 Heathen (525), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Dec 1, 2006
2006 bottle. Poured red-brown with a thin off-white head. It had a candy sweet aroma. I couldn’t quite say I smelt alcohol but when I smelled the beer, I could feel the alcohol rising up into my eyeballs. It was cloudy with light carbonation. Had a sticky mouthfeel with all candy sweetness and also maybe some brown sugar. There was a slight alcohol burn in the throat but not really in the mouth until it warms up a bit. The only thing I can rally think to compare it to would be a much sweeter Samichlaus, which is on of my favorites. I think I will get another bottle to age.
daknole (1131), Plantation, Florida, USA
Dec 1, 2008 Bottle from Total Wine. Brown pour. Aromas of vanilla, caramel, raisins, honey and good solid malt with a hint of hops. Flavor is sweet with caramel, toffee, dried fruits and a good hit of hops.
jbrus (4305), Delft, Netherlands
Nov 29, 2008 Bottle@Home, vintage 2006. Raisin, roses, fruity, flowers and molasses aroma. Orange/red colour, yellowish head, good lace. Very very sweet, raisin, floral, tangerine, pretty bitter. Sticky and full.
milljam (166), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Pours a deep red with a thin, lacey brown head. Powerful aroma of spices, hops, dark fruits and berries. Once it hits your lips its so good.....The first sip explodes with dates, raisins, Belgian candy, molasses and any other type of dark sugar. The malt presence follows, with hints of roasted and biscuit flavors. Hops are also detectable, although the sugars dominate most of the palate. Oh yeah...the alcohol. Not present in the first sip, but you feel it in the throat, and then the overwhelming warmth that follows. Mouthfeel is incredibly thick. The only downside is that it should be aged (this is for the 2008 vintage). The overall flavor profile needs to mellow for a few years.
Trev (600), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Nov 27, 2008 pours a cloudy amber with a thin tan head. Raisin, cocoa, alc, honey, dried apple and bready malt tones in the aroma.
Flavour is sweet and sour...molasses, fruity apple and raising. toasty malt tones and a sweet sticky alc finish. Actually pretty drinkable for the alc% and not nearly the trainwreck I had been led to believe.
DanPain (39), beerland, United States Virgin Islands
Nov 26, 2008 Updated: Nov 27, 2008created to last the ages. Beyond this, it’s futile to attempt to describe Him. He will unveil Himself differently to each of His followers. The mark is in His constitution. Brewed with two-row malted barley, honey malt, and imported Belgian specialty grains (aromatic, pale wheat, roasted wheat, and Special B), hops (Magnum, Galena, Saaz, Hallertau, Tettnang, and Hersbrucker), brewing sugars (raisins, dates, blackstrap molasses, alfalfa honey, turbinado, and dark Belgian candy sugar), water, Belgian yeast and another hellion of a yeast strain.OG
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