 railcat1 (578), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jan 15, 2008 I finally tried this and was very impressed with how good it was and not overwhelming with the alcohol,usually this strong of beer is to sweet but it was very good and enjoyable and smooth.CHEERS!
Cryotek (206), Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Jan 15, 2008 Jet black with a small brown head. Head remains threw out only as a ring around the glass. Sweet, fruity soy smell. Sweet, raisin-fruity, roasy oil soy, roasted oily mailt. 18% is extremely well hidden, you can smell and taste it, but not as much as you would think, you almost have to hunt it out. The strongest beer i’ve tasted that can taste like a beer. Dear i say easily drinkable! Utopias tastes like a cognac, 3bock tastes like a soy bombed porter. This tastes like a sweet, alcoholic stout.
GigaHz (7), Clinton, New Jersey, USA
does not count  Jan 12, 2008 Great beer. Strongest beer I ever had. This beer tastes way different than Storm King, Bells Expedition and Stone Russian Imperal Stout. It is very good but it just tastest way different than those others. It poured real thin. Bells pours like chocolate milk.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
Jan 11, 2008 ’03 bottle generously shared at a BA tasting
Pour is dark black with a very light head. Smell is sweet, doughy, roasty malt and some alcohol. Taste is a thick, rich, warm, roasty malt and rum soaked raisin like flavor. On the sweet side and very drinkable for the ABV. Nice, full mouthfeel, with appropriate carbonation. Slight warming in chest, but the alcohol works very well in this one and is non intrusive after 4-5 years. Awesome beer.
pepsican (884), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
Jan 10, 2008 Bottle thanks to beachbum25, big thanks for getting me addicted to trading! I found my notes for this one from a few years ago, and I figured I’d pop this to compare. Pours black with a thin yet present brown head. Aroma of chocolate, molasses, caramel, smoke, and coffee. All of those are in the flavor, as well as tart fruit, sweet cherry, and chewing tobacco. very interesting combination for the mouthfeel here. Carbonated, yet chewy, but slick going down? Pretty cool. ABV is apparent, but doesn’t take away from this brew. 04 notes said mostly similar things, but mentioned a strong hop presence, along with less carbonation. I will always keep a few of these around.
dmac (1423), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Jan 10, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours a medium thickness pitch black body with a small milk chocoalte brown head. Aroma that is syrupy sweet with notes of vanilla, chocolate and cherry with a touch of tobacco. Medium to full bodied with lively tight carbonation yet a silky smooth feel. Flavor of vanilla and tobacco with a touch of chocolate and a slight touch of alcohol, not much considering this is 18%. This is the Ving Rames of beer....dark, strong and smooth.
joshwilfong (771), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jan 9, 2008 dark brown/black appearance with rather slight white/brown head. immediately the fumes of alcohol echo off of this beer. there are also some notes of roasted malts in the nose. the flavor has a huge alcohol component throughout, but roasted, chocolate malts are also present and really give this beer a very nice flavor that has good hop balance and maybe a slight hop appearance towards the end. the alcohol at the finish gives the beer a very nice depth, but the presence of the alcohol throughout ends of detracting from the beer. an interesting beer, but it would be much better if it were 10%
badman (5), USA
does not count Jan 9, 2008 I have no idea how this is so highly rated. My experience was very different, with no character apart from the overwhelming and nasty alcohol content. I love dogfish head’s 60 and 90 min IPA, and their liquors besides, but this was just strong for the sake of being strong. 1 dimensional and worthless. Maybe I got a bad bottle, but it was terrible.
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