4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle) Pours light hazy dark mahogany brown with red highlight. Creamy nougat coloured head. The aroma hold concentrated caramel alongside wood spicy and vanilla-driven oak. Undertones of almond paste, woodsy/earthy hops and glue. A whisper of alcohol and dark fruits. Oak and malt plays well with each other. The flavour is near medium sweet, medium bitter and light sourish. Caramel, oak, earth, dark fruits and light metallic hop tone on the finish. The mouthfeel is round and sticky with a light carbonation. Caramelly and earthy finish. Near full bodied.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle pours dark caramel/cola color with thin bubbly tan head. Aroma raisins, molasses. Flavor slightly sweet with caramel malts, slight dark fruits, toffee, slight oak. Alcohol moderately apparent. Finish mainly a continuation of the flavor with slight brief bitterness. Palate full, fairly thick and a bit sticky.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Pours out a darker caramel hue, decent head and lacing. Aromas are a bit odd, somewhat sherry like, which made me think that it might be over the hill. Let this one warm up and open up too as right away it is a bit boozy and disjointed. Nice smooth palate, the wine barrel aging really helps this as it goes down. Not my favorite reserve series beer, but decent.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 ounce bomber. 2nd time I have had this this week. This beer is one of the richest, desert beers I have had. Loaded with dark stone fruits, dried cherries, rum/port tones, just a deep rich malty beer. This beer is best shared with a group of friends in the winter.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
650ml bottle pours a cloudy brown color with a finger and a half of beige head which leaves some spotted lacing on the glass. Aroma is dark fruits with some caramel and piney hops with a bit of alcohol. Taste is light roasted malty bitterness with some dark fruit sweetness and a touch of caramel as well as a piney hoppy bitterness. Heavy body and light carbonation. This was a truly enjoyable tasting experience.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a clear dark red with a white head. Smells of dark red berries, and caramel malts. Tastes somewhat tart with a medium sweetness. Full bodied. Texture is creamy, but with some syrupy qualities. Finishes cloying. Almost excellent, but the tartness and cloying finish make it seem like a mistake.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle picked up in WA
Appearance: Pours hazy dark brown medium sized beige head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Dark fruit, brown sugar and toffee
Taste: Toasted malts, sweet, brown sugar with some mid bitterness
Very nice and enjoyable
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Date: December 8, 2011 Mode: Bottle Source: Heritage Beer Geek Christmas Tasting Description: Reddish brown pour with some head, dark fruit and caramel in aroma and taste.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, shared with Parksy and Gripp. Very hazy, dark orange amber with a thick creamy head. Luscious aroma of burnt sugars and raisn fruit, bringing to mind raisin pie. Hearty malt-driven palate, bread crusts, brown sugar, sweet dark fruits with a pleasant piney bitter finish. Beautifully balanced, a real treat. I’m glad I cellared this for a year, but i wish I had bought more!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle: Pours a transparent deep mahogany with a stringy-lacing light tan head. Has a rich sweet toasty caramel malty nose with some resiny piny hops and a hint of vinous tartness. Starts with good fullness and chewy light caramel sweetness with some black cherries and tartness before a drier bittersweet finish. True to style with good complexity.
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