 hopscotch (4460), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
May 25, 2003 Updated: May 21, 2006
2000 Bottle... This beer rocks!... Sparkling clear golden brew. Medium-sized creamy white head. After only a couple minutes, only a swirl of head and plenty of lacework remains.
The nose holds heavy notes of tawny port, maple syrup, French oak and light sourgham molasses. Lesser notes of anise, yeasty bread dough, banana, alcohol and plums.
The flavor is of tawny port, molasses, buttermilk, candy sugar, apricot and other things excellent. Clover honey along with an astringent, lightly bitter and acetic hop presence on the backside. Also, plenty of warm alcohol.
Full-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Long, lightly tart, astringent, dry finish.
Excellent brew! Thanks to hopsrus for this wonderful beer!
sleepylopes (281), New York, USA
Aug 21, 2008 a great opportunity to try this beer thanks to the rb comunity. this beer was a bit like watching and old athlete in a come back fight. still good but past its prime. great balance and strong fruit presence, a little to mellow in body vs. a newer non reserva. surprisingly there was some alcohol in the nose along with yeast and light spice. i did learn something, don’t hold on to long to the jewels in your collection.
SETANTA (556), Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Orange color, slight head rims the glass. Aroma similiar to sherry mixed with a yeasty bread. Taste like a sherry, vineous, with the flavor dry fruits, apricots, dried apples or mangos. Its a beer I think I could taste something different each time I tried it. Somewhat dry finish. Excellent!
JoeMcPhee (3692), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Kudos to eyedrinkale for bringing this gem out to share. Deep golden orange beer. The aroma is awesome, rich orange peel, apple, pineapple and rich clovey/nutmeg spiciness. Peach and tangerine with a soft tartness over the sweeter estery character and apple pie spiciness. Loads and loads of yeasty complexity wrapping around a softly sweet honeyish belgian malt base. It’s got a nice basementy bit of age that is well integrated with all of the other yeasty characters. Awesome.
puzzl (1729), New York, New York, USA
Jun 26, 2008 Man, I never in my wildest dreams expected to try this one. Unfortunately, it would seems its past its prime, though still rather nice. The aroma is deep and complex, with anise, pineapple, licorice, and a light bit of alcohol. Though the flavor is rather basic and uncomplex, it is a nice mixture of fruit, deep spices, and a touch of tartness. Very mellow and balanced all around, with a wonderful sweetness.
beastiefan2k (1101), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
Jun 23, 2008 Most graciously shared by EDA, jez I never thought this would come around. I was as awed as the rest. I got one of the early pours from the bottle and then a little from the end to have a nice mix in the glass. Either way the first pour was still pretty murky, could not see through it but it definitely was a glowing golden color. It poured with a small head but it stuck around. Aroma is definitely aged, lots of aged malts that have turned into slightly cardboard but very sweet honey malts. And a cool yet weird moldy/sour old white grape. Lots of damp basement in the aroma as well. Taste is similar with less of the basement aspect but still plenty sweet. The ’basement’ maybe the oak. The yeastiness also really breaks through with lots of doughiness. As far as aged beer goes this is held up very well and is very nice to try, again as far as aged beer goes. So I will rate it as a good ’old beer.’ Thanks again Mike. 750mL bottle, white wine glass.
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