Pours a majestic light orange and partially glowing yellow-ocre color depending on which part of the glass you stare at. The foam fades from a quarter inch to a thin ring. Holding the beer up to the light reveals the huge amount of suspended yeast as tiny little bubbles race past towards the surface of this golden potion. Smell of a spicy fruit aroma. I think it’s pear and apricot but the alcohol covers it up a bit too well. The alcohol has made virtually all of the spice and real nice aromas background nuances rather than focuses. A very spicy orange and pear with a huge hop bitterness intermingled with a nasty alcohol punch. The malt is huge [and reminds me of an aged DIPA]. This is the French’s version of Private Stock? Nice! Well done. And wow and holy moly that packs a punch. Long stinging after taste. Malty alcoholly goodness. Medium mouthfeel and has a good amount of carbonation but not to muvh. Very much perfect in that regard. You can try to sip this but like the Beast known as P-Stock, this one craves pounding. Maybe that’s why this 13% monster comes in a tiny 3 pack of 8.4oz. bottles. Still I’m pounding this one! Yum! Like I said It comes in a 3 pack of 8.4 oz bottles. 13% ABV and I’m still pounding this one! Too easy to drink! Well done!

yuck. pours ugly brown color. aroma is all booze, as is the flavor. glad i was just sampling a friends, as i couldn’t get down more than one sip.

Appearance: Pours a clear, orange-hued body with a large, foamy, white head. Fine, latiswork lacing on the way down. Smell: Slightly candyish nose with meager fruit notes and the scent of a glass of chardonnay perked up with a half shot of grain alcohol. Taste: Sweet caramel and toffee maltiness upfront with a hot alcohol component fast on it’s heels. A few helpings of rock candy. Slight peach and apple fruitiness. Sip of white wine. That ABV is very apparent and once it hits it’s harsh to and beyond the finish with any subsequent flavors becoming washed out in the booziness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Very warming alcohol presence from stem to sternum. Drinkability: Whew. Definitely a candidate for a slow sipper. Seems to forego subtle complexities and finesse with a punchy booziness.

Bottle from Crown #19, Indy. Poured clear golden color with a medium to large frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Complex aroma of yeasty and malty. Body was medium with a sticky texture and lively carbonation. Flavor was sweet malt with a medium bittersweet smooth finish and small alcohol burn of moderate duration. Good, not great beer.

The bottle looks not good, too demonic. The beer in the glass lighter than exspected, some foam. Very alcoholic aroma. Starts sweet, almost oily. The finish is drier, scratchy. Unbalanced finish. Warming aftertaste. I think they just wanted to make a strong beer and forgot to make a good beer!