 FatPhil (3484), Espoo, Finland
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 27, 2008 Updated: Feb 15, 2009Rating is of cask version
500ml bottle (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2008)
Jet black, healthy head. Smells like an oatmeal stout. Creamy body, some coffee and chocolate. Thick, but very drinkable. No harshness, very smooth. Sessionable. (6-5-6-4-13=3.4)
Rerate: (6-5-7-4-14=3.6)
Cask (St Urho’s, Helsinki, Porter and Stout Days 2009)
Soft sweet roasted malty aroma. Taste is bitter from burntness. A touch of oatmeal too, and milk too in the aroma later. Maybe the burntness is too astringent at times. Maybe not. On the whole very tasty.
downender (2615), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 24, 2007 Cask conditioned at the Old Tavern Bristol 24/11/07. Near black with a decent tan head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice and a touch of of roasted malt. The flavour had plenty of chocolate and coffee with a decent dry finish. This had a lot more character than the bottled version.
Palidor19 (1785), Brandon, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 19, 2007 deeply dark and roasty. medium body with a creamy head. nutty malts and a fizzy carination. very good
nick76 (2675), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 18, 2007 The aroma is chocolaty, and toasty with hazelnuts. The appearance is dark brown with a large head. The flavor is bitter and like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall it’s not great.
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 11, 2007 dark brown some beige head not much, bland malt some espresso, good english hops dent beer.
Sammy (4030), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 10, 2007 Sour nose, good head, sourish a tad smokey, and drying. Good in the bottle, I would love to try on tap.
portermax55 (118), Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 5, 2007 22oz. bottle into pint glass. Pours a deep, dark brown with a THICK than head that laces very well. Heavy aromas of coffee, roasted malts, and chocolate with a slight hint of cinnamon. Flavor is a tad sweet at first with a hint of caramel and has a bitter malt finish with hints of dry grain. Only negative is the thin, over-carbonated mouthfeel. Very nice stout.
brewblackhole (1384), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 31, 2007 Roasted aromas with chocolate covered fruits,and a dapple of Bosco syrup,huge bellowing head, taste is chocolately syrup, and roasted malt,like a chocolate soda, a little more lively and thinner then American Stouts. Bump the body up and you have a 4.0
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