[1] Review by Phishpond417 from Madtown, Wisc, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/7/2008 11:31:54 AM)
"Pours a dark opaque black colour with a huge tan head. Aroma is sweet, entcing, noticeable alcohol but lots of nutty character. Palate is rich, dark fruits and burnt toast. Awesome brew."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $2.49 Unit Cost: $2.36 per Pint
[2] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (12/7/2007 9:42:48 PM)
"Pours with a frothy, somewhat large bubbled, lightly browned, full tan colored head. The beer is quite black, but does show a brilliantly clear, super concentrated, ruby-red color when held up directly to the light. Sweet, concentrated fruit aromatics are the first thing I notice about the nose; raisin, definite prunes and dried fig notes play a prominent role and surprisingly I don't get much roast malt character here in the nose. At times this smells exactly like I just cut into a fresh, perfectly rip Macintosh apple. A super fruity aroma, that I wasn't really expecting from a brew this color. If you really dig around & take multiple, successive smells of the aroma, the fruitiness disappears and you get hints of dark chocolate, toasted, deeply browned malt, brandy focused alcohol and soda cracker notes, but as soon as you take your nose away the fruitiness comes back in full force.
This has a medium heft to it and is fairly sweet, even for the body. Quite fruity tasting, though not as much as the aroma might have suggested: flavors of prunes and dried figs play a big role here, but this time there is a slight burnt edge to these flavors. This is starting to just become oxidized, with a wisp of sherry like notes that serve to accentuate the fruit notes and add a bit of complexity here. The dark malt notes add touches of molasses, and in the finish a somewhat dry (though not enough to cut totally through the sweetness), toasted grain note, a touch of roasted / burnt malt flavors, and some burnt soda cracker flavors. Perhaps a touch of plastic character just barely mars the finish of this brew, but it is fairly subtle.
This really hides the alcohol quite well, it even is a bit lighter feeling than I would expect from a beer of this strength. Tasty, and because of the unexpected flavors, quite interesting."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $2.15 Unit Cost: $2.03 per Pint
[3] Review by Singlemalter from Greenfield, WI, USA who has tried this beer once. (2/15/2007 8:30:14 PM)
"Gotta give this one a good rating. Only my second Baltic porter, after a Utenos a couple weeks ago, and this is far superior. Poured jet black with ruby tints when back-lit, and a thin, tan head. Not too much lacing. Aroma hit strong! Caramel, bourbon(?), molasses, slight coffee notes in the scent. Great mouthfeel and taste. Flavor matches the aromas, with well-concealed alcohol. I could get in trouble in a place that offered this on draught! I'll be getting more boggles of this one.... at a buck fifty for a half-liter, can you go wrong?"
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $1.5 Unit Cost: $1.42 per Pint
[4] Review by aabrewer318 from Beaverton, Oregon, Djibouti who has tried this beer once. (1/23/2007 12:20:26 AM)
"Sort of a rum like liquor aroma when first pouring. Also scents of black ass licorice and molasses, cola. Its a very dark brown color with just wisps of lace.....First taste is suprisingly mellow, Mouthfeel in the same sense being soft and bubbly on the nose. Body is lighter than expected. On second thought the mouthfeel seems kinda cheapish in the finish..... Some bitter chocolate taste, roots and branches, burnt candy finish. I thought this was ok, it went down alright"
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by Sigmund from Hafrsfjord, Norway who has tried this beer once. (9/21/2006 4:14:48 PM)
"RBESG 2006, bottle. Black colour. Dusty aroma with notes of liquorice and dark chocolate. Sweetish flavour of rye bread and some coffee, low bitterness. Alcohol is well hidden."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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