 sneagrams3 (1367), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Mar 6, 2006
330ml bottle. Upon opening, the head erupted from the bottle, causing a large transfer into the glass. Hazy with a brown red hue with a slight orange tint. The off white head is still abundant, but it has subsided a bit. Similar nose as to the triple imperiale, but with a more dominant malt, buttery, cocoa note. Also in the nose, raisins and port. Sugary and cola and pruney aromatic notes. Full and lively body. Granted, its only a half percent lower in alcohol than the triple, the alcohol note is much more subtle. There is not too much that I can add to the commercial description, it seems pretty spot on! A dominant pruniness and a bitter chocolate cocoa note. Layered and complex. More malt driven. sweet and syrupy. This is fantastic!
machfive55 (39), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 21, 2008 My beer poured cloudy with chunks of something in it...probably yeast. I’m sure I got a bottle that was mishandled somewhere along the way. Despite this however, the beer was excellent and had a great flavor and aroma, but I found it tough to drink because I couldn’t get by the chunks floating in it. So, that said, I’m going to rate this pretty good, as the beer tasted great, it just looked bad...I’m giving it a 1 on appearance. If I ever get the opportunity to re-rate, I’ll certainly change things.
HughConway (259), USA
Aug 13, 2008 Bottle. Pours deep brown with pleasing head. Strong fruit nicely complex aroma. Taste is spicy, fruity, thickly body. Excellent.
A_R (293), Georgia, USA
Aug 9, 2008 This beer had a nice aroma with a large head forming in the tulip glass. It is hearty and flavorful, with a mix of dark fruit flavors. Very smooth and complex with a long-lingering aftertaste.
KnN (253), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Pours a nice dark brown to ruby with almost no head, but some good carbonation. Big strong ale with a huge fruit aroma. Like toffee cherries and raisins mixed into a can of malt or something. Huge nose on this.
Flavor is more of the same with a lot of nice undertones, caramel, dark fruit, cherries. All of this and it’s not overly sweet which is very nice. This skates a thin line very well.
afireinside96 (390), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 29, 2008 Hazy brown pour with a creamy tan head. Smells of raisin, brown sugar, dried dates, and doughy yeast. Complex fruity flavor with notes of caramel, brown sugar, allspice, and biscuit. Prickly feeling carbonation helps remove the slightly cloying finish. Slightly warming as well. Damn good.
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