 Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 18, 2005 Fully diminishing white head forms atop the amber-orange liquid. The latter immediately offers intense candi sugar affected cookieish and caramel flavors that are not really enhanced by the heavy fruity alcohol fumes. Rather phenolic yeastiness joins forces to accentuate the ethanol feel even more, but those yeast effects also have the more interesting characteristic of offering an apricot, woody and vinegary underlying taste. Light-medium bodied for a beer of this caliber, oily and thin, quite astringent and alcoholic with all that citric feature. Fantastic alcohol hiding job, but that’s not the point of brewing, is it?
CaptainCougar (4633), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Sep 15, 2005 Pours a deep copper ruby with a nicely-lacing, thin, off-white head. Has an intense, rich caramel and peaty malt aroma. Starts with some acetic sour brown sugar and light fruitiness. Tastes more like an old ale than a scotch ale. Too much tartness makes me want to think it’s infected. Does manage to hide its alcohol well though.
Ernest (4217), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Mar 9, 2005 Draught, Boulder Strong Ale fest ’05. Body is dark amber. Aroma is lightly malty (caramel), lightly hoppy (resin), with notes of sherry and alcohol. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, soft carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Surprisingly dull/bland.
tiggmtl (4180), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dec 12, 2005 Orange candy slices and powdered sugar in the aroma. Pale copper coloured body with low, white, fully diminishing head. Soured fruit in the musty yet sweet flavour with a simple sugary aftertaste. Medium light body with pointy carbonation. Bottle (#1346/2000) sampled at DenverLogan’s GABF wrap-up.
goldtwins (3731), Nesconset, New York, USA
Sep 12, 2005 Thanks to CaptainCougar for this rare treat. Poured a dark amber color with some orange hue and a cream colored head. First sniff of the beer gave a nice peaty smell this was quickly replaced by sour orange juice. It reminded me of One of the Victory V series I had a few years ago. Flavor was tart with some orange taste and a bitter finish. Based on some of the reviews I see this might have been a bad bottle.
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