 kseecs16 (919), Naperville, Illinois, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 21, 2007 Updated: Mar 9, 2009Bottle. Pours out a sediment filled dark brown, shows copper at the edges of the glass. Creamy light tan head that laces. Aroma is nice, fruity, yeast, notes of cranberry. Potent flavor, sugar sweet, but not cloying with a spicy bitter finish. Foamy medium body.
Re-rated 03/08/2009 - Consistent with the first rating, picked up a slightly tart/sour finish. Great beer.
yespr (12443), Copenhagen O, Denmark
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 20, 2007 33 cL bottle. Pours deep reddish with a crispy and dense slight orange head. Aroma is dark malty, sweet and complex yeasty spiced. Heavy carbonation. Strong fruity and alcohol lifted initial flavour. Followed by a thick roasted and cane sugarish flavour. Has a nice blend between sour and sweet notes. Warming finish in which the dark malt notes keep lingering.
hiddenvariable (194), pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 19, 2007 bottle. pours a dark crimson brown with a substantial and never ending off-white head. leaves a good lacing. great complex smell of fruits with a woody tinge: grapes and pears and cherries lead off with dark and spicy fruits picking up the rear. completely unique flavor. oaked cherry and raisins, maybe even a bit of spicy hop. rather subdued flavor given the huge nose. i like it though. the finish is surprising; i was expecting a bit of bittersweet with some spice, which is all there, but there’s also a tiny hint of sour that catches you off guard, but i like it. medium full in body and a great creamy/bubbly mouthfeel. lots of carbonation. there’s something different about this one, and i like it.
faroeviking (6128), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 18, 2007 Bottle at yespr’s place. Pours a red-brown huge long lasting light brown head. Quite alcoholic bit sweet toasty aroma. Sweetish toasty bitter alco flavour with dark fruits and hops. Thanks Jesper.
Svesse (2687), Hässelby, Sweden
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 13, 2007 (Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Dark brown colour with huge brown head. Fruity, slightly lactic nose with notes of dried fruit, prunes and raisins. Rather vinous and sourish with spicy hints. Malty, fruity, powerful taste with dried fruit, prunes, brown sugar, slightly roasted and vinous with a sourish touch. Very complex and very tasty. Impressive beer.
JB175 (1665), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 12, 2007 Darker brown color with a pillowy head. Aroma of figs, brown sugar, yeast, bread. Flavor is a pleasant yeasty-bready-sweet mix of dark fruits, spice, brown sugar. Pleasant finish. Nice Belgian strong!
brstp (201), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 7, 2007 Bottle. Mahogany color, on the opaque side of cloudy. Massive aroma of yeast, spice, moldy fruit, acid, alcohol. Flattish taste of wood, grapes, lemon, vanilla, tart finish, nutty malt. Huge contrast from the in-your-face aroma and I don’t particularly like it. Still an impressive beer though.
pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 6, 2007 A uniformly murky ruddy brown with a big creamy cream head, dense and big, thinning to thin and dense relatively quickly. The nose is round and sweet. Cookie dough strikes me. A good bit of caramel. Some light apple to vinous fruit. Maybe a hint of cherry. Rather creamy. A tiny bit toasty. A creamy smooth mouthfeel. A bit fizzy, but that might just be the acidity. Still viscous. Much tarter than I’d have expected! Still sweet and a bit cookie doughy. The caramel is subdued compared to the apple and vinous aspects of the fruit. What a reversal. A bit tart, but still creamy. The toast and woody fruit lingers in a long rather dry finish. Especially considering the round malt. This is a beer I’d like to age. It reminds me of a well done bad beer I’ve had in the past, but I just cannot put my finger on it...
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