beer_name: 2012 Black Ale
text: A: Has a nice pour, beer is dark brownish red with a large (2") tan head. S: Surprisingly sweet. Molasses, roasty. I don't get much coffee or chocolate which I've come to expect from beers this dark. A surprising odor, but not unpleasant. T: Wow, and not in a good way. Lots of molasses and sweetness, but nothing to balance it out. The flavor hits you like an unpleasant roasty truck then fades away leaving you with an unpleasant bitter flavor M: A fair amount of carbonation for a dark beer, and it's also much thinner. It feels more like a light lager than a "black ale." D: The unpleasant, astringent bitter flavor makes this beer pretty undrinkable. I regret that I have 5 more from the six pack to work through, because I don't think that I would drink another if someone offered it for free.