bgburdman9 (823), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Jun 18, 2009 Another old rating. Aroma is a lot of chocolate and roastiness. Flavor was smooth but a palate was a little thin. Left a great after taste in the mouth. KimJohansen (7125), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 | Jun 8, 2009 Black with amedium deep beige head. Sweet aroma with burned malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Flavour was sweet with burned malt, chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Very vinious and blanced. Master piece! MaltOMeal (653), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Feb 18, 2009 swingtop bottle thanks to Papsoe. Pours dark as crude oil with a nice brown head and although it dissipated for the most part, it left some around the rim and created some good lacing. Nose is of chocolate and roast malt. Taste of chocolate and slight licorice. Very thick mouthfeel with a little chalkiness. Very good. motelpogo (4394), Plzen, Czech Republic
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 28, 2008 bottled, thanks to thewolf for this one. pretty black with a modest brown head, rum and raisin aroma. a real sipping bear with notes of tobacco, icing sugar, whipped cream, vanilla liqueur, a big burnt finish jbrus (4882), Delft, Netherlands
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Dec 26, 2008 Bottle@Home. Loads of roasted malts, moccha and black currant aroma. Pitch black, brown firm head, good lace, pours very thick like oil. Sweet, bitter, roasted malts, coffee, vanilla twigs, milky, light lactic. Full and soft mouthfeel. Well balanced, very complex yet very pleasant. Wow! fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Nov 18, 2008 Bottle brought to toncatcher’s tasting. Nice roasted malt flavor with coffee and chocolate notes. Aromas were a nice lead in with some bitter dark chocolate aromas. Good godd stuff. padrefan98 (788), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Oct 31, 2008 Thanks to fordest for sharing this retired gem poured from 500 ml swingtop bottle. Creamy, roasted malts and chocolate with a fair amount of hops to balance this very nice stout. cgarvieuk (4195), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Aug 23, 2008 Bottle at home ... very light watery nose with a little malt ... Very odd malt flavour ... light chocolate ... light carbonation
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