3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a bottle poured a murky brown with little to no head. Aroma best described as dank. No wonder they called Hamlet the melancholy Dane! This holiday ale seems truly uninspired as these types go.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2008 bottle from Louisville Beer store. Didn’t even realize the date when I bought it. Black body, thin head. Sweet abbey dubbel. Nice raisin aroma and taste. Dark fruit type of thing. Good.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from City Beer. Pours very dark brown with a beige, transient, fizzy head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate and dark fruit. Full bodied. Flavor is dark fruit, chocolate/treacle and dark roast malt. Finishes balanced with sweet and mild bitter. Think the bitter is from malt. Pleasant drink.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours cloudy dark brown with a thin tan head. Notes of pepper, dark fruit, toffee, ripe fruits, dusty and phenolic. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle:
Vintage 2008: batch # 137
A small brown head which turns into a brown lacing fairly quick and then it disappears completely.
The pour is dark brown ruby but when it all ends in the glass it becomes a murky brown colored beer.
Smell (christmas) spices, brown sticky toasted malts, dried prunes, wood, hints of toffee and caramel and slight hints of liquorice and earthy nuts.
Taste is a bit boozy at first but when it reached the correct temperature and settlements it becomes a nicely balanced beer with darker ingredients, but in no way does it become something like a stout.
The structure and texture are full in every way and well balanced.
Taste light liquorice (not too strong like some impy’s) which is well balanced with earthy tones. There are some spices like vanilla, pepper, custard, some toasted/light smoked malts, toasted herbs and hint of roasted wood and dried darker fruits.
Low to medium carbo, soft mouthfeel, full body and a light creamy texture.
A beer that went well during it’s time cellared.
Curious if it would have became any better over more/the years.
Good brew!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle in a shaker. Pours very deep brown with a lacy, beige head. Aroma.of caramel malts, some hints of chocolate, spicy yeast, lightly roasted malts, and some light hops. Flavor about the same, with a lot of everything. Smooth texture. A really good beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cl bottle pours a translucent ruby red with some creamy white head. Nose is light malt, light cherry, light spice, some grape. Flavor is like a spice cake, malty, light molasses, cherries, cough drops, malty, bread. Medium bodied, spicy, fruity finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled at Vendome holiday beer tasting. Nutty and roasty with coffee notes. some raisin notes too. Poured orange/red. Thumbs up.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Dirty caramel, dark and muddy, thin sudsy off-white head, sparce lacing. Combination cocoa, whole
wheat breadiness, tootsie roll, and grape popsicle on the nose. Interesting... Malty, slightly sweet, very musty,
tootsie roll and grape popsicle on the spot. Seems to have diminished from what I would gather is a doppelbock.
Moderate body and mouthfeel. Pale maltiness and that last bit of a grape popsicle, you know as you get to the wooden
stick... yeah, that lingers. Hmmm, probably shouldnt have waited 2 years on this one. Not bad, just likely past
its prime.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from a 500ml bottle. Pours a dark chestnut brown with almost no head. Aroma is faint but has some smells of dried fruit and a bit of roasted malt. Taste is some rye a bit of roasted malt. This is slightly dry. Not a great beer, but it is OK.
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