kegbear (71), Orange, California, USA
Jun 14, 2008
Dark dark amber near black. Aroma of dried prunes, cherries and malt. Sweet taste that is smokey and reminds me of dried fruit bread. Smokey dry finish. Really different and quite wonderful. The guy where I bought this told me he had one that was aged for 8 years and it tasted like a milkshake. We shall see.
 MiP (4927), Flensburg, Germany
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle, 10%. Fruity aroma, very malty, and slightly roasted and creamy. Black colour, big stable light brown head. Very good flavour, quite sweet, dark roasted malts, some smoke.
NoiZe (875), Zeist, Netherlands
Aug 14, 2008 Tasted @ Horse Brass Pub and Hair Of The Dog Brewery in Portland.
Very black colored brew. Roasted malts in the sweet aroma, chocolate. Flavor is very, very nice. Roasted, creamy, sweet, nice chocolate bitterness and smooth like silk. Gets better along the way. Complex flavors and nice smooth bitterness.
mabel (1583), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 13, 2008 [1531-20080712] 355mL bottle. Dark figgy malt aroma has notes of roasted petrol and smoky wood. Dark dark brown red-hued body with a quick bubbly light tan head. Dark figgy roasted malt flavour has lots of sweet malt. Full body has a slightly sour tang finish. Very nice and smooth and boozy and drinkable.
(Batch 65; @ Volo; Toronto, ON; w/ jerc)
Plimmer (234), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Aug 9, 2008 Bottle 35,5cl. Pitch black with a huge brown steady head leaving some laces. Nice lumps of floating yeast. Very sweet nose with clear traces of alcohol. Complex, sweet and fat body with alcohol as the dominating participant. Sweet "burning" finish. Nice one, but one is enough for me.
kosko20 (73), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Aug 8, 2008 My dad liked this, gave it a 4. For me, it was decent but the main problem was the aftertaste, it was dry like a wine. The aroma was nice, roasted malt, roasted chocolate, burnt toast and roasted barely. A roasty beer. Appearance is great, black but with a rim of brown when held to light. Head is everlasting dark tan. Flavor is once again roasty, malt, chocolate and toast. Somewhere in there is also cherries or port...like its been aged in port wine barrels. Palate is nice for the initial but after swallowing, it leaves an unpleasant dryness. Though as I got towards the bottom, it got a little better, a little more smooth, so I
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