beoir (51), st paul, Minnesota, USA Mar 28, 2008 growler, black pour. malty chocolate aroma, creamy mouth feel, sweet and chocolaty. my kind of beer. BDR (1903), Roseville, Minnesota, USA Mar 27, 2008 Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Buscuit and otameal aroma. Milk chocolate and caramel on the sweet beer. JK (2479), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Mar 22, 2008 From Skyview’s growler. Some malt and bready, dough aroma. Aroma is on the sweet side, and not much of the common flavors like chocolate or coffee, nor the English flavors like port. Quite a bit of raw grain flavor. Medium palate. Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Mar 12, 2008 Poured from a growler; black, with a thin, burnt yellow skin. Tangy pit fruits, biscuits, caramel and melted brown sugar in the aroma. Fairly burly flavor of caramel, chocolate and dark toffee; bright rock candy sugars and light tones of berry create a counterpoint of heavy and feathery sweetness. Bitterness is present only in roasted coffee and tannic form; hops are absent. Palate is medium to full and somewhat creamy, though very sugary and a bit sharp in that regard. Some acidic cola and astringent roast in the long, dry and dusty finish. Interesting and unique, but not very rewarding. Thanks for sharing, Bob! Skyview (2901), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA Feb 28, 2008 On draught at the brewery/brewpub in downtown Superior, Wisconsin. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a creamy off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and thin off-white ring. Aroma of roasted dark black malt, some coffee and chocolate character with some roasted nuts molasses and a touch of red grapes. Taste is medium bodied, light character, with some light carbonation along with light flavors of roasted malt, molasses and a touch of oatmeal. Finish is slightly metallic, mild bitterness with an aftertaste if toasted dark malt and some dried sunflower seeds.
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