardenia and a bit of chocolate malt. Sweet taste with more creamy coffee and a bit of caramel syrup, followed by an almost plummy sour/bitterness. Light hop in the finish with coffee and caramel still swirling around in the aftertaste. Enjoyable and doesn’t overdo the coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2023
at 20:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft 4 oz pour at Chuck's CD, which is just about all I could probably handle of this one. Dang! Huge beer here. Jet black pour with a full coat of tan lacing. Coffee and booze nose. Just know this one is intense from the aroma from a distance. Flavor is a dense chocolate, espresso, and a ripe banana. Borderline syrupy. Thick constant, but its cool on the finish, and the boozy palate fades quick, and leaves a cocoa and coffee ground. Intense big stout, but less than it needed to be. Thing I'm most thrilled about is that this didn't need any junk in it to be good. Take a stout, triple it, put it on one glass, and call it good. I enjoyed this, but I'd certainly need to be in the mood for this.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2023
at 20:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
440ml can delivered from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home.Light gold and clear with a small ring of white head. Aroma is very light, I'm getting muted citrus peel with just a hint of celery. Taste is more engaging with both the lemon/lime sourness and the intense celery salt hitting you straight on. It's a very light and airy beer, with fairly full carbonation lifting the residually salty finish. Gorgeous little drink.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2023
at 19:55
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance is oily black, with a half-finger tan head. Aroma is lots of coffee, dark roast malt, rich dark chocolate, vanilla, treacle toffee, vanilla, leathery dark malt. Bit of liquorice. Taste is rich dark chocolate, brownie, roast dark malt, burnt toast, sugary lactose, coffee, burnt dark fruits, hints of ashy roast, bitter dark chocolate in the finish. Lots of coffee.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2023
at 06:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 440mL can. Near black with minimal beige head. Rich coffee and lactose, touch of vanilla. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2023
at 03:27