3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle very fresh. what’s this Avery bottle conditions now? nice. pours dense and dark with tan fluffy head. flavor has yeasty-meaty smell, subtle chocolate, toasted biscuit, and fruity hops in there too. flavor is pretty hoppy with fruity and piney hop notes, subtle hints of chocolate, licorice, toasted biscuit and nuts, mildly spicy yeasty taste. alc. very well hidden but sorta warms. mouthfeel is cearmy. well the flavor isn’t great but the palate is really long with nice subtle milk chocolate, so i gave it a 7 instead of 6 in flavor. in the end, sorta a mess of a beer that comes off confused sort of a big beer for the sake of a big beer. style? i’d say and American-Belgian Strong Ale because it seems like belgian yeast strain too me.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
DØE Valby 09. Pours dark redbrown with a light beige head. Aroma is vineous, dark caramel, light hop. Flavour is vineous, heavy hop, citrus and grapefruit, and some dried fruit.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle. Pours dark reddish brown. dark tan creamy head. Heavy sugar aroma, nice grapefruit, citrusy hops. dark fruit, figs, raisin, charred caramel. Spicy. Roasted malt flavor, big hop bitterness, lots of alcohol. Hints of chocolate malt. lots of hops and some fruit in the finish. This beer has aged very well.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Looking forward to this for sum time after speaking with Avery..
.Pours the brownest of the browns..
.has at least a 2-3 finger power coppertone head.
..smell is actually quite similar to bigfoot but with a lighter burnt fruit smell profile.
..Taste is of smoke,fig,plum,bitter coffee, lots of dark oddland fruits- interesting to say the least.
..Very enjoyable..
.Smooth as silk, and the alcohol is sooo well masked!.
I think this is worthy of an anniversary brew!
Music accompaniment: Kemal-Live in Prague
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle marked bottled in 2007. Small tan head that was mostly lasting, fair amount of lacing, carbonation observed, semi-transparent, and a brown hue. Nose was malty, chocolate, hoppy, floral, citrus, and pine. The flavor mimicked the nose and finished dry. Dry mouthfeel and medium in body. Quaffable brew, worthy of a try, the nose and flavor came together very well, and a beer that I would drink again.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz. bottle from fidelis83- thanks again, Jeremiah! Pours a cloudy dark brown with a finger-thick off-white head with nice retention. Notes of grass, earthy hops, caramel malts, molasses, citrus and other fruits, raisins, nuts, and alcohol. Medium-bodied, with active carbonation and a malty, spicy mouthfeel. The hops are pretty decent for a beer that’s been sitting for a few years. Complex and pretty nice.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours deep mahogany with a lasting dark beige head. Aroma is a cornucopia of orange, lemon, grass, and candy. Flavor is a symphony of mild malted grapefruit and plumb, followed by hops and grass with a slight white wine; and then, it branches out into molasses and chocolate with coffee as it warms. Full and coating mouthfeel. Fantastic beer. Dopple Bock IPA?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours near black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of raisin, dark fruits, a bit of chocolate and caramel. Flavor is full of raisin, dark fruits, a slight alcohol burn, caramel, milk chocolate and perhaps even a bit of chocolate.
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