3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Bottle 909 of 10000. Pours with a very, very deep brown hued body with some red highlights. Large deep tan head lasts. Aromas of isoamyl acetate, brown sugar, alcohol, light leather. Quite boozy, persimmon, decent complexity, light clove and cardamom. Good yeast character. Flavors are malty, cola, clove, cardamom, somewhat rich vienna like toasted malt character. Dark fruit and mild phenol yeast character. Decently clean, but not exceptional. Nicely dry, medium boozy, medium low bitterness. Spiced, dry wine. Low but noticeable tannin. Low body, medium carbonation, pretty dry. One of the better bottled options, but the original draught options seemed a touch better.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. This is opaque dark brown. A big malty aroma and flavor. First sip is harsh and that stayed throughout. Caramel, dark fruit, Belgian yeast, and brown sugar. That harshness had to have been the alcohol and it made this less enjoyable than it could be.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle from Jane’s Beer Store. Nose is bubblegum, golden raisins, and something like the caramelization when making cotton candy in a drum machine. Clear rusty brown with a medium beige head. Flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter with raisins and a slightly bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a rich mahogany color with a two finger khaki foam that bubbles out fairly quickly. The nose is burnt caramel, licorice, dark fruit and a touch of spice. That palate is soft and flows nicely with a lots of balanced flavor.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
16.9 oz bottle. Pours a clear cola brown color with some reddish highlights and a thin off white head. The aroma is caramel, brown sugar, dark fruits, raisin, prune and fig. The flavor has caramel, brown sugar, raisins, plums and some alcohol. A bit thin and not as smooth as I would like. This is just ok.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50cl bottle pours with a clear dark amber body with ruby red hues and supporting thin tan head. The aroma offers up prunes and raisins and booze along with a thin caramel malt note. The taste is similar with notes of prunes and caramel malts moving into raisins, plum juice and brown sugar sweetness to midway. It gets a touch boozy now and then as the finish approaches. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeast dark fruit and caramel flavor. has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty dark fruit and caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500. Pours opaque ebony. Loose tan head. Bread crusts, a little must, some black walnut husks on the mid palate. Nutty, crusty, musty mid palate. Moderate tangy finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A good deal of toasted dark brown bread, raisins, dates, plums whatever. A little soft mustiness and soft sweetness from the yeast. Pours muddy brown with a thin head. Flavors of toasted sweet brown bread, raisins, dates, dark fruit, a light mustiness, soft sweetness, a little peppery alcohol. Smooth with big body and warming alcohol. Finishes rather dry, fairly balanced. Decent stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours purplish brown with off white head. Nose and taste of fresh vanilla, vanilla extract, dark fruit, caramel and grape skins. Soft carbonation. Finishes mostly vanilla. Medium body. Alcohol is barely present in the finish as vanilla dominates.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottled, dark amber pour with aroma of dark fruit and caramel, flavor of dark fruit, caramel, vanilla extract, with fruity malt finish
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