 BuckeyeSammy (358), New York City, New York, USA
Jun 7, 2008
Opened an vintage 06 at the same time a an 08. The 06 is head and shoulders above the 08, in every aspect. I think that this high gravity beer needed a few years to settle. The new version is extremely hot, alcohol prominent in aroma and flavor, dates and prunes, molasses, very sweet. The 06 is much more balanced, better balanced.. particularly in carbonation. Alcohol still present on the nose, along with sweet malt. I was excited to open these together after making a trade at dark lord day 08. This beer is far too sweet and an alcohol bomb. Not sure what they were really going for here.. My rating reflects the 06 vintage.
oberabcbbsok (679), Hoboken, Belgium
Aug 29, 2008 Tasted batch 1, batch 3 and batch 5 in verticale tasting at avery brewery on bottle. Wow great beers. Very high alcohol. Worth while tasting vertical, even as a 5th beer
mirjukka (354), LOHJA, Finland
Aug 27, 2008 bottle 355ml shared with FatPhil & JK54B at Pikkulintu 250808
deep amber fruity dried fruits sticky but fresh in the middle lasting barley wine like aftertaste
FatPhil (2089), Espoo, Finland
Aug 26, 2008 355ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) - 2007 bottle
Very sweet bready aroma. Deep red, tiny head. Biting alcohol, but otherwise soft and sweet palate. Finish has alcohol burn. First taste is sticky sweet malts, burnt, and almost tarry in part. However, on the whole it’s very hard to describe. Big like a barley wine, but made superconcentrated. Tons of malt - some marmite. I got a gluey aroma after a while. There’s a guilty pleasure to this - I kind of like it but think I shouldn’t.
Lagunitasfan (37), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Is this a cider? Lindeman’s lambic? Damn it smells sweet. Molasses and raisins are obvious. Alcohol too. I’m taking deep inhalations in the glass and I think my sinuses are opening up. Dark orange color, clear, very little head. No lace left. WOW!!!! Damn that’s... sweet, strong, fruity, sharp, ALCOHOLY. It is the beast, that’s for sure. It’s batch 6, which claims 16.31% alcohol. There was a recent thread questioning certain brewers’ claims of ABV, but I believe every bit of this 16%, and maybe more! If you’re into the harsh, super sweet and super strong, you will probably enjoy this. I’m not so sure I do, however. It ain’t a drainpour, but if I popped it open at midnight after a session, there’s no way I could finish this glass. Not my style.
tomthompson89 (1119), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 18, 2008 Wow i liked that one. 2006 version. kinda a deep brown color, nice foam, dried fruits, alcohol and cough medicine nose. pretty sweet flavor at first with again dried fruits berries and almost like Vanilla extract flavor but then the alcohol kicks in when it warms, really nice really nice
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