2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at MSBF: Lots of butterscotch and light peach in the aroma. Reddish-orange with no transparency and an off-white head. Candy sugar sweetness is a little too much. Light banana and moderate apple. Alcohol is noticeable in the finish in both flavor and warmth.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draft at 2004 MBG Summer Festival. Poured a large sized foamy ivory head with fine-small sized bubbles that completely dissipated. Uncarbonated, hazy and a brown hue. Malty and alcohol aroma. The flavor was malty and alcohol from start to finish. Smooth palate. Medium bodied beer with fair lacing.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught sample at MBG 2006 Summer Festival. Reddish-amber with a faint haze. Aroma is quite boozy, with lots of caramel malt and some dark fruit and wood - I didn’t care for it right away, with it grew on me as I finished the sample. Flavour is quite sweet and hot, with some caramel and bourbon notes. Pretty well balanced for 14%, but still a bit too hot.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasted blind. 12oz unlabeled bottle (probably an 06 or 05 bottle). Surprising herbal nose. Smells like incense, sandalwood and wild wax. Indescribable. Impressive and complex. Light fruits. Pours a peachy blonde with a rim of white. Flavor is ridiculous. Tastes like Christmas. Full of orange and sage. Incense, perfume, Mexican candy, and waxy cactus flavor. Crazy pumpkin spice, Thanksgiving fruit. Apparently 14%, but tastes more like 4%. Complex savory character. Intensely flavored. Fuck, this is delicious. Amazing spice character, like I’ve never seen before. Fantastic spicing. Dry. Great amazing blend of spice and citrus on a mild malt character.Wow. This is amazing. Gingerbread and deliciousness. Complex, mature, well-aged. Thanks Sean!
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: DEC 26, 2007 Tap @ MBG, orange/amber with minimal white head. Aroma very sweet candy sugar with some fruit in the background, banana and peach. flavor is very cloying sweet like straight candy sugar with a warming alcohol presence. Tone it down it would score great, but as is I can’t drink more than a couple ounces. Rerate from the MBG ’06. Aroma has developed quite nice. Huge candi sugar sweetness with some floral notes. Still very hot but more rounded than last year. Bumped the score .6 altogether.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2004 draft at MSBF. nice amber-brown appearance. alcohol in the aroma, alcohol in the body. notes of malt and raspberry are noticeable too. enjoyable, and it packs a wallop at 14%.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Couleur ambrée aux reflets orangés, mousse beige d’apparence crémeuse et persistante. arômes très floral, levurés aux indices de sucre candi rappelant les citrons confits, la pâte d’amandes et certaines confiseries. Toujours pleinement herbals en bouche, certaines épicées apparaissent graduellement. Les saveurs sont aussi très sucré, cassonade, sucre brun, candi et caramel en bonne quantité. Beaucoup d’alcool en rétro olfaction, venant sérieusement interférer avec les différents goûts. Corps d’épaisseur moyenne, faible carbonatation. Une multitude de composantes individuellement intéressantes ne s’accommodent pas très bien les unes les autres. Michigan brewer’s fest, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Juillet 2005.
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