3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber; thanks to cakanator for the trade; 2008 vintage; hazy dark amber with thin white head; lots of caramel up front with some light oranges; texture is thin with caramel and toffee; fruity with some hoppy spice and chocolate; pretty nice overall and maybe a tad thin for me; might check out my 2009 bottle before it ages much more
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chrisos Back In The UK Tasting.
[ 2009 ]. Clear medium amber color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, very weak aroma. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, overripped fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100522]
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Courtesy of suzygreenburg. Pours hazy amber with thin off white head. The aroma is sweet and dark fruitiness creating a smooth pleasing sense. The taste is smooth too with rich blended sweet dark fruitiness moving into mild yet smooth sweet malts, aged malts as well as plenty of aged to melded grapefruit and citrus orange hop flavor. Nice!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle at chris -o ... copper ... sweet light fruit hop ... little mellon hop ... bitter fruits ... loads of hops ...
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2006 Baby. Cellar kept for four years, served cool at 5 o’clock on a gorgeous New England spring evening. Poured to a hazy, murky amber glow, with some light tan head that dissipated within a few moments. Something in the nose reminds me of Cellebrator or the Paulaner Dopplebock, sweet with toffee notes and citrus spice. The mouthfeel is a rich thickness of malty majesty, and the aftertaste brings out a fruity warming alcohol. This is quite a treat, a long time in the making, and certainly the best BBC I have ever tried. (A lot by the way : )
Can’t wait to try the ’07 next year...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Slightly oxidized soft aroma with toffee, light oxidation and soft fruity sweetness, somewhat earthy tobaccoey hops. Pours light amber, thin filmy foam on top. Toffee, caramel, riope fruit, light oxidation. Solid balanced sweetness. Some toasty sweetness. Dry bitterness lingers.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22. thanks, ben! pours a cloudy dark amber with a little loose tan head. big tart caramel, oranges, and grapefruit nose. sticky medium sugary body. caramel, oranges, grapefruit on the mid palate. sticky sweet finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Ths poured a lighter brown color with an off white head. Aroma was lots of caramel malts and not much else besides alcohol. Flavor was sticky sweet and cloying, some caramel, aand alcohol, This one was a bit hollow with loads of alcohol. Blah
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