3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Smokehouse. Hazy copper with no head. Nose of old ale-sweet and sugary. Taste is sweet but not cloying with barrel aging evident. Virtually no carbonation. Full body and a dry finish. Almost sherry-like and a nice sipper..
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the Smokehouse. Clear amber pour with a thin beige head. Heavily spiced aroma of ginger, cinnamon and sweet malt. Sweet malt flavor with ginger, cinnamon and honey with clean, semi-dry finish. Exactly what I want for this style: lots of spice but finishes clean and dry enough that you can drink a couple.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
20070519 Bottle thanks to Paul. Spicy, dry stuff. Cinnamon and ginger apparent, it’s a bit like a ginger snap cookie. Nice aroma for a spiced brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Alehouse #2. Poured dark brown color with a medium frothy brown head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate complex spicy, nutmeg and honey aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture. Moderate spicy sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of modeate duration. This is a solid beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ the Smokehouse: Pours a deep brown with no head. Aroma, brown sugar, caramel, some spice, ginger. Flavor, caramel, sweet malts, brown sugar, nice hints of spices, some fruits, molasses. Very tasty.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle shared by Dickinsonbeer. Aroma is lightly oxidized malts, caramel, ginger, and some other spices. Taste is malty and spicy, a bit of oxidation.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a moderate to deep amber with a thin white head, and some spotty lace. Aroma is tons of ginger and some orange zest, herbal tea and flowery. More tea flavors, ginger root, earth, crystal malt, alcohol isnt too apparant despite the 11+%. Not that great.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Handbottle thanks to xnoxhate for sharing this. Pours an amber orange with no head. Carmelized notes toffee, red fruit, cookie, and spice. Sweet malty flavors bread, toffee, carmel, vanilla, bourbon, orange citrus, and red apples. Medium body and pretty tasty overall. Thanks devon!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
handbottle. thanks to xnoxhatex for sharing. poured clear dark amber with no head. nose had lots of cinnamon, cherries, and toffee. flavor was cloyingly sweet with a cinnamon-cherry cough syrup thing going on. wow it’d be hard for me to be less into this sorta thing. alcohol was extremely well hidden but i really question the 11.2%.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hand bottled by Moejuck. Nice pfftt opening the bottle but little head on top of the dark brown body. Lots of cookie and alc in the aroma with some christmas spice. Tastes pretty phenomnal and can understand the percentile now. Tastes of of aged barleywine with dark malt sweetness and bourbon notes. Lots vanilla and has cake like feel. I feel like I could have chewed this beer if it hadn’t had the med. body. A great beer that I wish I had greater access too.
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