5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
A: Pours a nice chestnut brown with no head at all.taste of candied sugar, some dried fruits, vanilla and a bit of walnut. T: Sweet like a fine port or dessert wine. Notes of brown sugar, vanilla and candied fruit. M: No carbonation, but who needs it with something like this.. O: Hard to even call this a beer. Loads of complexity. It was amazing
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample @ MikkellerBar. Hazy dark brown/orange with no head. Aroma is malt, fruit, toffee, caramel and notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, fruit, toffee, dark fruits, caramel, little oxidized, warming with notes of alcohol.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 17, 2012 Really fantastic, almost like a light cognac but great malt, caramel, vanilla, molasses beer flavor. Really unique experience.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma- Smells like a liquor. Suppose thats normal with high gravity beers.
Appearance- Reddish copper
Taste- Very malty, like a barley wine should be. Very smooth.
Palate- Very thick, no carbonation. No funky after taste
Overall- Very good but not worth the 180 bucks. Its not a chugging beer thats for sure.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
For my 3000th rate. Big thanks to my best friend pete for getting this for my 27th birthday. First off, I love, and have always loved the vessel it it poured from. The kettle seems to add to the whole nuance of the beer. The appearance is great - it pours a wonderful dark clear mahogany with bright amber, red, and purple highlights - no head at all - but great legs. Aroma nose is definitely hot, but does not burn excessively, and a dark earthy fruitiness pervades the aroma. The flavor is more complex - dark rum soaked fruits, figs, plum, honey, tobacco, cherry, chewy caramel candies. And it drinks much more like a fine port or sherry than a beer. It burns the lips just a bit as it goes down. A delicious sipper for certain. Worthy of the pricetag? I’m not so sure, but I am damn glad to have received this as a gift.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours brown with no head. Almost like a coke.
Distinct alcohol flavours.
Massive aromas of syrup, caramel malts, raisins, figs, almost imperial stout like with perfume
Sticky rich cherry like palate. Stick it with a knife and it wouldnt mind. Sweet alcoholy taste with fudge, cherries, vanilla.
Extremely rich alot of alcohol...
Really interresting!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours nutmeg brown. NO head. Aroma is malty, alcohol clearly present. Nuts, caramel, brown sugar, raisins, port barrel, sticky sweetness. Taste is a complete shock after the aroma! Toffee, vanilla, caramel. A slight bitterness balances up all that sweetness, but in the looong finish the sweet alcohol dominates. Mouthfeel is great, very thick and creamy. So is it worth it? Well, yes. Especially if you drink a small glas now and then, instead of a cognac.
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3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Mikkeller Bar. Amber colour with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of caramel, fruit, malt and alcohol.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Gorgeous bottle at Craig’s - thank you VERY much. Very slightly murky orangey brown, no head at all. Intense boozy nose - sherry, marzipan, rich dried fruits, figs, white pepper... Very layered, very complex. Amazingly sweet front, seriously fruity (apricot?!), massive almond/marzipan sweetness, hints of caramel. Mouth-coating viscosity, incredible sweetness. Like a super-boozy dessert wine. Amazing.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
27th March 2012
At Amundsens Brewpub, Oslo.
2009 Vintage. 25.5%
Hazy deep red beer. No head. Amazing nose of woody Cognac and Port. Smooth dry palate. Alcohol warmth well integrated. Very port like - strong red and black fruits with aniseed. Rich red grape. Semi dry warming finish. Beer can be port! Amazing!
2011 Vintage. 27.0%
Hazy deep red beer, no head. Smooth dry palate. Warm but not hot. Rich berry fruits Port wine with cognac and raisins soaked in Madeira. Light dry finish. Really on the outer edges of what a beer can be but a fantastic beverage!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Fancy bottle at craig’s. Dark amber with no head, flat. Big boozy aroma, sherry-ish, lots of dried fruit and dark fruit flavours, raisins and plums, little alcohol. Similar taste, an intense flavour of sherry like fruitiness. Fair alcohol burn. Impressive
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