 argo0 (6167), Washington DC, USA
May 9, 2008
(750ml bottle, #213/792, thanks kmweaver) Black body topped by small brown head. Aroma is medium sweet, black cherry, chocolate, some smoke, light roast. Taste is medium sweet, black cherry, some chocolate, light cola. Medium body, some stickiness, low carbonation.
lassem (106), Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 8, 2008 Like the New Zealand rugby team: All Blacks.. this one is really all black. Head is fluffy and brown but fading. The nose is roasted and burned almonds . The taste is full of roasted malts with sour notes (from the cherrys?) and coffée. The palate is a bit waterish
kramer (1866), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 6, 2008 25 oz bottle, shared by eclectic @ BCTC. Very dark brown pour with a chocolate brown head. The nose is chocolate covered cherries, roast, and dry roasted peanuts. Heavy roast with meaty cherry flavor, a little alcohol, chocolaty and pitty. Mouthfeel is full and thick with a great mouth coating lingering finish, perfect soft relaxed carbonation.. Excellent beer.
emacgee (1033), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Aug 1, 2008 Pours black with a one finger tan head the nose is grainy, definitive popcorn aroma, roasty, some coffee. Flavor shows bakers chocolate, cofee, roasty, burnt, popcorn, a bit thin. No cherry evident. Thin mouthfeel and finishes roasty.
notalush (2027), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
Jul 31, 2008 Thanks to mibirder for this - dark ruby, nearly black beer, with a soapy tan lace - strongly roasty aroma, with moderate tart cherries and some tobacco - creamy mouthfeel - dry, roasty, almost smoky flavor - unlike the aroma, the cherry is very hard to pick out, but the char, tobacco and smoke come through quite a bit - as it warms, the cherries become a bit more noticeable, and add a slight tannic quality - pretty nice, but not at all what I was expecting.
beerbill (1248), Laurel, New York, USA
Jul 29, 2008 Bottle shared at Friday’s gathering. Unfortunately, I forgot to jot down who brought this one. Pours very dark brown, not quite black. Very pleasant aroma of cherries with a few notes of chocolate and smoke. Very nice. The flavor is more smoke than anything else with virtually no cherry flavor. I like smoked beers, so that is not necessarilty a problem, but it is a sharp departure from the aroma. Very different and enjoyable.
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