 davidm (186), Melbourne, Australia
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 22, 2009 Bottle. Top-class beer from Sri Lanka. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruits, and coffee. Flavour starts sweet and smooth, and bitterness comes gradually for a good-length finish. Palate is velvety, and there is just a touch of alcohol in the finish. Black colour, long-lasting off-white head.
Noelweichbrodt (13), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 This is a big, complex stout that straddles between dry and sweet, regular and imperial, session and single. Huge aroma of currant, roast malts, coffee. Ink black. Beautiful deep tan head with lacing. Lots of roast flavor, but also very sweet from a chocolate and toffee flavor, burnt brown sugar too. Finish keeps switching between dry and sweet, and a lingering alcohol taste never overwhelms. Basically a superb stout, deserves many more pours.
Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 10, 2000 A first for me a ’Tropical Stout’, lighter in body and not so harsch. Great nose, vanilla, chocolate, and a bit of the hops at the finish. Quite good and a 8.0 ABV, mild but pleasing.
Shadallion (526), Sacramento, California, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
May 22, 2001 Updated: May 22, 2008I owe Gusler big for sending me this brew. Nice smooth body, although its kind of light for a stout. Rich espresso/mocha flavors are really highlighted by a bottle-conditioned twang. Is there some vanilla in there? Remarkably drinkable for a stout with such a high alcohol content at 8.0%. Everytime I drink it, I’m impressed all over again. I’m going to say it: this is the best stout I’ve ever had.
hennes (932), Fountain, Michigan, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 4, 2002 This stuff literally came exploding out of the bottle and poured a huge and beautifully beige head. The aroma is intriguing - i’ve been out boiling sap in a big iron kettle and it reminds me of that swirl of steam and woodsmoke, with chocolate accents. The taste is complex, too, and excellently expresses the chocolate promise of the nose, dried cherries, and, I kid you not, smoked fish! And I mean that in the best sense of well smoked whitefish from northern Michigan. And all of this goodness comes to you through an amazing velvety texture. This is a superb stout!
ravidesai (915), Bombay, India
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 22, 2001 a real surprise froim Sri lanka.
an excellent bottle conditioned stout.
nice roasted malt aroma and taste.
slightly ’chewy’ palate.
ultraspank (866), Dublin, Ohio, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 24, 2003 Burnt nose of roasted coffee, fruit (nectarine-ish), chocolate, flowers, smoke, toffee, brown sugar and spices. Pours a pure black. The huge rocky head is the brown commonly found in chocolate milkshakes, lasts a while and has good lacing. The warm and flowery flavor is sweet and roasted with light acidity. The finish is bittersweet. The full and rich body is chewy and soft. The finish is dry. What a pleasant surprise.
garrison (459), Cin. city, Ohio, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 24, 2005 From a 625 ml bottle purchased for $2.99 at "Keller’s IGA" in Cin., Ohio - This one poured a midnight black with a tall, fine-bubbled, thick tan head of foam and coffee-molassess-alcohol aroma. Tastewise, it’s a wonderful stout, with a
spicey, bitter coffee-cum-cocoa richness and a full, lasting palate. It’s just plain GOOD!
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