4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasted 1/28/09. 750ml bottle. Hazy with a brown bronze hue. Webbed ring of white head. Tart apple estery aromas. Sweet toffee and woody. Rock candy note. Full bodied and sticky sweet. Flavors of fudge and toast. Smooth palate. Medium malts with a sticky flavor. Tangy yeast and faint hops. Holding steady!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at The Reef. Amber with a small head that leaves a sllick of foam. Malty brown sugar aroma with some alcohol and grape-like fruitiness. Sweet caramel, alcohol, and alcoholic fruit flavors. Dries out just enough in the finish. Full bodied and a bit hot in the mouth. This was alright, but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that the only thing interesting about it was the high gravity; take that away and there wasn’t much going on.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
pours a hazy caramel to brown color with almost no head at all. outstanding aroma with notes of raisin, currant, and some phenols. flavor backs up the aroma and but the finish is a bit thin and not as warming as i thought.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Thanks to smokepot23 for the hookup! Pours a hazy yellowish brown color. Decent lingering head. Flavor is woah theres a lot going on. Yeasty esters, banana bread, ripe fruit, soft malts, candy sugars, etc, etc. Medium bodied, soft chewy finish. This is solid, almost on par with the Belgian quads. Only thing to knock it down is that the sweetness is a bit cloying. Otherwise good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a very hazy/cloudy copper amber with thick cream-colored head that does remain. Aroma is caramel spiced malts with nuts and vanilla. Flavor is vanilla caramel with hazelnuts and brown sugar. Body is creamy with medium carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
tart and fruity. sweet, nose of figs, almost wine like quality. Alcohol. Aroma almost reminds me of anise licorice. Taste is very sweet, but balanced with tart fruitiness. Does get a little old after a while. There is an astringent characteristic from the alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours hazy dark amber, malty, caramel, dark fruits, molasses, yeasty nutty, spicey.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Huge thanks to Keith for bringing to the Ale Atlanta tasting. I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time, but a combination of my cheapness and other beers got in the way. Amber color. Sweetish. A hint of alcohol. Malty. Very nice.
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