4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20 AndyReynolds (1078) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - SEP 11, 2015
Bottle. Fucking awesome. Unfortunately, Superspak has not had this unbelievably delicious beer. So, you cant follow his adventures vicariously through me.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 daknole (10346) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - JUN 23, 2015
Im not usually a huge fan of more peated stouts. This one is an exception. And its exceptional. Smoke, roast, chocolate.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20 BeerBaboon (1787) - FINLAND - MAY 30, 2015
Pours black with beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and smoke. Flavor is roasted, dark chocolate, coffee, peat, smoke, light to medium bitter and heavy sweet.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 furthur (496) - Eagle River, Alaska, USA - MAY 14, 2015
Bottle, glad Im finally getting a shot at this. Here goes. Pour is utterly black and thick, no head, but if there was it would be the color of espresso crema. Aroma is molasses, plums, vanilla, cookies, coffee, chocolate, fresh bread, anise. Taste is molasses, brown sugar vanilla whipped cream, coffee, cocoa, plums, cookies, dark Cherie lifesavers, faint spice and oak, finish is almost dry. This runs just almost sweet, but walks that line like a Wallenda. The palate is rich, thick,Iight, fluffy, way subdued carbonation, almost cask like. This is superb. Epic. If this were dryer, and had any head, it would get a 5.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 jredmond (6525) - New York, New York, USA - DEC 23, 2014
Bottle sampled at THE FESTIVAL 2014 in LA with Linh and Scarlett. Pours a deep blackish brown body with thin brown lacing. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, oak, wood and rich vanilla. Mouthfeel is rich and decadent with notes of vanilla bean, sweet chocolate, bourbon, oak and a light tart/sour character.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 brokensail (13782) - Orange County, California, USA - NOV 16, 2014
Bottle @ The Festival 2014. Thick black pour with a small tam head. Nose is super bourbony. A lot of vanilla and dark chocolate. Some brown sugar, a touch of booze, and charred wood. Plenty of roast as well. The flavor is a bit too hot, however the bourbon flavor works well enough. Tons of vanilla, chocolate milk, coffee, and brown sugar. Fairly sweet, but it does have some roasted malt and charred wood bitterness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 toxichop (512) - South Gate, California, USA - NOV 11, 2014
P: Completely black with no head. S: Huge molasses and Belgium chocolate, honey syrup, light malts, plums and whiskey. T: Chocolate, nuts, malt, anise, black liquorice, light alcohol and whiskey. M; Soft carbonation and a soft mouthfeel. O: Fantastic beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 GT2 (9410) - Oceanside, California, USA - NOV 11, 2014
[ 75cl Bottle ][ 4oz ][ The Festival LA ][ $3 ][ Taster ][ 11.8.14 ]
>> Inky pour, rich reddish foam. Red wine barrel like aroma plus dark cherry, raisin, plum, and soy. Taste is soy, dark chocolate, spicy, mild sourness/house barrel funk. As it warms it gains rum raisin, some sweetness, some alcohol warmth, and good depth of flavors. Good carbonation, bitter, dry, spicy, oaky, flashes of paper. Overall quite nice.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20 neepsntatties (1460) - Portland, Oregon, USA - MAY 25, 2014
Bottle. Colour...black as night with no head and massive tendrils on the sides of the goblet. Nose...massively oaky with whisky and coffee melded with bittersweet Belgian chocolate and dark chocolate ganache. Palate..incredibly boozy (it IS 14.6%, after all), with quercus out the wazoo and loads of Band-Aid laced phenols and smoky bacon-like goodness. Theres a prevalence of anise and liquorice root that cloys and clings beyond belief and lingers massively across the entire palate! The finish is thick and unctuous with notes of Islay air and sea, drifting onshore and off as the kelp sways with the tide. Aye, laddie!!
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20 Duchammer (124) - Eagle river, Alaska, USA - MAY 19, 2014
Bottle at culmination fest: I cant say anything bad about this beer! Poured black with a espresso head. Aroma was a smoky peat in the nose with subtle roast and chocolate notes also a little hot in the nose from the alcohol. Taste was a very smooth smoky wood cocoa roasted barley. For a 14.5 abv no heat in the palate. This is by far one of the best stout s I have had in Alaska maybe even ever.
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