 BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 Bottle. Pours black with a small, rocky light brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, molasses, toasted grain, coffee), light yeast (dough) with notes of plum, date, wood, and vanilla. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. Somewhat spicy; no real hop character.
FROTHINGSLOSH (2031), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 Rating 2000. Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured thick, black and oily with a medium sized dark brown head. The aroma was full of chocolate, vanilla, wood, tobacco and touches of floral and fruity hops. The flavor was woody, malty and had notes of port wined, vanilla, smoke, tobacco, cream and malted milk. Subtle, refined and complex. The finish was long and interesting. Smooth and creamy body. Excellent.
Kinz (2211), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Yum. Been wanting to try this one ever since I had the 12 and 16. Pours black, slight initial head fades quick. Brown at edges. Aroma is of rich, lush chocolate and a hint of whiskey, almost like bourbon even though I know it isn’t. Flavor has some up front whisky notes, a faint touch of oak, and then a fantastic chocolate finish with a hint of vanilla. Smooth as silk in the mouth, this was just great. Best of the lot so far.
radagast83 (1315), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 Cask at Churchkey. Pours a rich, dark color with a tan head. Aroma of vanilla, malts. Flavor was smooth, refreshing (even at 8%) and richly enjoyable. I expected something a bit more harsh and was happily surprised with the beverage.
thebeertourist (2822), Oslo, Norway
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 Bottle from Kris Wines, London. Black with a big, light brown head. Complex caramel, roast and not least potent, salty Islay whisky notes. Chocolate, caramel, coconut, vanilla, moderate peat, amazingly dry towards the finish. Very subtle, very refined, not sharp at all, just perfectly rounded.
Travlr (769), Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 I was afraid of this beer at first, but my fear turned out to be unfounded.
Appearance was jet black with giant tan bubbles that rapidly settled.
Aroma reminded me of a single malt whisky.
Taste had very light smoke, some wood, a bit of caramel, and a finish of Lagavulin. Amazing progression, with the whisky flavor only at the very end.
Would like to lay a bottle or two down for a year and see what happens.
Finwe (66), Grankulla, Finland
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 1, 2009 330 ml bottle. Completely black with a tan head. Aroma includes elements from the whisky cask: peat and smoke. Dark, roasted malt, peat, smoke, vanilla, coffee, liquorice and tar in the flavour. Some bitterness in the aftertaste.
austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 Bottle #3306. Black with small nicely tanned cocoa head. Nose is rye pudding, little butter, old licorice and hints of whiskey. Flavor has whiskey, molasses, some rye pudding, little ice cream and islay whiskey hotness. Dryish apteekin salmiak in the finish. Light and slightly empty palate, just like the rest of the series. A tad hot too. I can’t get too much out of these, just easy and tasty.
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