 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Apr 12, 2006 Brown color. Aroma of malt, vanilla, zabaione. Medium body structure, good malt, pungent carbonation, vanilla, sweet nuts. Warming alcohol
Well done!
TChrome (1298), Bedford, Texas, USA
Mar 15, 2006 Beer pours mahogeny brown with a nice thick well retained cream colored head. Aroma is rich and full of grapes, oak, and alcohol. Flavors of oak, cherries, alclhol, and some wheat in the finish. Yum.
Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
Mar 1, 2006 Pours dark brown with a foamy off-white head. Slightly vinous malt aroma with a note of alcohol. Malt, cookie and oak flavor with some sour hints and a dry foamy mouth. Sharp, interesting.
ElPresidente1984 (173), Maine, USA
Feb 23, 2006 got this bottle at the brewery in Portland. Feb 2005. pours very dark brown with some reddish hints. aroma is yeasty and sweet with some caramel notes. taste is awesome, reminds me of a porter mixed with a powerfull abbey quadrupel. coffeee, chocolate, plum, raisins, some banana and clove,some alcohol flavor is present but only adds to the experiance. goes down smoooooth. makes ya nice and warm. great beer, wish it was affordable, i would drink it all the time
beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Feb 10, 2006 Bottled Feb. 2005 - Glossy black body with deep burgandy highlights within. Inch high, puffy tannish foam sits for good length before settling to a big fluffy collar and a solid skim. Minimal lacing in small globby strings and a few spots.
Heavenly aroma of vinous-like oak decorated in lots of dark nuances of dark fruity malt, black licorice, tootsie roll chocolate, carob, vanilla, and a splash of good Ol’ alcoholic breath.
Taste has an emaculately creamy front that’s airy and rounded with a full brunt of dark fruity malts. Has a short stay middling area of chocolate and date flavors. Lively and full on the swallow with warmth and alcoholic texture bringing a breeze of vanilla and port flavors. Hints to carob, root beer, black licorice and, anise. Finishes great with great length and memory with a leftover melting pot of rich chocolate laced with dark fruityness and sticky maltyness and lightly fluffed with some cocoa powder composition. Its much more complex then what I’m able to describe and soak in, but take my word for it. Its damn good!
Feel is a very solid medium body with a uniform ride of interchanging full areas gliding from point to point, as do warming qualities, creamyness, smoothness, and maltyness. Looong finishing area, it sticks with you for a day and a half. A very complexing texture and character to this beer. Quite spectacular!
Yum, yum, and yum, this stuff is killer! Fantastic job by Allagash. No surprise really, but damn I could never get sick of this stuff. Me likey.
iwantalambic (1385), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Feb 7, 2006 750 mL bottle, corked & caged (February 2005 bottling, 10.4% ABV – sampled 07 February 2006): rich, deep brown garnet…generous, white creamy textured head that persists, but thins after some time. Wood chips mix with alcohol in a slightly harsh aroma, while caramel scented bread pudding undertones offer significant depth. Very nice, tingly carbonation – reminds me a of a well aged Trappist (Achel Extra). Though the aroma is strong with alcohol, the flavours only hint at the strength…it is more full of juicy raisins, lightly bitter hop flowers, prunes, honey covered cherries, vanilla, orange rinds and burnt oak. The finish is very fruity – blueberries, boysenberries, and bittersweet strawberries. Actually pretty surprising…this has developed very nicely over the past year.
Ungstrup (14754), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Feb 7, 2006 A red-brown beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet fruity combined with some notes of pine needles and hints of smoke, while the flavor is sweet with notes of over ripe fruit, caramel, and alcohol. Nice.
chriso (4683), London, Greater London, England
Feb 4, 2006 Bottle at the GBBF White Horse Babblebelt bash. Murky, deep brown colour. Rather slight aroma for a big beer - soft fruity malt with some woody edges. Dried fruit, licorice and treacle toffee on the palate. More vinous, woody notes come through. An interesting beer but I have to admit I was expecting more.
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