 dalekliz (163), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 4, 2008
Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing it. Poured a deep, dark brown with a small brown head. Big sweet aroma of toasted malt, black cherries and chocolate. Reminds me of black cherry ice cream. Big taste of toasted malt, chocolate and a lot of cherry. Hint of tartness at the end. Lingering sharp malt and cherries. Delicious.
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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