 puzzl (1900), New York, New York, USA
Mar 4, 2008
Original batch 500ml bottle provided by Glouglouburp. I’ve never had this fresh, but it seems to have lost a bit in these years in the bottle, which sucks, because I was seeking this out forever. Aroma is a bit milky, lactic, cardboardy weathered malts. Flavor is a bit more redeeming, with a gentle sweetness and calm malt characters that hints of something that used to be fantastic. Oxidation has taken over, though; a bit of sherry, but more cardboard, and a thin body. I do have a fresh bottle as well, although I hear it’s not as good; I’ll certainly be rating that one sooner rather than later, and hopefully will be able to enjoy this beer as it was meant to be had.
Flamojune (56), Québec, Quebec, Canada
Aug 29, 2008 Tres belle couleur orange foncé à tête dorée. Exellent mariage entre le caramel et le bitter. Probablement la meilleur Scotch ale brassé au Canada(avec la McAuslan).
SuzyGreenberg (1067), Seattle, Washington, USA
Aug 27, 2008 12 oz. bottle - thanks a bunch biegman for making the extra effort for this; pours rich brown with thin white head; mostly clear with considerable lacing going down; aromas of sweet caramel, but almost a little like ethanol too; very thin body and a little sweet; improved a little, but this was kind of an odd one overall
WorldofBeers (1), Québec,, Quebec, Canada
does not count  Jul 29, 2008 This is simply the best beer i have ever drinked.... a pefect mix between a prestine scotch ale with slight caramel taste and a very bitter beer ( about 60 IBU ).This beer takes 6 months to ferment so it can only distribute soo much wich explains somewhat the cost of this golden-reddish delight. A must for beer lovers !!
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jul 21, 2008 The notorious "new" batch. Cold clean red. Chocolate soda fountain, root beer candy, wet earth, alcohol aroma. Raspberries in vanilla. Sugary, damp, and distantly salty. Salted rye bread. Raw.
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Coarse wooden chocolate flavor. Not rich and bold like an earthy, semisweet, mostly real cocoa chocolate, but dry and sugary like an extract syrup. The fruit character is bitter and tannic, like the skin of a plum or a dried date. Smooth, velvety almond sweetness in a rich and sharp spirit-like texture, with plenty of mapley woodiness. Still unpolished. No subtlety in the delivery.
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Medium-full palate is softly carbonated and surprisingly not sticky. Tinny mineral bitterness precedes a lasting, dry rubbing of alcohol and caramelized almonds in the finish. Rather frustrating. Its redeeming qualities are ever present, but suffocated, and what might be most annoying is that there isn’t some obvious flaw lending the weight. It just never quite arrives. Dany was right. Thanks man!
TaktikMTL (2042), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Jun 16, 2008 Bouteille de 341 ml achetée à la Saucisserie BDF (Bois-des-Filion, QC). Arôme: Odeur de caramel et de raisins. Apparence: La couleur est brune rougâtre avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel et de petits fruits. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale.Forte effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #1748)
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