 rickgordon (3207), Göteborg, Sweden
Jun 21, 2009 Big bottle. Sampled twice, in 2006 and 2009.
Aroma from raisins and ripe apples, apple cake, very tart and vineous. Fantastic aroma. When we cracked it open, an enormous aroma was revealed.
Horrid taste from harsh sourness. It’s dusty and immensely sour. Light and lifeless body of course.
CapedBrewsader (248), Brasschaat, Belgium
Feb 20, 2009 Updated: Mar 2, 200925cl bottle at De Kulminator, iRate: pours a red tinted dark brown with a few soap suds for a head. Big sherry aroma with cardboard and a touch of smoke. Sweet Madeira. Carmelized sugars. Wonderfully sweet. The flat brew touches the lips and releases wet newspaper, but then livens up with some sherry and port. Rusty metal ... Perhaps literally rusted metal... looking at the rusted cap. Again smoke. Quite complex but obviosly way beyond it’s years. Still very enjoyable though.
Hophead22 (856), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
Feb 8, 2009 Hand bottle from goldtwins, big thanks Larry! Hazy dark brown pour with very little head. Super rich, lots of dark fruits, very nice. Flavor is a bit off, but still quite tasty, slight bitterness and a little warming, very good.
Dickinsonbeer (3280), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Feb 7, 2009 Bottle shared by Miketd. Thanks! Pours a medium coppery haze with no head. Aroma is oxidized on the high end, but not so much that it ruined the beer like I have had in other Bass No 1’s I had had previous to this- lots of wet paper but stil a dried sweet maltiness and lots of dank old fruity esters. Flavor is a bit salty with some soy and medium to high oxidation- slight sherry and dirty old rotting wood- somehwat sweet but the saltiness comes through and kills it. One of the better bottles I have had but still not that great.
rcasta (433), El Salvador
Jan 13, 2009 Por alguna razon se me habia quedado sin rating pero ya resuelto. Entre las comerciales es buena
drpimento (674), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Jan 7, 2009 Bought this through ebay from England this past summer. Label says "July 15th 1977". Cork finished & wax covered,very dark brown embossed bottle. Time and air were not kind to this beer. The cork was very dry and crumbled. The beer poured totally flat and very cloudy. The color was dark brown. Aroma was heavy dark ripe fruit. Flavor was a chemically bitter YUCK. Undrinkable. *sigh*
Rciesla (2800), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
Dec 9, 2008 Bottle. Pours a golden brown body with a tan head. Sweet fruity phenols with a light paper accent, slightly oxidized. Im surprised to see this is 10 percent as i didnt write anything about the etoh finish.
BrianK (177), Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Dec 8, 2008 Shared by Miketd. Thanks Mike. My notes read very english tasting with english hops. Descent. Not complex but very easy to drink for 10 percent. Im glad I was given the opportunity to try this one. Thanks again Mike.
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