joss (3685), Garching b. München, Germany
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Oct 30, 2006 Red chestnut, low brown head. Big hop nose. Chocolate flavor and aftertaste. Medium body. fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Sep 16, 2006 Draught Dark brown color. Delicate aroma, of cappuccino and chocolate. Full mouthfeel, well malty, with a good mix of caramel, roasted malt and hop. Long and strong final, based on the milky, coffeish roasted malt. Very good. CaptainCougar (5520), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | May 5, 2007 Bottle sampled on 3/12/07: Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a frothy, well-lacing tan head. Big, fresh piny hoppy and milk chocolatey aroma. Body starts fairly full with a light earthy caramel sweetness with lots of piny bitterness toward a big, lingering roasty finish. A very nice brown ale. michael-pollack (2723), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 16, 2008 500ml Bottle: Aroma of roasting, chocolate, citrus hops, astringent, and licorice. Poured dark brown/mahogany in color with a huge, foamy, dense, rocky, beige head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of medium-sized particles. Very good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, citrus hops, and bittersweet sugar. Medium body. Sticky, chalky texture. Average to lively carbonation. Bitter, roasted, chocolate, finish is nice and dry. bierkoning (6087), La Tropica, Netherlands
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Sep 13, 2006 Updated: Feb 17, 2007LCRBM2: Huge vinous aroma with raisin. Nutty bitter flavor. There was too little beer left to get a really good impression, but the aroma was great. Need a re-rate on this one. (8 3 6 3 14 = 3.4)
And here it is.... Bottle from the brewmaster himself. Malt, cacao and licorice in the aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with cacao and a firm herbal hopbitter explosion in which I even can trace grapefruit and blackcurrant. A flavor bomb, very well made. Geiserich (1790), Vienna, Austria
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 13, 2009 Bottled: Huge foamy, off-white head, dark brown color. Aroma with intensive notes of oat, roasted malt, toffee, light hints of chocolate and some coffee. Taste is light malty with caramel notes, roast bitter, fruity with notes of citrus and a coffee and roasted malt bitterness. Intensive bitter hop notes in the end, very dry biter finish. bluevegie (2215), Perth, Australia
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Jun 30, 2009 Off-white head hung around for a while on top of a reddy brown body. Good blend of coffee, choc, malt and noticeable hops on the aroma which carries through to the taste well. MoritzF (4995), Bochum, Germany
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 15, 2009 (bottle, 33cl) Darkest brown colour with a light ruby shine and a small beige foamy head. Sweet and deep strongly roasted malt profile in the nose with notes of chocolate, coffee, liquorice, nettles and a tinge of fruity hops in the back. Moderately sweet and roasty bitter flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Quite dry mouthfeel, robust roast-malty taste with notes of milky mocha, chocolate, liquorice and an aromatic presence of subtle fruity hops in the background; pretty dry and roasty bitter and hoppy finish. Very nice, makes me think of a slightly diluted Imp. Stout. 15.XI.09
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