 Oakes (8115), Kowloon, Hong Kong
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 11, 2007 Draught, Archer Ale House
This is pretty fucking black, with a medium brown head. The aroma shows milk chocolate, pecans, wood, alcohol and a touch of ill-fitting whisky. Full body. Creamy, milk chocolatey. Light woody hop notes and standard impy roast. Clean, full-flavoured and very typical PNW hoppy impy type. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing to seperate it from the pack either.
fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Reserve 2007, 2 years old
Black night color; big creamy head, beige, leaving a nice lace while reducing. Perfect aroma of milky coffee, coffee truffles, barley coffee (a substitute for real coffee), vanilla icecream. Silky and seducing body; strong roasted malt flavor, chocolate and quite evident liquorice, light vanilla; salty, thick; the final is powerful, bitter, with strong roasted malt presence and even saltier; light acidity from the roasted malt; there is a comfortable alcohol warmth. Mighty. It deserves the appreciation.
KimJohansen (7132), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 1, 2008 Coutesy of Ungstrup. Pitch black with medium head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla and coffee. Good complexity and very well balanced. Lovely!
argo0 (6978), Washington DC, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 21, 2007 (22oz bottle, thanks kmweaver) Small brown head, brown-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, coffee, roast, some earthy, smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, coffee/roast, some earthy, smoke. Smooth full body, alcohol well contained.
Maria (6309), Thisted, Denmark
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 2, 2008 2006 release, and it’s been in my cellar for more than a year now, thank you Tom/After4ever, it’s wonderful! We drink it to celebrate my new position as top woman rater here on RB, its the beginning of February 2008. It’s pitch black with a huge, nice, creamy mocha-brown head. The aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate and hints of oak/vanilla. The mouthfeel is oily. The flavour is smooth, velvety seducing with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice, light bitterness and very light oak/whisky and the finish has a roasted bitterness. It’s lovely, complex and very full bodied!!!
bierkoning (6089), La Tropica, Netherlands
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 22, 2008 2007 bottle @ DTS. Roastaroma, creamy, chocolate and a bit salty. Espresso flavor with dark chocolate and cream. Sweet but also salty finish with licorice and laurel. Well balanced beer.
Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 11, 2007 Bottle. A black beer with a big beige head. The aroma is of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and rye bread, so is the taste. Medium body with a dry light alcoholic finish.
MesandSim (5940), London, Greater London, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 1, 2009 A Mes rate. Bottle at home.
Black as night with a thin tan head. Massive chewy coffee, loads of wood and alcohol but much more integrated than I was expecting. The wooden notes are done really well done and I’m so glad the bourbon is tolerable. Still it is a little too boozy. Aggressive burnt caramel finish. Strangely thin in the mouth. Would certainly be better with some age but still it’s a bloody good beer.
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