Impact
Vomiting is painful business but think how much better it feels after throwing up.
This bar engulfs both ends of the experience.
This bar engulfs both ends of the experience.
Appearance 2.2 / 5
D.O.A. from Brazil?
| Color: | sienna brown |
| Surface: | a gutter bomb... |
| Temper: | .... beaten, battered & quartered right out of the wrapper; swollen welts & scar tissue |
| Snap: | this snapped a long time ago |
Aroma 7.1 / 10
putrid (Amma generally likes long fermentation but this... whoa): vomit in oatmeal (sorry, just the facts ma'am [thank you, Sgt. Friday], clearly some sulfur-compounds rotting along with milk) thrown against wall-spackling -> oxidizes to dense black toffee (vanilla, molasses, licorice, coffee, clay 'n cream)
Mouthfeel 11.3 / 15
| Texture: | granular & gummy |
| Melt: | perpetual... & ultimately comes 'round |
Flavor 36.1 / 50
cheese skunk 'n casein funk -> dusty malt -> brown sugar -> settles into a more caramel repose, interlined with fruit (white biriba, then orangish juju pitanga) -> peanut -> solid chunks of chocolate candy corn
Quality 12.7 / 20
Storage & handling issues all the way around, even the welcome peanut note attests to it. Inferior dairy aggravates the situation & heavy-handed formulation then just smothers it for good.
Product that simply fills the slot for Amma's line to offer a complete vertical tasting flight covering the entire spectrum (Dark, Semi-Dark, Milk, Dark-Milk, et. al.) & be 'all things to all people'.
But this bar itself accomplishes little as an exposition of either Milk or Dark.
And yet it ends up decently enough with that sugared candy hit at the finish.
Reviewed February 28, 2012
Product that simply fills the slot for Amma's line to offer a complete vertical tasting flight covering the entire spectrum (Dark, Semi-Dark, Milk, Dark-Milk, et. al.) & be 'all things to all people'.
But this bar itself accomplishes little as an exposition of either Milk or Dark.
And yet it ends up decently enough with that sugared candy hit at the finish.
Reviewed February 28, 2012