 tjthresh (1782), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 31, 2005 Updated: Jun 10, 2007Bottled in Apr 2007. Batch 3
Served in a snifter. The color is a deep ruby or garnet red. There was a bit of khaki.
The aroma is a lot of maple, or maybe butterrum. Vanilla and oak come through nicely. Still ripe with alcohol.
The flavor is hot with alcohol. Again with the maple.
Pretty much the same as I remember. No scoring adjustment.
When is enough enough? Smell like scotch whiskey, and tastes like scotch whiskey. Hell, it must be scotch whiskey. It all tasted fine. My score reflects that. I think everybody should try it. With that being said, Samaels doesn’t really have many characteristics of a beer..
shp555 (1776), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 15, 2008 Pours a deep copper color with a white head. Aroma is sugar, oak, vanilla, and dark fruit. Flavor is sugar, fruit, oak, and alcohol
11026 (1772), Alabama, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 16, 2005 Bottle scored from Matta, thank you Matt for the opportunity! Slightly opaque amber colored. Scant head formation and no lacing. Tannic, vanilla, tons of residual sugar in nose. Thick and coating to the palate until the alcohol dries everything up. Very malty, sweet, sugary. Definately an after meal sipper and shared with another. I split this one with DarkElf and the Walking Man brewer and his crew. The most common comment heard was: "This is Beer?’ Decent, decadent and on the fringes.
blipp (1772), Newark, New Jersey, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 5, 2009 Bottle, 2007. Pours deep red with a thin beige head. The aroma is vinous and oaky, very sweet. The flavor is far too sweet with some vanilla and dark fruits. Alcohol is there but not overly so given the high ABV. I wasn’t very impressed by this beer.
tarjei (1762), Bryne, Norway
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 5, 2008 355 ml bottle, Batch #2 May 2006. Amber color, off-white head. Sweet. Caramel malt, fruits, dried fruits, honey and hops with a bitter finish.
Murphy (1759), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 27, 2005 Clear red-golden, no head. Aroma of alcohol, sweet apples very cider-like. Big alc taste, quite sweet with apples. Burning alcohol in the throat. Sweet finish.
DavidP (1743), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 21, 2005 Clear amber body under a white head. Laced well. Gin and clean caramel malt in the aroma. The flavor has a lot more going for it than gin. You can taste the alcohol but it’s a clean alcochol and it complements the rest of the flavor. It starts with bready, yeasty carmel malt and then hits you with some booze and orangey spice. In the finish the caramel is complimented by vanilla and a touch of hazelnut. There’s some woodiness in the finish but it’s overwhelmed by the beer’s sweetness. A lip-licking mouthfeel on this one, rich and sticky. Overall this is a good beer, it’s full-flavored and challenging but I wish the malts they’re featuring were more complex - some sort of smoked malt would be a good fit.
plovmand (1739), Helsinge, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 6, 2009 Bottle. Bit hazy orange body with an off-white small creamy head. Very vinous aroma with tons of malt, spme alcohol and ripe fruit. The oak is present too. Heavy sweet aroma with lots of alcohol. Notes of oak, vanilla and caramel. Heavy alcoholic in the finish. Medium to creamy bodied. Its way too sweet and sugary.
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