 sliffy (1930), Columbus, Ohio, USA
May 20, 2007
C-Bus 7 Bottle shared by bgburdman: Poured a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma, roasty, bready, yeast, some caramel and slight fruits. Flavor, fruity, roasted malts, yeast.
NachlamSie (1304), Tennessee, USA
Apr 15, 2008 750 ml bottle from the cellar at 5 Seasons North. Vintage 002 from February 23, 2007. Pours basically black with no head. This sports a very rich nose with loads of dark, ripe fruit, rum oak, and a subtle spiced backdrop. The mouthfeel is still, sticky, and oily. Wow, this is a huge Belgian styled beer. Tons of sweet vinous character in the flavor with hints of vanilla, tobacco, fruit bouquet, figs, cashews, and chocolate. I didn’t find any aggressive esters here, just enough to keep things complex. I really enjoy the fact that 5 Seasons has made an enormous, robust Belgian styled ale without any cloying sweetness or spices.
MIBRomeo (1832), Wisconsin, USA
Nov 27, 2007 Not sure who shared this w/ me but thank you.
Dark brown pour w/ a small tan head. Sweet aroma plums and raisins definate alcohol notes and touches of brown sugar. Well coated palate lightly creamy. Rich syruppy flavor some raisens lot of dark brown sugars and rich alcohols. Very big and rich.. Delicious. Overripe dark fruits in the finish w/ some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste.
fro2218 (465), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 30, 2007 Very dark with thick tan foam. Fruity - plums and figs. Very smooth and easy to drink - the alcohol is hidden in all the melodic fruit and chocolate. A little more phenolic as it warms. Also, the fruits and the alcohol seem to pop more as it warms.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Updated: Feb 12, 2008Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 03/11/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
black, huge solid tan foam head that fades but can easily be roused back into action, nice drippy lace that grows into nice patterns, sweet malt aroma starts off light but enrichens over time with nice ripe figgy fruit, velvet body, huge ripe fruit flavor that just keeps getting better and better, perfect sweetness like a ripe plum, hint of chocolate and licorish, slight trace of alcohol appears from time to time, little to no bitterness,
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Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 03/12/2006
the chocolate is showing stronger today turning it into a rich chocolate beer with lots of ripe fruit, like chocolate covered plums
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Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 10/06/2006
the fruit is taking back over from the chocolate, incredable ripe fruit from the very first sip, rich plum and raison, many wonderful esters, just enough sweetness to add interest,
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Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 10/08/2006
when cold it appears that the body might be thinning a bit but that notion quickly disappears upon warming,
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Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 12/07/2006
Mode: draft
Words: 5 North
picking up a bit of roasted and bitterness along with the rest of the cast of characters, a touch of raison starting to show up
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Brewery: 5 Seasons Prado
Date: 04/22/2007
Mode: draft
Words: 5 North
roasted is still present but adds rather than detracts,
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 10/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 19/20
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ****/4
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Date: 07/05/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
black, creamy tan head, lots of lace,
dark chocolate and ripe fruit aroma,
big body,
lots of bitter dark chocolate flavor, ripe dates and plums, touch of sweetness with the ripe fruit, bitterness comes with the dry dark chocolate character, light alcohol,
quite young with the chocolate and ripe fruit being seperate and distinct, age will help it blend and ripen,
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Date: 10/18/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: brewpub
picking up some fleeting hot alcohol in the aroma but the fruit still comes through,
a big smokey character in the flavor, dry dark chocolate same as before, less of the fruity character,
still very young
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Date: 01/26/2008
Mode: cask
Score: 4.1
Words: acat
Words: 90 day version
lots more whisky aroma,
creamy body,
lots of whisky flavor, blends well with the dark malts,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***/4
awaisanen (1098), Irvine, California, USA
Aug 13, 2007 From a 12oz bottle. Generously shared by cquiroga 5/2007. Pours a very dark, mostly transparent color with a thin layer of cream tan head. Some husky, woody aromas in the nose, along with some dry chocolates and a hint of raisin. A bit of solventy alcohol heat noticeable, but not overpowering. Sticky fudge nougat and a touch of vanilla round out the bouquet. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Some nice coconut flavors accompany loads of raisins, prunes, and dry leathery tannins. Nice and fruity, but dusty woody esters balance these characters up front. More of the sweet, chocolaty, fruity malts build toward the end, resulting in a moderately sweet finish. I’d like to see a bit of the dryer, woody, spicy yeast phenols dry up the finish a bit more, but it’s still good nonetheless. Thanks for sharing, Chris!
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