 nbutler11 (769), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 21, 2008 Pours a black/dark mahogony color from the bottle with a trim tan head. Faint cocoa and charcoal on the nose with flavors of mixed berries (primarily rasp and blue) blended with slightly burnt coffee. Pleny of heat from the alcohol content on the finish. Unique, but not impressive.
Sparky27 (1608), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 20, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours a pitch black with one finger dark tan head and sticky lacing. Nose is milk chocolate, toasted smoky malts and mellow coffee. Taste is smoke, dark chocolate, salty roasted nuts, some dark fruits mixed in, and a bitter coffee hoppy finish. Medium-to-full creamy mouth feel. Gets a little boozy as it warms. This is the best beer I’ve had from Flying Dog – very good.
12many (231), Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle. Pours the color of dark chocolate with a fine looking tan head with decent lacing. Wow I was not expecting to get this bouquet of hops in the aroma blending fabulously with rich roasty malt. Flavor is very good as well but not as surprising. Good sweetness matched well with bittering hops. Palate is very smooth with a medium to full body, light carbonation, and a good aftertaste. I’ll definitely get this again. Nice surprise.
lassem (310), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 # 105
Pours a deep brown, almost black with a tiny and quickly fading dark brown head. Nose is coffee, roasted malts, raisins with hints of alcohol
A light but very balanced experience with a complex taste-symphony in almost perfect harmony. I taste coffee and dark chockolate, brown burned sugar with smoked and sweet hints. The finish is a bitter hoppy journey. The palate is smooth and creamy without being too much.
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 poured super jet black with a wonderful chocolate colored head, nose is sweet with dried fruit , choc malts and a nice port nose. flavor is currants black licorice, chocolate and alcohol but really well balanced. this one is a 06. very nice beer. Thanx Harry
AndyReynolds (288), Wilder, Kentucky, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 Poured a very dark brown with a thin head. Aroma was very complex with the aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. The taste was just the same, with a bitter and sweet finish. It went down really smooth even with a rather high alcohol content.
Jerre (1756), Waregem, Belgium
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle, 355 cl. (bought @ Mi Orge Mi Houblon)
Very black color with a beige head. Aroma strong roasted malts, chocolate, coffee. Full body.
Taste bitter, roasted malts, dark fruits, and hops.
fredandboboflo (1417), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle, 2007 vintage. Aroma of alcohol soaked fruits, roast, chocolate, coffee, all the stuff you’d want going on in a beer of this nature with great balance between all of it. Flavor remains the same with a fairly high alcohol presence, but there’s so much other richness that it definitely works. Even a touch of bitterness finds its way through as a further balancing act among all the sweet malt, chocolate, coffee, fruits, alcohol, what have you. Very complex. Rich, creamy mouthfeel that never gets heavy or sticky. This stuff is downright excellent.
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