ReaperAle Ritual Dark Ale

Bomber. Poured clear, deep brown with a well-retained, creamy cap of beige head. The aroma picked up sweet, toasted darker malts with caramel, pine, and herbal notes surrounding.. warmth brought out darker chocolate and molasses.. great uptake of cocoa powder at the end.. quite nice! The flavor primarily had caramel and semi-sweet chocolate with lesser molasses.. pine bitterness surrounded with light fruit skins.. almost refreshing at the finish.. tasty. Medium-plus bodied with a lightly chalky feel to it... brighter finish with lots of residual sugars and bitterness. This was very good.

Dark brown with red hues; off-white head with great retention and lacing. Smell was of old green vegetables, roasty, and some toffee. Bitter taste I recognize from a lot of black patent malt, hoppy flavors and bitterness still very much present. Low carbonation with less than medium body. I thought this might have withstood aging a bit better. Would be happy to try something from these guys again.

pours a brownish ruby with a thin dirty white head. Aroma is coffee and toffee. Flavor has a bit more toffee and coffee, just a touch of hops. Some notes of celery thrown in. Bitter finish. Thanks goes to badbeer for sharing this 2+ year old bottle. I’d say this would be better fresh.

Had this bottle for about two years... pretty sure it’s an ’06. Loved it the first time I tried it and had this bottle squirrled away for a random night. Got to love the pure black botdy with a very light off-white head. Aroma has some earthiness, peat, nuts and maybe some caramel. Tastes amazing, nice hop retention that I’d not expected. Dark fruits dominate, with a huge amounts of malts that balance the hops. Slightly coffeeish ending. Simply delightfull.

A good aroma of brown sugar and hops. Some hops but mainly a high amount of malts and pipe tobacco.