2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting.
Body is medium to dark brown.
Aroma is moderately malty (caramel), with notes of brown sugar, date, scorched honey.
Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Medium to full body, syrupy/watery texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic.
Well, you always hope for the best with new breweries that make something more unusual than pale ales and wheat beers, but there’s just nothing to this one. Jeff and I spent an hour ruminating over this one and honestly this just doesn’t have anything to offer. It even got worse as it sat in the glass. Pretty much just sugars in the nose, and so it goes in the mouth as well, with nothing to balance or provide intrigue. A very clunky and dull beer that will no doubt earn high ratings from its big alcohol, big sugar, lack of glaring off notes, and packaging (even though they misspell "palate" (as "pallet") on the overly verbose description...wasn’t this the same brewery that referred to themselves as "artesian" instead of "artisanal" back when they first starting promoting themselves online? I shouldn’t make fun, though, as English may not be their first language, but it’s still funny that they don’t proofread things like this).
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle - 750mL corked and caged. Bottle # 05153. Bottled Summer 2012. Dark copper ruby pour with a short, foamy tan head. Strong honey notes in the aroma along with malt, dark bread, soft caramel, toffee and hints of dark fruit. Taste is sweet with a bold honey taste, more dark bread notes, toasted malt, toffee, hints of dark fruit and soft alcohol. Body comes up a bit lacking. Kind of thin on the palate with sparse carbonation. Ends with more honey, soft alcohol, dark bread, toasted grains, malt notes, caramel, chewy toffee and faint fruit.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
DLD 2012: Deep purplish brown hue with an okay head, not much lace. The beer has notes of prune and fig, Special B malts for sure along with rye bread and crystal malts, hint of tobacco and chocolate, biscuity and roast as well with a bit of flowery hop too. The mouth feel is sticky and smooth but I also found this a tad boozy. Overall I nice quad and drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared bottle. Pours turbid ruddy Carolina muddy brown with minimal head. Nose was figgy fruit, yeasty spicy malt, honey. Tasted yeasty malty, on the sweet side, with notes of honey, figgy and cherry dusty yeasty fruit, and some funk in the finish. Solid.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml. bottle. Pours dark brown with a short tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, caramel. Sweet finish and extremely balanced. awesome brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml to snifter (thanks Thuggins). Looks good; dark with foamy beige lacing. Smells and tastes solid; dark fruit and Belgian yeast. Good on the palate too. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Great American Beer Festival 2012. Dark brown color with some carbonation. Sweet malts and some dried fruit but also alcohol in the flavor and the aroma.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.
Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dried fruit, raisin, plum, prune, wood, sweet something - maybe honey !! light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dark dried fruit, wood. minerals, fruit - honey, light alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121128]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark reddish brown with a fading offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, yeast, fruit, oak, honey, alcohol. Flavor of malt, yeast, honey, candy sugar, dark fruits, honey, sweet caramel. Medium body, lively carbonation. 281112
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown with tiny beige head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, candy sugar with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, dark fruits, candy sugar, yeast, medium sweet, little vinous, chocolate with notes of alcohol.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy dark ruby with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, candy sugar, dark fruit and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. 281112
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