 l1br4r14n (275), Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 27, 2009 Wow. Rich sweet malt aroma with raisins and alcohol. Flavors are big time malt, raisins and strong alcohol flavors. Bitter finish. I’m thinking this would be nice aged, but a recent bottle is just too boozy and one dimensional.
mirjukka (702), LOHJA, Finland
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 14, 2009 bottle 355ml 14€ shared Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Fruit Weeks 2009. Color: deep amber. Strong raisins flavor from first sip. No any idea about Batch number or age. Tasty full flavor young raisins barley wine or old one. Confusing. Sticky fruity mouth feel totally full body. One part of 100 euros session evening luckily shared bottles
bobbypaulson (100), , Minnesota, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 11, 2009 2005 bottle it pours a light glowing brown with zero head. The smells very sweet (honey) and the raisins come through along with other dry fruits. The taste is of maple syrup with a nice dry warming finish. With the age on the bottle the alcohol level isn’t offensive at all. This is great beer for a really cold winter day it’s really warms you much like apple cider mixed with some captain Morgan.
nickd717 (1331), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 9, 2009 Bottle from Wegman’s in Princeton. Pours a deep clear orangish amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, raisins, honey, and of course alcohol. Flavor is a sweet raisiny alcohol explosion. Like a liqueur almost, with fairly low carbonation. A little hot, might improve with age. Good stuff though.
xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 7, 2009 2002 vintage thanks to Cornfield at DLD ’09. Clear amber with no head. Aroma is sweeter maple but not offensively so, slight alc, vanilla, honey (mead like), real nice. Sweet bourbon aged mead like, honey, burn, vanilla, maple, aged notes. Medium and syrupy with burn. Nicely aged and heat is less than normal but still present, like a barrel-aged mead. Thanks Carl!
shp555 (1681), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 7, 2009 Pours a deep amber color with a tiny tan head. Aroma is raisins, caramel, toast, a touch of earthyness, and alcohol. Flavor is sweet syrupy malt, caramel, biscuit, raisins, and a sweet alcohol finish.
Skidds (252), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 2, 2009 Pours an amber red/orange brown. Strong aroma of dark fruits. Flavour warming with fruit and malt notes. Alcohol is well hidden. Pleasent beer all around.....and I normally absolutely hate raisons!
Rustyham (556), miami, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 1, 2009 Amazing beer- gloriously thick and noticeable heavy for a liquid. It coats the glass with a lovely film, great smell of sweet sugars, like a raisin bran crunch with a lot of sugar on the bottom of the bowl. This is way easier to drink than the Raison D’etre in my opinion, and the alcohol is not even noticeable It does not read on the bottle, so I was guessing 10 or 12% abv. I was wrong. Bottle at Lucky Liquors in Miami, Florida.
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