3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 Guinness4Duff (515) - Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA - JUL 2, 2008
Bottle. Golden orange pour with a thick white head. Sweet malty aroma with bananas and cloves along with other fruit accents. Taste is sweet and spicy. Very good.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 jb (1540) - Rochester, New York, USA - JUL 2, 2008
Nice looking bright orange with foamy head that recedes quickly and leaves some lacing. Aroma of banana, butterscotch, apples, sour and yeasty. Feel is rich, sticky, boozy but in a good way. Tastes of cinammon, alcohol, it is really good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 KAF (447) - Coralville, Iowa, USA - JUN 27, 2008
Golden pour with a white head. Apple nose with some orange peel as well. Cinnamon and other light spices in the taste as well as some light fruits. Slightly bitter finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20 cmillward (496) - San Francisco, California, USA - JUN 25, 2008
Bomber with some age. Ruddy orange slightly hazy body, thin cream head cresting this brew. Boozy sweet malts, yeast and some harsh metal hints on the nose. Sweet, lots of alcohol, fruits and grainy. Too heavy in the mouth despite a fair amount of carbonation. Blah, not for me, maybe fresher?
2.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20 GG (1980) - NorCal, California, USA - JUN 24, 2008
This one just wasn’t for me. If I wanted to drink rubbing alcohol, I know exactly where to find it. I simply don’t want it in my beer. For me, this had a decisively isopropyl flavor, especially on the finish. Gave me the shivers each time I would swallow the sip. The aroma has a pleasant fruityness, combined with a clean malt/yeast profile really had me going for a second. This just failed to deliver. Overly sweet, too much alcohol...just bleh.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 tagz (336) - USA - JUN 24, 2008
draft. fruity belgian yeast aroma and a mild spice. slightly sweet with a pleasant mild bitter, and warming alcohol edge. mild carbonation. very enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 kyzr (1140) - Belgrade, Montana, USA - JUN 18, 2008
Nice clear gold with bright white big head. Nose of fruit and spice. Flavor has a little banana, clove and sweetness from the malt. Alcohol is well hidden with the explosive flavors. Finish leaves a nice sweet coating on the palate.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 FortyFirkins (28) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JUN 17, 2008
Poured from the bottle with a smallish off-white head that chose an early exit. Sort of hazy yellow/orange, more yellow but a lot going on in the aroma. Apricot, banana, and spices of clove and cinnamon came through. Much fuller body than I expected - lots of sugar and spice. I enjoyed the flavor, the drawbacks for me being a bit too much sweetness and a slightly chalky finish.
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