golubj (1275), Sunnyvale, California, USA Nov 7, 2007 Can. Dark brown, almost black pour. Aroma of dark fruit, molasses, roasted malt, and sweet chocolate. The flavor is not as impressive as the smell, but still quite nice. The dark fruit, sweet chocolate, some roasted bitterness, smokiness, and some hop bitterness follow. Sort of strange finish for the style; I think because of the hops. Hazmatt (363), Virginia, USA Nov 5, 2007 Can. Dark brown color, tan head. Robust malty chocolate aroma. Syrupy boiled down flavor. Smoky wood character with some thick roasted chocolate flavors. Lots of melanoidin. Good with spicy beef and cheddar cheese. Real good for canned beer. RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA Nov 4, 2007 Draft. Brownish black in color with a very thick tan head. Aroma is strong and malty with a dash of smoke and some earthy hops. Flavor is rich and malty with a light smokey character; sweet with a touch of coffee, chocolate-covered raisins, and a mild hop bitterness in the finish. Very good. Edmoe (126), Orlando, Florida, USA Nov 3, 2007 Can. Dark Brown color with hint of red. Nice thick off-white head. Aroma is malty sweet with hint of raisin and chocolate. Full bodied and malty sweet with a burnt flavor. Chocolate coffee flavor lingers. I really like this beer. For the price it is a good value and I buy this regularly. pantanap (1322), Chicago, Illinois, USA Nov 2, 2007 can....appearance: dark caramel brown with some reddish highlights accompanied by a tan head.....aroma: chocolate, toffee, caramel. a total malt bomb....taste: roast, chewy caramel, chocolate, and smoke. level of sweetness a little high but this one surprised me as i found this pretty enjoyable. fonefan (10868), VestJylland, Denmark Nov 2, 2007 Can. Clear medium dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, roasted, chocolate, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, notes of smoke. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (121007) MiP (8793), Sønderborg, Denmark Nov 1, 2007 Can, 8.0%. Weak roasted aroma, slightly rough. Very dark brown colour. Small light brown head. The flavour is roasted and quite malty, a caramelly maltiness. Creamy flavour, finishes with a little syrupy sweetness. brownaler (379), Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA Oct 27, 2007 Black appearance with a burnt white head. A bitter butterscotch flavor up front with a chocolaty finish. A very good session beer.
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