 Pastor (509), Maine, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 26, 2009
2008 vintage bottle split three ways in tulip glasses. It was nice and viscous coming out of the bottle. A small tan head rose form each pour then settled to a thin lace but a simple swirl of the glass would bring it back. The body of the brew was a midnight black with light maroon highlights.
The first aroma I got was a slight oxidation which was to be expected with the age. Then I got some wonderful aromas of molasses, brown sugar and some slight dark fruits.
The brew was towards the sweet side again I would expect it was from the age but it really made for an enjoyable sipping experience. Again I got the molasses, a hint of vanilla and dark fruits. I must say the roasted malts were showing up more as sweet chocolate than a roasted coffee note, Which added a bit uniqueness to the flavor. The brew was thick and viscous in your mouth with a slight carbonation for the tongue. Just the way I like a stout.
A great stout I would stand in line for it. The glass went down dam easy. I didn’t get any hint of the alcohol seeing it was a 10%brew. I would gladly drink it again. big thanks to Packforever1976 for hooking me up
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Beer2000 (1825), Kristiansand, Norway
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 750 ml bottle sampled@RBNAG 2009, Vatlandsvåg. Black body with a thin brown head. Strong aroma of roasted malt, molasses, soy and hops. Flavor is sweet, dark malt, roasted coffee, chocolate, molasses, honey, alcohol and bitterhops. Very complex, heavy and pleasant, but in moderate volume.
JoeTheYounger (285), California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 09 bottle at Hophead22 tasting. Aroma was soy sauce, chocolate, alcohol and prunes. Poured a dark black color with tan head. Taste was very toasty with some cherries, toffee, and alcohol. Pallet was low to medium. Overall very good.
2008 vintage was much sweeter aroma and taste of wort. Seemed like an entire different recipe.
2007 vintage was more roasty and toasty than all.
punkrkr27 (638), Berkley, Michigan, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 2008 bottle. Lots of rich sweet yet bitter black strap molasses character with a shot of espresso. There’s some milk chcoclate that comes out in the middle and it finishes with a long bitter black coffee finish. There was a hint of soy I didn’t care much for though. The body is sticky and full with moderate carbonation.
fredandboboflo (1417), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Bottle, 2009, thanks to tytoanderso. Aroma of pine, resin, chocolate, caramel, sweets. Flavor very chocolatey, not too roasty, with lots of resin to battle with a chewy sweetness. Decadent, dessert-like, despite the also-strong hop character. The resinous quality in fact seems to blend rather than battle with all the sweet character. A unique impy, and quite tasty.
OleR (2095), Oslo, Norway
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 Bottle@RBNAG 2009, Vatlandsvåg. A black beer with a creamy, ruddy-brown foam on top. Rounded and complex aroma of roasted dark malts, cocoa, milk-chocolate, dark dried fruits and vanilla. Much of the same flavorwise; taste is rich malty and complex, and has a refined, honey-ish sweetness. Well balanced bitterness. Fat-bodied and smooth in the mouth. Malts and hops lingers in a lasting finish. Harmonious and powerfull. Very nice.
phaleslu (536), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 1, 2009 22 oz. bottle shared by shawnm213, 2009 edition. I’ve wanted to try one of these for a long time, thanks Shawn! Pours very dark brown with a one finger brown head. Aroma of molasses, tobacco, hops, smoked wood, and we recognized bacon as the glass got low. A lot going on in the nose- really cool to smell. Flavor of molasses, roasted malt, hops, cola, dark chocolate, and alcohol. Sweeter than expected, and Shawn and I agreed we would rather have had it roastier than sweeter. The sweetness leaned more toward the molasses and chocolate rather than any fruits, which seemed to be muted out to me. Rich and medium-full bodied, with a syrupy mouthfeel. Excellent beer.
BeerGestapo (740), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 Brewed in the USA !!! Courtesy of FooFaa, thanks Dan. ( 2009 bottle)Pours a very dark brown almost black in color with a thin beige head. Aroma of toffee, dark malts, chocolate, citrus and earth. Taste of molasses, bitter chocolate, citrus, hops and prunes. Mouthfeel is thin in body and there is a lingering hoppy bitterness at the finish. Alittle bit dissapointed overall in this R.I.S. Not robust enough for me, and thin on the palate. Yet still very enjoyable to drink !!!
shawnm213 (950), South Bend, Indiana, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 28, 2009 2009 bottle from skinnyguy. THanks! Pours a deep dark brown with a small creamy tan head. nice legs. aroma of floral hops, chocolate, molasses, tobacco, smoke, and bacon. Flavor is sweet, dark chocolate, roasted malts, creamy, dark fruit, rum cake, molasses. very drinkable. could use more roast. This wasn’t overly sweet, but the sweetness seemed a bit out of place. Could use some more roastiness to compliment the hop character. Great beer with a lot going on. Glad to try it.
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