4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very dark redish brown with a thick tan head. Fruity and malty notes. Malt, chocolate, liqorice and fruit. Full body with a long, bittrsweet finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a very scary looking watery deep dark brown with a creamy, lacing light brown head. Aroma is very interesting, I expected more of a floral, citrus nose and what I found was a nose more like a Abbey Triple with yeast and medicine at the front with pine and grapefruit in the background. Flavor crazy, all over the place. When it hits the tongue you get heavy malt and fruit (grapes, apples, oranges). Then as it envelopes the tongue you get a barley wine type flavor with heat, alcohol, candy and yeast like a Belgian. Finish is slightly syrupy, slightly astringent but very drinkable. This was very unique and a cornucopia of flavors.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Black colour wit large creamy light brown fully lasting head. Aroma is roasted malt and caramel. Sweet bitter flavor and bitter finish. Oily palate.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
defintinly has a floral smell and taste. Good all round beer. I guess American Strong Ale fits this one good but the strong is well hidden because alcohol is matched well with the hops.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This one was a real treat. Chocolate brown pour with a nice tight tan head. The hop aroma is very heavy here, which I love when combined with darker malts. Reminds me of something like the Black Sun from 3F. Anyway, the aroma is great and the flavor is as well. Very complex with bold hops, vanilla, molasses, smokiness and candied sugar. Very sweet, but the hops balance it out all the way through. Once again, it was nice to get my hands on a few of these. Big thanks to Bigsilky.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber. Barely can see through this deep brown beer with red highlights. Huge creamy and sticky head lasts forever. Aroma is big molasses malt and fruity hops. Flavor is similar with earthy-herb, fruity (Fuggles, maybe?) hops taming some spicy dark fruit and slight cocoa very well. Just a touch of alcohol rounds it all out nicely. The finish is bitter but not harsh; seems a bit Goldings or Saaz-like. Even some slight bubblegum in the aftertaste, like a Belgian. Palate feels smooth, oily and medium-large bodied, but not syrupy. Excellent experiment in what seems to be an American style barleywine with a flavor battle of the hops: American vs. European.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle: Ruby amber in color with a two-finger tan head...sweet caramel, figs, raisins and dark malts rule the nose, no hop notes were present as I kinda expected. Very english barleywine-ish. Viscous, sticky body...again, sweet dark malts, bread dough and earthy esters are present in the flavor. This was quite good.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2008 Bomber thanks to Steven. Pours a dark brown with a nice light brown head. The aroma is mostly sweet caramel and fruits. The initial judgment was that this beer is much like a good Belgian Strong Ale; dark fruit, sweet candy, some alcohol and nutty aspects. But, this beer really can change, and it show a strong bitter hops at times. Wow! I really liked this one. Perfectly balanced and so complex.
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