1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
(Bottle) Courtesy of Luc the Duke. Pours headless with an oily deep copper body. Nose of strong caramel, brown sugar and a overwhelming booziness. Flavour is somewhat like the Mild Ales of the Mid-West USA... highly alcoholic and malty. Cherry notes with a cognac elixir. I wonder what the "S" stands for?
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thanks to MartinT for this beer
It pours dark brown, almost looks like cola. It has no head, and very little carbonation. The flavor is caramel, sticky sweet. I probably would have liked it better on a cooler day. This is an autumn/winter beer, not one for a 90F (32C) day.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
UPDATED: FEB 17, 2007 courtesy of Oakes - clear adrk brown colour with a very little foam; aroma of plum and pear; high carbonation, very thick and oily, strong sweetness before a long malty and plumy finish and a big warming alcohol kick - way too sweet ... et n’a pas convaincu l’être cher ...
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cola brown color. Thin off-white head.
Hmm... interesting flavor. Fruits and nuts, odd grassy hops with Belgian-seeming yeast remnants and caramel. Really delicious complex flavor... something about it... maybe the dark fruits gives it a belgian feel. Also has a bit of alcohol edge... not enough to ruin the flavor as it is good, but enough to make it noticable.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Well I’m not a big fan of extremely strong alcohol tasting beer, so I kinda figure that this one wouldn’t do much for me. I really have a hard time getting past the strong alcohol aroma & flavours.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled. Via trade w/ Rastacouere. Pours a very dark shade of garnet- almost brown. Ivory head. Fruity and sweet aroma with some chocolate and toffee notes. Smells wood aged. Sweet and malty with tons of fruit and alcohol. Flavors are dark fruits, vanilla, bourbon, port, cotton candy, caramel and chocolate. Pretty "out there" but very enjoyable, spend some time with this one.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled, thanks Rastacouere! Mahogany colour, near no head. Distinct port aroma. Sweet and full bodied with dense mouthfeel. Very vinous r brandy-like. Rich and elegant. Finishes with cherry-like fruitiness.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle thanks to Sasquach911. Lots of carbonation. This brew poured like a cola. The color of cola. The fizziness of cola. The head dissapated like a cola. Even the mouthfeel is thin like cola. One thing for sure though is that it did not taste like cola. Very port like aroma mixed in with the alcohol. Flavors were more alcohol, lots of malt. and some more vineous flavors. Good, but wow, 12.5 % I’m feeling it!!!!!!!
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