3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Unclear amber red color with a small frothy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, alcoholic, perfume, oak, vanilla, sugar ? Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet balance with a moderate to heavy alcohol finsh that ends in sweetness, with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
An amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet with very strong notes of caramel, but also lesser notes of alcohol and cardemmome. The flavor is very sweet with a good hop presence as well as strong notes of both cardemmome and cinnamon, leading to a dry spiced and alcohol end. The mouthfeel is thick like drinking syrup. Thanks to Papsø for sharing this gem - sure hope it arrives in Denmark soon.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a clear, dark amber with a creamy, yellowish beige head. Very vinous aroma with distinct oak. Extremely full-bodied, extremely sweet - almost achingly sugary. Lots of fruit - apricot. Very complex, but simply way to sweet and sticky to score a higher rating from me. 220406
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy amber with a little off-white to tan head. Dried fruity berry aroma, light wineous, light vanilla. Flavour is dried and cellared wineous with a very solid berry fruity note. Dried fruity with a hint of wood and vanilla. Solid wineous and woody finish. Ends vanilla smooth woody.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Copper coloured, beige small head. Alcohol, glue and fruit in aroma. Sweet caramellish sugary flavour with hints of alcohol and toffee. Alcohol mostly in the "hot" finish. Also plums, raisins in flavour. Very complex and lovely flavour.
3.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Clear reddish amber. Rich port-like oak character. Sweet, thick, vinous and extremely malty. Despite exessive sweetness and syrupy mouthfeel I thoroughly enjoy the rich port character. Nowhere near balanced, but the flavours are impossible to resist. By far the best new Avery beer I’ve had in years.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, Thanks to Papsø for sharing.
Clear orange coloured with an off white head.
Very sweet aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits.
Very sweet flavour of dried fruits, wood and caramel.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle, 14.5%. Fat vanilla aroma, cigarbox all the way up to fat coconut. Cloudy red copper colour. Very small white head. Distinct coconut flavour, very sweet, malty and sugary. Alcohol nose burn. Very thick mouthfeel, syrupy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 25, 2007 Date: 10/20/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
clear amber,
sweet spicy malt aroma,
thick body,
sweet syrup malt flavor, hot,
all sweet
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Date: 08/16/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005
hot sweet vanilla and oak aroma,
sweet hot buttered caramel flavor, caramel candy sweetness, touch of fleeting alcohol, hint of light oak, just a bitof spicy bitterness in the finish,
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Date: 11/25/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2007
sweet hot caramel malt aroma,
sweet vanilla flavor with more of the oak than before,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **4
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: DEC 28, 2010 2010-07-31, bottled May 2006, batch 2, 4 years old, 8-5-9-3-17=42
Cloudy dark amber color, with a minimal head. The aroma immediately shows the vanilla from the oak, mellow, as the malt. Powerful body; the malt and vanilla flavors are perfectly blended; rich malt flavor, sweet caramel; there is a lot of alcohol, noticeable mainly in the end. The final has some bitterness, sweet caramel and toffee, and a lot of alcohol warmth.
This beer can last for a few more years (but I would prefer with just a bit less alcohol strength).
2007-01-13, 8-5-9-5-18=45
Cloudy amber color; a head with a few mm of creamy foam. The beer and vanilla aroma join each other; oak aroma, as can be found in full bodied white wines. Full mouth, respectable body strength, very good malt taste; the alcohol strength, with it’s warming feeling, is immediately perceived; the good vanilla flavor adds complexity; fudge; the hopping is adequate, strong, of good quality. In the final, balanced and less extreme than the flavor, there is a good mix of malt, caramel and bitterness.
For sure a beer pushed far, but extremely enjoyable.
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