 crizay (1056), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
Mar 22, 2008 Updated: May 6, 2008
Dark brown pour, medium brown head. Aroma is woody. Flavor is lightly roasted malts, a touch of chocolate and a little caramel, all you want in a brown ale but there is a great oak presence throughout with a touch of vanilla. Some coffee lingers and a bit of smoke, but it’s all brown ale with oak and vanilla. Very smooth and no way would you know this is 12%.
wingman333 (152), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
May 11, 2008 Very tasty take on a brown ale, not my usual favorite style. Think and dark in appearance, it had a definitive aroma I cannot place, perhaps it was the vanilla. Nice velvety mouthfeel, flavors of coffee, chocolate, banana, vanilla. Thin tan head. Alcohol well-hidden. Good product from DFH but very expensive.
BeerFanDan17 (267), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
May 11, 2008 Sampled at OTH. Incredible strong ale almost like a porter. Smokey and possibly hints of banana. Well balanced and sweet.
daninferior (4), USA
does not count  May 10, 2008 pours in gobs w/mild tan head, really sweet and smokey, goes down like a really nice imperial stout, with aggressive hop atributies, one of my favorites to date
EithCubes (1601), Indiana, USA
May 9, 2008 Bottle. Huge, room-filling aroma, syrupy sticky molasses and campfire smoke with a huge, huge cash of wood (not oak or cedar or anything recognizable, but very pungent and attractive). A little cream, vanilla, and chocolate. Some firm Scotch ale accents and a ton of alcohol. Currants and dark cherries. Dark brown pour is essentially pitch with a dark brown, creamy head tinged with red. Very dry, lightly bitter taste that gains a bit of sweetness in the mid-body; not at all cloying (like most of the big DFH releases)! Molasses and brown sugar, chocolate with touches of vanilla and alcohol fumes (though I wouldn’t have guessed 12%). Creamy full body and a dry, woody aftertaste, very malty with faint whisps of peat and smoke. Touch of earth, touch of grape, and even more plum. Also has some Dubbel character.
Pros: Complex and rewarding with subtle spiciness. A dark, alluring pleasure! Decadent!
Cons: Plastic, fusils, booze. Why not just distill?
jsh12bama (154), Alabama, USA
May 9, 2008 Pours black with thin tan head. Lokks like a imp stout. Aroma of burnt wood, coffee, chocolate, and mild notes of dark fruit. Taste of chocolate, roasted malts and raisins. Medium body. Was planning on being underwhlemed due to it being DFH, but I really enjoyed it. Looks like THIS experiment worked.
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