 TheBeerGod (3171), Newport News, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 25, 2009 Bottle. Dark brown to near black opaque pour with a foamy tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, dark chocolate, light cocoa, and malt. Taste is more roasted malts, but rather sweet in spots with chocolate, light caramel and cocoa. At times I thought this could be a schwarzbier. Body is light-medium with soft carbonation. Someone thought it was flat upon tasting it. Ends with more sweet malts, roasted, smoky notes, cocoa, and dark chocolate. Faint caramel here as well. Good beer!
greig (172), Hamilton, New Zealand
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 24, 2009 Ruby red, with a toasty caramel aroma. Reminds me of an English mild, but with more alcohol. Hints of coffee and wholemeal bread. This is a surprising and tasty beer.
risingsunzpr (14), Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 24, 2009 Among other brews in the fine new belgium lineup, this one has found the top of my short list. A very fine beer indeed.
machfive55 (234), Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Apr 24, 2009 The beer poured dark brown with a 3-fingered tan head. The aroma was spicey and malty with some booziness. The flavor was smokey, chocolatey with some ashtray qualities, nothing impressive. The palate was fairly thin. Overall, I can’t get past the burnt ashtray flavor, there is something off about it. I was fairly unimpressed by this beer.
glennmastrange (868), hobe sound, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 20, 2009 Bottle. Aroma had moderate toasted, coffee and molasses for the malts, light herbs and earth for the hops and yeast, with a hint of rootbeer. Head is frothy, off-white, with no lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is dark red/brown. Flavor is moderately sweet and acidic, and sour to start, and finishes lightly sweet and acidic. Palate is light to medium, watery yet a touch creamy, has a lively carbonation and finishes a little alcoholic. A pretty good Traditional Ale with some deep flavors.
bubbleflubber (900), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 19, 2009 Clear chestnut pour, wih a creamy 3-finger head that retains well and leaves nice lace down the glass. Yeast and earthen grains to the nose. The flavors, with hints of chocolate, coffee, grains, vegetal skins and roasts, all interplay well around a solid malt backbone. The finish is soft, as the mouthfeel and carbo levels. Nice offering here... well-integrated, decently complex, with a round embodiment and easy quaff.
sjolles85 (90), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 19, 2009 Dark and delicious. Medium head.. Coffee and Chocolate Taste. Very Drinkable. Can wait til I can get this is Florida.
TKA300 (100), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 16, 2009 Really dark pour, but light can still pass through. Has a medium sized, creamy, light-brown head. Smelled a lot like coffee and a little sweet caramel. Tastes very full and is somewhat similar to coffee. Pretty good.
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