 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 26, 2009 Excellent brew. Had high hopes for this one and it did not disappoint. Lots of coffee, molasses, and tobacco on the nose. Flavor is similar, but mellows in the finish with some nice bourbon notes. Wasn’t as thick as I excpected, but still a badass brew.
ditmier (1110), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 28, 2008 2008 Bottle - Boy howdy, pours slick black but not as dark as others...decently bitter tan head, aroma is burnt sugar, chocolate, oak and slight bbq...flavour is wonderfully complex, vanilla oak, chocolate, great hop presence, coffee, malt, more malt and a touch of smoke...not quite as good as Abyss, but respectable none the less...
BOLTZ7555 (1107), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 6, 2008 Viscous black pour with a solid dense cocoa-colored head. Nose is dark roasted Starbucks, sticky caramel, and perhaps a little oak. Flavor is assertive. Rich chocolate, dark fruit, brown sugar, and bourbon. A very aggressive example of the style...loved it.
Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 21, 2008 22oz. bottle. Dark black, short lasting head. Strong alcohol at first taste, all the way down the throat, very smooth afterward. Should be real good after a year or two.
alexsdad06 (1102), Ohio, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 22 oz. bottle from multiple sources. Pours black with a medium sized frothy tan head. The aroma is roasted malts with dark chocolate, oak, bourbon, cocoa nibs, vanilla and coffee. one word to describe the flavor is BIG. This has decadent chocolate, creamy vanilla, roasted malt, mellow bourbon and oak, some dark fruit, cocoa, and flashes of the 11% as it warms. For all of that, the balance is surprising. Full creamy body. This is a standout beer.
kenb (1100), Oregon, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Updated: Aug 23, 200922 OZ bottle via Roth’s. XX. Pours black with a huge brown head that takes up 75% of the mug and takes for ever to dissipate. Nose is chocolate, roasted barley, coffee. Taste as it smells. Starts and ends with lots of bittersweet coacoa, and in between there is some plums, licorice, coffee and bourbon. The bourbon lingers for a long while into the aftertaste. I also get a bit of smokiness from this. THe hops are there and balance the sweetness and roastiness quite well. Definately a west coast version.
robforbes (1099), Bremerton, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 29, 2008 Updated: Jul 24, 2009pours a jet black with a small brown head, good lacing.
smell of cocoa, touch of coffee, licorice, touch of vanilla.
taste is sweet up front (didn’t see that coming), bold, licorice, bitter-sweet chocolate, touch of coffee, somewhat smokey.
Reid (1092), Salem, Oregon, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 7, 2008 Wonderful looking ale.Pitch black with a lovelly thick creamy dark tan head. Very handsome.’
Strong toasted malts aroma, backed by esspresso coffee and dark chocolate (70%) tones, small attractive hint of alcohol.
Quite sweet but delicious flavours, here in the flavour department the cream is added to the coffee and gettng some accents of dark semi-dried fruits. This is like a good Christmas pudding covered in a rich cream and rum sauce eaten with some excellent coffee. Very nice.
Wonderous palate..smooth and silky..creamy even, the alcohol complimenst ,rather than hurts.
A great beer, though I believe a winter release around Xmas would be wonderful.
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