 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
Jul 2, 2008 New batch bottle at Chris O’s 19th April 2008 tasting. Pours black with a line of beige head. Exquisite aroma of cloves, eucalyptus, rosemary, coffee and more. The flavour is similar yet more intense - it really is harsh on the tongue. It’s slick and escapes the mouth leaving the herb flavours in the corners of your mouth. Interesting stuff.
Blom (390), Odense, Denmark
Jun 25, 2008 Black with a brown head. The aroma is aggressive with strong notes of coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, cherry, oak, rum, coughing sirup, dark dried fruits, alcohol and tobacco. It carries its high ABV very well in the flavours. They begin sweet and go into a warming alcohol presence combined with a complex bitterness. In the end however you begin to feel like something torn out of Kubirck’s 2001 - at least if youre not sharing the bottle. And on this very night I was making a hop odessey on my own.
SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
Jun 24, 2008 Dark black pour with a small creamy tan head. Lots of coffee in the aroma and flavor. Actually coffee seems to dominate this one. Also hints of cocoa, dark fruit, spice, and molasses. Creamy in the mouth. Alcohol is very well hidden. Seriously smooth and drinkable.
BeerFanDan17 (610), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
Jun 21, 2008 Shared with sebletitje. Extremely good stout. Pouts pitch black like a Dark Lord with flavors of mollases, roasted coffee, and a light hint of cocoa. Rich and smooth.
sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jun 19, 2008 Pours pitch black, no head. This beer got better after a few sips. It starts of with a smell of soy sauce that leaves you wondering where the coffee might be. It does get a lot better after a few sips when the maltiness and the aroma of coffee/mocha sets in. Could hardly notice it was a 14% beer. A complex and interesting beer to say the least.
mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
Jun 18, 2008 Updated: Jul 22, 2008(Bottle, BBE 14/08/11) Pitch black. Small brown head which disappeared quickly. Vanilla, coffee and roasted malts in nose.
Slight carbonation in dryi palate. Taste: acidy red wine, coffee, roasted malts, alcohol. Some vanilla. Bitter aftertaste. (I am suspecting that there was something wrong with the bottle I drunk.) (My rating was 3.5)
Re-rate on 2008-07-22:
Now, the acidiness is not there, so this bottle must be in better condition. Dark chocolate, roasted malts, bitterness and alchol form majority of the taste. Some vanilla and coffee, too. Quite balanced taste.
Viper666 (614), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Jun 17, 2008 Bouteille 375ml (13.1% abv), courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt assez rôti (notes de brûlé), de mélasse, moyen de houblon herbeux, de chocolat noir et de café, léger d’alcool et avec des notes fruitées (raisins). Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, sirupeuse et légèrement crémeuse. Moyen goût fruité (raisins vineux, notes de cerises et de figues) accompagné de notes de réglisse noire et des traces boisées (bois brûlé) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel s’enchaîne rapidement un goût amer de malt très rôti (légèrement brûlé), un moyen goût de chocolat noir, un léger goût de mélasse sucrée et avec des notes de pain grillé. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une une amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux (également de faibles notes résineuses et des traces de thé des bois) ainsi qu’un moyen goût d’alcool réchauffant jusqu’en finale, où on note également la présence d’un goût de café espresso ainsi que des notes de noix grillées. Post-goût long et moyennement sec, amer de rôti, de houblon herbeux, d’alcool, moyen de chocolat noir et de café ainsi qu’avec des notes fruitées (moût de raisins).
larsniclas (3383), Gothenburg, Sweden
Jun 17, 2008 Bottled.
Pitch black with a small, beige head.
Slightly salty with a lot of coffee and chocolate and some dry cocoa.
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