 sliffy (1951), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Sep 13, 2006
Bottle: Columbus tasting shared by bgburdman. Clear gold, not much in the way of head. Aroma was bready and medicinal. Flavor had some sweetness, a bit of spice, and quite a lot of heat from the alcohol. Dry finish. Couldn’t believe this was only 11%.
General_Gao (2509), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Aug 21, 2008 750ml bottle. Poured a hazy medium orange color. The head consisted of a few sorry looking medium sized soap bubbles that popped immediately. Smelled of apple cider with a splash of grape and a good whiff of alcohol. There was also a hint of candi sugar. Medium bodied with carbonation on the low end of the spectrum. Sweet and spicy (clove and cinnamon) with a bit of bitterness at the end. The alcohol and fruit flavor gave it an almost apple liqueur-like character. Not awful, but clearly past it’s prime. Did not age particularly well even in my dark, cool cellar.
Ughsmash (3004), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 25, 2008 Thanks to David for opening this one! Poured brighter golden with no head sticking around. The aroma was hot with pears and green apples prominently featured.. pale malts supported a bit.. accented by a bit of peppery spicage.. I rather enjoyed it at this point. The flavor was hot again and not as well done.. light fruity and honey sweetness supported a lot of paint-stripping heat, especially at the back-end.. lighter fruit skins have a sour impression that didn’t help so much. Medium-bodied and hot on the palate with dry, lower-carbonated feel on the palate.. I felt every bit of the 11% in here!
1FastSTi (2388), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 25, 2008 Pours to a clean golden body that looks like cognac. No head. The aroma is pears and green/yellow apples with a nice yeasty Belgian thing. The flavor is alcoholic pears and yellow apples with mild notes of grain. Some yeasts. The palate is a bit hot. Medium bodied with a sticky feel.
Ofortuna (310), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 21, 2008 750ml bottle. Full 1 and a half inch think yeast sediment on the bottom of the bottle. Geez, ’04 Dark Lord-esque.....AND that’s where the comparison’s end.
Some nice fruity esters on the aroma. Decanted perfectly so as not to disturb the freakish sediment on the bottom. No head, low carbonation. Some fusels in here. A bit of green apple. Very dry finish. Warming sensation on the way down. More phenolics coming through.
Underwhelming to say the least.
edden (913), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
May 4, 2008 4/22/08: Bottle
Breadie, yeastie nose. Sun ripened yellow body. Flavor is yeastie with ripe peach tones and a bit of nectar.
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