 fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA
Dec 31, 2008 Bottle. Aroma of dark chocolate, charred malt, tobacco, licorice, dark fruits, and of course alcohol, though well-integrated. Flavor again bursting with all these notes, rich and charred, powerful but complex. Great beer.
CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
Dec 31, 2008 Crushed with Jakebra and vicariously with Honkeybra. Nose fulla coffee and dark chocolate. Beautiful nose. Flavor is surprisingly sweet, and its not a nice of surprise. Dark fruits yes, but feels like a bag of sugar was poured in. ABV is awesome and helps, and this is still pretty damn good, but could have been better. Expectation was about a 3.8. Pretty close.
HonkeyBra (1267), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Dec 31, 2008 Black, oily pour with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Flavor is big and heavy, sweet and chocolatey with a very sweet alcohol finish. Creamy mouthfeel, but the sweetness detracts. Coffee is really an afterthought in this one. Dude was right, about a 3.8.
Todeon (314), Sweden
Dec 30, 2008 Bottle 37.5.cl. Pours and oily black color. Aroma is chocolat,coffe,dark fruit,vanilla,honey and some alcohol. Taste is about the same as the aroma with lots of sweetness and coffee,chocolat,dark fruit and some alcohol. Creamy mouthfeel.
Anareon (12), Fairview Heights, Illinois, USA
Dec 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours black with no head and has some sediment. Dark chocolate aroma with a hint of sweetness. It has a great heavy roasted chocolate flavour and the alcohol doesn’t overpower the taste. It finishes a bit bitter, and I wish there was a more dominant coffee presence in the flavour. It sits nice and thick on the palate.
LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
Dec 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours black with absolutely no head and no carbonation. Aroma of bitter chocolate, roasted malt, and alcohol. The initial sip was super chocolatey, but this flavor faded almost immediately. Lots of raisins, roasted malt, and alcohol. Very heavy mouthfeel with a harsh palate. Gets a bit dull by the end of the glass. Meh. This would be better with a slightly lower abv I think.
7/3/7/3/15 (3.5/5)
Travlr (700), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Dec 29, 2008 Second blackest beer that I have tasted. Aroma of roasted coffee, flavor of Starbucks dark roast with a bit of chocolately bitterness towards the end. Very nice indeed.
Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
Dec 26, 2008 Bottle. Pours a black body with a thin tan lacing. Burnt coffee huge alcohol latent fruits and a big licorice flavor. Not balanced by any means as the alcohol runs wild throughout this one. Good but not great.
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