Score
6.99
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Bottled. Black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate, ashes, some alcohol and mild dried fruits. Flavour is dark berries, dried fruits, some liquorice, chocolate and quite ashy with alcohol pushing through rather well.
Tap @ Borefts. Deep dark brown color. Malt, Mon Cheri and chocolate in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with caramel, chocolate, toffee and blackcurrant. Syrupy.
375ml bottle. Almost black with an enormous tan head, slowly dissipating to a more sensible level. Aroma of blackcurrant, liquorice, dark fruits. Taste is the same, sweet, prominent liquorice and blackcurrant, dark fruits, caramel, warming alcohol, aniseed finish. Medium body, very smooth, very low carbonation. Enjoyed this more than I expected to.
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The 21st edition in this interesting series, vintage bottle shared by Guy Thewissen at Belgium Chimipalooza. Thick and fully closed, cream beige, moussy head, very dark and hazy mahogany-bronze robe. Aroma is very strongly dominated by the liquorice used here, like the soggy liquorice candy I remember from childhood (clear ‘drop’), (too much) blocking subtler impressions of sweet cicely, blueberry pie, anise, cloves, rum, toffee, caramel candy, fig. Sweet onset with a sourish edge, hints of figs and blueberries, soft yoghurt tart aspect, soft carb, smooth and rounded, full mouthfeel. Thick caramelly malts with chocolatey and nutty edges as well as a mild toasted bitterishness but, as expected, eventually very strongly soaked in the liquorice, over a warming, rum-like alcoholic but not too astringent finish. Interesting beer – but enjoyable only if you really, really like liquorice…
Flaske 375ml fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø - Langnes. Delt med gode venner på Nerstranda 24 Feb 18. Svart. LAvt mokkafarget skum. Litt lacing. Lett metallisk sherryaroma. Smaken sherry med antydning til plommer i ettersmaken.
375ml wax sealed bottle, kindly shared by Finn. Low off-white head to a deep, dark ruby coloured body. Spotty lacing. Aniseed aroma with hints of fruit and berries. Rich taste character of dark malts, caramel, dark bread and liquorice, joined by prunes and berries, followed by a lingering malt-berry finish. Rounded mouthfeel. Full bodied. Much appreciated. (Social gathering at Finn's place, Tromsø 24.02.2018).
Draught @ 8th. BBF 2016 [ 8th Borefts Beer Festival 2016 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As BrewDog Abstrakt AB:21 ].Clear light dark black - red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, licorice - anis seed. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, licorice, salty licorice, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160924] 8-4-8-4-17
On tap at Carwyn Cellars. Pours black with a ruby hue. Aniseed, blackcurrant, chocolate, cherry, blueberry, more smooth chocolate. Strong liquorice, but with a nice sweet fruitiness to balance and plenty of stout in the background. Not full of subtlety, but full of flavour.