 Kinz (2218), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 23, 2009 Faint roast aroma. Flavor is lightly roasty with a bit of caramel. Fairly clean. Black with brown at edges. Not bad. As it warmed, some faintly floral hops became evident, and the bitterness stepped up a bit as well.
lithy (1845), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 Dark brown, creamy tan foam. Aroma is thin, watery, roast. Taste is smooth chocolate, lightly roasty.
ChainGangGuy (2616), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 14, 2009 Appearance: Set before me a clear, near black body with a smallish, white head.
Smell: Presents a simple nose smelling of grains and various roasted malts, as well as some curious hints of powderized licorice and powdered chocolate.
Taste: Roasted grains rounded out with the taste of semi-sweet chocolate and spicy touches of licorice root. Hint of spicy, lightly earthy hops at best with no more than a hint of bitterness. I’ll politely assume the listed 40 IBU’s to be the error of a typo. Drying, spicy finish with a final taste of now unsweetened chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Relatively light-bodied. Lightly carbonated -- why’s everything here near lacking carbonation?
Drinkability: The Gold, the Red, and now the Black have all been undercarbonated. Like a can of cola left in the refrigerator for several hours. It’s all just so limp and lifeless on the tongue. Ah well!
jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 28, 2008 on tap-pours a tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is molasses/chocolate/anise, some peat. Taste is licorice/some peat, secondary earthy/acidic hops. Light side of medium body.
Cybercat (822), Georgia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 9, 2008 Color is a deep sable brown, head is tan and fairly persistent. Aroma is smoky with a hint of coffee, and has an odd waxy or dusty overtone to it. Flavor is decent, mainly burnt coffee but again with a waxy hint to it - not unpleasant, but strange. It has a good hoppy bite and a smooth, pleasant texture.
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Updated: Dec 15, 2009
Date: March 20, 1998
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: dark ruby red, whispy head
Flavor: bittersweet malt flavor, hints of weird stuff, hints of bitterness, too funky
Date: November 20, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Appearance: black, frothy beige head
Aroma: roasted aroma with a light sweetness
Flavor: sweet dark chocolate flavor, touch of caramel sweetness, light bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
KUEric (632), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Aug 23, 2007 Good defintely not great. Had some chocolate and coffee in the flavor to go with too much raisins. Way too watered down. Not my favorite, although its a schwarzbier, and how many quality schwarzbiers have you had in the US?
waolsen (1224), Littleton, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 9, 2006 tap. dark maple pour. thin tan head. hop, malt, chocolate, sugar aroma. smooth. small coffee and chocolate. nice hops and malts. there best by far. a sampler of 5 beers the day I went was $6.34. Rediculous!
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