Kevin (1917), Colorado, USA Aug 21, 2006 bottle from kramer. pours a dark brown that is opaque with a lush brown head. strong caramel, nutty aroma with a nice fruit ester. nice roasty biscuit flavor with a good dry cocoa finish. a bit of fruit tang in the end. toffee throughout this. a pleasure to drink and exactly what i was wanting. ratman197 (3137), Arvada, Colorado, USA Aug 10, 2006 Bottle poured a clear very dark reddish brown with a large lasting brown head. Aromas of roasted malt, hints of dark fruit and molasses. Palate was medium bodied. Flavors of roasted malt, light molasses and just a hint of dark fruit with a lingering tangy finish. Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA Aug 7, 2006 Pours a freaking fantastic dark nearly black color with a beautiful tan head. When held to the light you can see red around all the edges. Nice roasted malt aroma with hints of coffee and toffee. Flavor is also very roasty with a bit of a tangy finish. A very easy drinking bock. pilsnerrogge (1769), Finspång, Sweden Aug 6, 2006 [Bottle] Dark brown with an ok head. Aroma is roasted malt, toffee and liquorice. Very malty flavour, rosted coffee and toffee. An odd Bock. sistinas (60), Tempe, Arizona, USA Aug 5, 2006 Pours coca-cola brown with a smallish, quickly dissipating tan head. Aroma has lots of caramel with hints of roasted malts, a bit metallic. Taste is rather bitter in a slightly burnt coffee sort of way with some sweet caramel and grainy notes. Body is on the light side... expected it to be a bit heavier to match the taste. DrBeer (777), Danderyd Stockholm, Sweden Aug 2, 2006 Red-brown with dark notes. Beige head.
Caramel aroma with notes of chocolate, merengue, some licorice and hops.
Chocolate flavor with notes of bitter cocoa and licorice. Dry bitterness. Beerdedone (1873), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA Jul 30, 2006 Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours red\brown with a decent sized tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, and alcohol, good body, decent brew. AdamGott (190), Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA Jul 28, 2006 fruity/slightly smokey aroma pours near pitch black/very dark brown.
excellent fruity yeast ester flavor blends very well with the light smoke flavors, caramel, bitter chocolate, toffee. Overall a very excellent mix on the palate.
I got this in Idaho in a bottle so the only available in San Fran stuff is not true.
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