 ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 18, 2004 Updated: Feb 18, 20052003 Bottle. Dark black, oily and viscous and quite opaque. The head on this thing dosent go away. It just seems to be glued on to the top. It’s creamy, sticky and medium tan/beige. Aroma is initially strong of fruit esters, mainly banana with something like oats and sweet chocolate coming on quickly. Light hops mix in and it gets more roasty. The flavor is equally impressive. Lots of sweet sugary malt, mostly chocolate but has a nice english toasted malt appeal, somewhat reminiscent of Sam Smith’s Imperial Stout. Flavor of sweet, chocolatey malt continues to stay strong. Mouthfeel is silky with a slight touch of grit that is pleasing. Tastes of soft black fruit faintly. Finishes lightly bitter, somewhat drier and has a good flavor of hazlenut on the aftertaste. Quite sweet and a bit too much alcohol apparency to give it a perfect on the palate, but it still has a wonderful texture. 8/5/9/4/17
Rerate<i/> Bottle at Bukowski’s Tavern, Boston. After preaching to my friend how great this beer was, and that he should definitely try it, it was quite disappointing when we actually did get it. Not bad, of course, but much less full and flavorful than I recall. Some smoke and ash seems to work against the whole experience, creating some lightly astringent notes on the end with a strange sourness, that I can’t attribute to yeast (otherwise I would like it). 7/5/7/3/15
gnoff (3574), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 26, 2006 Updated: Oct 12, 2008First rating
Black and strong. Very good taste, almost like a meal when you drink it. No alcohol in the taste, typical stoput like smell. Some yeast sediment in the bottom. This one I can really recommend to people who likes stout!
8/5/9/5/17=4.4
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(33 cl bottle from Systembolaget, thanks to deft!)
BB Dec 2008
On October 11, 2008
Pitch black color, light brown head. Acidic and buttery, strawberry yoghurt scent, wierd. Some smoke, alcohol and roasted also. Salty, rosted, grainy, dry, coffee taste. Dry mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Not sure it’s quite OK this bottle.
6/4/7/3/13=3.3
MEdium way rating, since I think my first is probably too high and my seconde might be a faulty bottle: 7/4/7/4/15=3.7
Dickinsonbeer (3500), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 29, 2006 Old notes from Axillas Impy night. Pours a light black with a beige head. Smells like a good cream or sweet stout- has a very sweet aroma with caramel, ligth chocolate and some coffee notes. Flavor is light chocolate some caramel, toffeee, stale malts, cardboard, and light oxidation. Light fruit as it warms with a dry roast finish. Kinda porter-ish.
CapFlu (3492), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 24, 2005 (330ml bottle) Purchased from the LCBO Ottawa for CDN$1.85. Labelled as Sinha Stout with the same picture and layout. Very cool to finally get this beer again. Pours a foamy, brown head with an opaque body - a tad thin. The nose reeks of a rusted tin, you really have to get in there with your nose to reach the molasses and coffee. The gritty texture amplifies the coffee trigger while the sweet caramel and molasses swirl your mouth. Good.
FatPhil (3483), Espoo, Finland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 25, 2009 330ml bottle (Systembolaget, Sweden)
Jet black, beige head. Soft sweet creamy gentle coffee aroma. Pleasant carbonation, very soft creamy coffee palate. A touch sweet, but a really good rich burntness. Both quite heavy, but also refreshing - doesn’t feel like an 8% beer at all. Some bite to the hops to accompany the burntness. Finish is cocoa-like, and with some hoppy tingle. Very tasty stout.
Fin (3476), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 22, 2006 Bottle, 16-11-06 picked up at Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbot earlier in the week. Pours very dark almost black in colour with a light brown head. Wonderful roasted coffee like aroma, superb taste, strength shows but never really distracts, woody flavours, some dark chocolate, very smooth and dangerously easy drinking beer. Really enjoyed this stunner which I’d had often before but never got around to rating.
larsniclas (3390), Gothenburg, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 27, 2004 Bottled.
Black with a brown head.
A salty aroma from chocolate and some coffee.
Rather sweet and fruity.
rlgk (3378), Vårgårda, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 6, 2004 Black, brownish head. Aroma from coffee and licorice, but also with some nuts. Flavor is coffee, cocoa and licorice, Bitter finish
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