6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On-tap at Stones Brewery in Escondido, a pint in the gardens on 14th Jan 2018. Came a misty amber colour, no head worthy of the name. Decent malty base with a fruity hop front, liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2018
at 10:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
(On tap @ MBCC 2017 Blue Session, Copenhagen) Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Notes of big roasty coffee, pretty thick sweet dark toffee/molasses malt, sweet dark chocolate, vanilla, softly fruity, cocoa powder, tiny bit of spicebox. Sweet on the whole, semi-dry in the back end due to all that roasty coffee and cacao, nicely bitters down the malty front end. Medium-full bodied, softly carbonated, with no real booze. Super-nice take on a big bold coffee stout with other layers.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2018
at 11:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big sweet milk chocolate some vanilla a touch of honey I guess and barrel notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet candy bar chocolate vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 08:52
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared at Jim's tasting. Dark pour with a tan head. Notes of caramel, chocolate, toffee, cherries, light whiskey, light coconut and some vanilla. Full body, low carbonation and a sweet finish. Very nicely balanced.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 12:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(On tap @ MBCC 2017 Yellow Session, Copenhagen) Dark red-tinged brown pour with a pale tan head. Notes of sweet caramel, honey, floral quality, citrusy, berries lend a touch of tartness, raspberry most obvious, but there's some cherry/currant in the finish, touch tannic, perfumed. Quite sweet overall without much yeast character obvious. A little bitterness and alcohol only partly quells the sweetness. Good lighter quad, the adjuncts work but the sweet/floral combo is tough to drink much of.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2017
at 16:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ MBCC 2017 Yellow Session, Copenhagen) Pours black with a pale brown head. Notes of dark caramel, toffee and chocolate at the core, with nutty toasty roast, soft honey sweetness, dark fruit and date accents, vanilla. Somewhat sweet overall, lightly balanced by a sort of smoky bittering roast and a little drying alcohol. Medium-full bodied with average carbonation. Good though not outstanding in tough company.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2017
at 16:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared @ JimGreenuk tasting, December 2017. Black color. Brownish head. Aroma's: massive vanilla, sweet chocolate. Retronasal it's sweet, vanilla, roasted, chocolate. Flavor is above moderate sweet, cocoa, vanilla. Strong alcohol feel. Quite full bodied. Long finish with coffee/mocha, vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2017
at 05:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared @ JimGreenuk tasting, December 2017. Black color. Uneven beige head. Aroma's: cocos, cake/bready, chocolate cake. Retronasal it's cocos, sweetish, fruity sourish, dark caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet, cocos, roasted. Medium bodied. Long finish, sweetish, roasted, chocolate, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2017
at 05:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 10
Sampled from bottle at jim is back xmas tasting. Black with almost no head. Deep roasted chocolate malts, dark roasted chocolate malts. Massive vanilla, light coconut, charcoal. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 14:55
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the JimGreen tasting, Den Haag, December 2017. Poured a clear dark brown with a bubbly round light tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, big cacao, vanilla, nutty, light dry coffee. The flavour is moderate sweet with a silky rich roasty oily malt, dry coffee alcohol bitter palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 14:55