3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A lot going on here.
Dark brown pour with aromas of caramel, ginger and other spices splashed in with roasted malts.
Flavour is predominant roast with odd spices and even some fruit and chocolate. Very odd, very interesting.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, 2011 vintage. Pours a deep brown-black with a medium tan head. Sweet aroma of brown sugar, fruit, and spice. The flavor is similar, with a nicely complex malt profile, and notes of caramel, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and some things that I can’t put my finger on. Sweet, but not cloying. Quite nice.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz 2011 bottle pour at home is dark reddish almost black, thin off white head as well. Aroma brought notes of caramel, chocolate, some coffee and roast, with some spicy ginger, cinnamon and clove in there with the pine needle/juniper notes. Taste is a mix of chocolate, coffee, spruce and ginger notes combining actually fairly decently, a slightly spicy and bitter finish. Different, but enjoyable!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2012 - 01 - 05 355ml bottle 2010 edition. hazy very dark brown, almost black colour. medium, fading, creme head. licorice in aroma. medium sweet taste
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
35,5 cl bottle vintage 2011 @ home, BBE 07/2013
Aroma is a bit weird, stale and somewhat sweet with vanilla and berries. Also some christmas spices. Flavour feels spicy with berries and some vanilla in the sourish finish. Becomes more spicy towards the end of the glass. A bit weird and harsh but decent anyway.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 bottle: Nice aroma of crystal malt, licorice notes and something else I can’t put my finger on. Roasted malt, chocolate and licorice notes, almost some menthol or juniper notes. Nice flavor but thin watery feel that get in the way of what would be a great beer.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2011 edition.
colour is dark brown with a reddish tint. pours a reddish tanned thick, dense, foamy head that stays on forever. looks very balanced. the aromascape is interesting with malt, dark bread, berries, wood, juniper, alcohol, dark chocolate and caramel, a sweet fruit, ginger and dough. the taste completely suprised me with the most sweet hops finished off with low tasty bitterness. leaves a salty drop on the lips. a round sourness finishes the package. the palate is extremely well done; the body is creamy and oily textured and full, but not overpowering. it just flows in and carries the tastes incredibly well. might be one of the best i’ve had from anchor. great job.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
2011 bottle. It poured an almost black color with a brownish head. The aroma was mostly spice with some pine/spruce/juniper. The flavor was sweet with hints of roasted malts and pine/spruce/juniper. A very good seasonal brew.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle a dark brown colored beer with a white head aroma malts caramel coffee spicy flavor malts spicy caramel some coffee citrus and hops
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle to a pilsner glass. Poured a brown / orange / copper color with an off white head. Had the scent of pine, a little. Kind of a watery mouthfeel, and tasted of spice / herbs / pine. I’m not a SHV fan, so it’s hard for me to give a really strong rating, however this wasn’t too bad.
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