 thedm (3405), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Mar 21, 2008
This bottled brew from a rating party poured a small sized head of frothy brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a no visible carbonation dark black colored body. The aroma was roasted malt and dark malt. The semi-flat mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish. The flavor contained notes of hops and roasted malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider drinking again.
kmeves (980), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 16, 2008 First thing I noticed is an abnormally large amount of space beneath the cork. Pours a dark oily black and very little head. Medium sweet aroma of molasses, brown sugar, caramel malt and dark chocolate. Flavor is sweet and there is a good deal of oxidation present as well as dark fruit and toffee. Finishes omewhat thin and bitter.
BBB63 (3676), La Porte, Indiana, USA
May 26, 2008 Corked bottle given to me by Jason and served in my NB worthy glassware:
Like others, my bottle pretty much has no carbonation nor head. It was close to pitch black and there was some oily legs.
The aroma has notes of liquorice, charred malt, raisin and prune, molasses, chocolate, herbal hops, leathery yeast and some oak. I did find some soy but nothing near the levels that others noted.
The taste is moderately sweet and malt driven with a dark fruit twangy background. Some star anise and black strap molasses noted as well. What dry hopping? The finish is ashy, dry, smoky and a hint of tannins.
The mouth feel has expected is near lifeless with the lack of carbonation. Not that is the only problem with the palate however as it is far too thin and boozy as well.
This offering is a complete mess that even properly carbonated bottles would not be able to fix. Extremely disappointing...
jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
May 23, 2008 750ml bottle @Vero Beach Throwdown-pours no head and dark brown color. Aroma is dark fruit, dark malt, some acidic. Taste is dark fruit, dark malt-licorice, woody, some acidic. Sipping. Occasional. Thanks Beerlando for sharing.
pineypower (842), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
May 18, 2008 Had to trade for this because I had to complete my tastings of Newport Storm series. Pours out black with absolutely no head had the carbonation level of tap water. Aroma is alcohol, chocolate and some strange malt notes. Taste is just a mess. Its all over the place, chocolate, licorice, alcohol, with a strange salty earthy note in there, picked up the soy that other raters talked about also. I had this in my snifter, had a sip, let it warm a bit and so on for about 5 other sips waiting for it to improve, but it just didn’t
BOLTZ7555 (404), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
May 5, 2008 This is an absolute abomination!!! What a terrible excuse for a beer!!! Very dark brown with absolutely no carbonation. None, zilch, nada. Aroma and flavor of Kikkoman...where’s the wasabi??? Reminiscent of Sam Adams Triplebock down to the blue bottle. At least that was an "extreme" beer. The description of this states, "It is extremely limited, extremely strong and extremely original, because as we like to say around here "Its all about extremes!" The only thing this is is extremely awful!!! Drain pour!!!
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