3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz. bottle. Pours a dark copper color with a thin tan head that laces well. Aroma is of sweet fruit and roasted malts. Flavor is of raisins, roasted malts and hint of cinnamon. Mouthfeel is smooth and velvet-like. A very good purchase.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Creamy medium lasting light brown head. Dark brown, almost black colour. Aroma is malty with roasty, coffe and nuts notes. Flavor is malty too with a strong roasty accent and a chocolate beginning then candy tones, ending in a initially malty (dark fruits) and then balanced, slightly roasty finish. Light to medium bodied.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
dark brown with a thick burgundy head, it has coffee aroma with notes of molasses and prune. full bodied, the flavor is roasty and chocolatey.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown colour, tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits. Agree on the marshmellow citing. Flavour is of roasted malts and bitter coffee, and dark fruits. Bitter / dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer had that weird marshmellowy aroma and taste that I have found in a few beers during my beer drinking adventures. Another one that had it that stands out the most is alesmiths ipa. Anyways pour was a dark brown almost black color with huge foamy off white head. Aroma was great, caramel, malts, dark fruits, raisins, big roastiness. Flavor was similar but the marshmellow thing was too potent, as I’ve stated before its not a bad trait, just weird for a beer. The caramel flavor mixed extremely well with the figgy raisin taste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From the cryptic bottling code on back, I believe this was packaged in December, 2006. Pours a deep black with a solid, one-finger tan head. Caramel and raisins, sweet chocolate and plums rise from the tulip. Very nice and complex aroma for a fairly small beer. The body is medium with chewy carbonation. It explodes with bittersweet chocolate, fudge, raisans, bourbony plums, chocolate-covered cherries, the list goes on. This one really surprised me. Great stuff.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at "Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2007". Black - light brown head. Burned, sweetness, raisins, plums, light honey, nutty. Sharp/dry/burned finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, courtesy of kmweaver, poured into a dimpled mug. Pours a deep burgundy brown (garnet when held to the light) with a creamy, pitted, tan head that slowly diminishes. The aroma is of Raisinets, light malted milk, Root Beer Barrels (the hard candy). and a faint, fruity hop note. Medium-bodied and slick with a soft mouthfeel that quickly asserts its carbonation upon swallowing, wrapping your tongue in a cascade of tiny bubbles. The finish is quick with just a hint of hop bitterness and metal coming through. The flavor is surprisingly more complex than the nose. Sweet chocolate notes precede peat, weak coffee and dark fruit notes followed by a hint of the hops and metal mentioned above. This is my first beer of this style, and it won’t be my last. Unfortunately, this is the one offering from Anchor that cannot be acquired locally. Much thanks again, Ken.
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