 dkachur (623), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Apr 4, 2008 Another fine bottle from Degarth. This beer looks absolutely grotesque, like a mixture of tomato juice and prune juice. No head at all. Strong currant aroma with some grape and apple. Syrupy mouthfeel. Faint taste of currants. Sour. This feels like it was much better when fresh.
kapusta (65), Dover, Delaware, USA
Nov 21, 2007 Gold colored ale with fruit/berry scents, but no real fruit flavor. This was much more sour/tart than would be another ’fruit beer", but not at all what I would have expected. Relatively bland
rocbyter (586), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Nov 9, 2007 12oz bottle, bottled 2003. Sweet and tart fruity aroma. Grapeish (I don’t know what currants taste like). Cloudy orange color with a small white head. Lightly sweet in the beginning with a tart finish. Light fine carbonation at the end.
Optigon (533), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Oct 27, 2007 Pours deep purple with a lavender, moderate head. Aroma is lightly sour and currant. Flavor is lightly sour with qualities of grape and currant. Moderate mouth feel.
Goodgrief (993), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Sep 3, 2007 Bottle poured red color...no, not amber reddish brown...I’m talking RED color...with a moderate head that disappeared very quickly. The nose was sweet and alcohol-ish. The first sip I took...I thought, "ok, this is different." With each passing sip, it got worse and worse...to the point where I was downing "cheese filled" Combos to kill the taste (I can’t bring myself to pour out beer). Was very sweet, but very bitter. eaglefan described it as beet/berry juice...I was thinking more like cranberry juice gone bad mixed with cheap wine. I don’t know what a "currant" taste like, but I’m not thinking it goes well with beer. I guess with Dogfish’s "originality", you win some and you lose some...this is a loss. Belgian Strong Ale? Seriously?
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