Clipper City Heavy Seas Holy Sheet

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Clear, warm, amber golden with an off-white head. Sweetish, fruity nose. Full-bodied, some roasted maltiness and fruit - also both notes of dried and overripe fruit. The finish is quite alcoholic without much hoppiness. 311007

Bright reddish-brown. Plummy aroma with sour cherries, chocolate. Fruity and sweet, some bubblegum, light spice. Some orange. Some nice nuances but too sweet.

(12oz bottle, best by August 2007) Small beige head atop clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some alcohol/rum, apple, light candi sugar, mold. Taste is moderately sweet, rum raisin, some alcohol, spice, light prune, apple, candi sugar. Medium body that seems thin for the size of the beer and its flavors.

Date: 04/21/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, 50 More Beers on the Wall

clear brown, wispy beige head, drippy lace, sweet dark fruit aroma, rich malt flavor, lots of fruity esters, hint of chocolate, touch of alcohol,
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Date: 06/02/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: trade

huge sweet fruity aroma of apricots, raisons, and brown sugar, rich dark caramel malt flavor with plenty of fruity esters, brown sugar sweetness but drier than the aroma promised,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear hazzlenut brown with a diminished off-white head. Nutty and fruity aroma, slight metallic. Sweet malty with a note of chocolate and a liqourice edge in the finish. Ends with a slight woody note and a minor bitterness and with a sharpness from the fruits.