4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours as dark as night with a decent slight caramel colored head. Smells like a stout, malts, chocolate. Mouthfeel is super smooth with no hint of alcohol. Tastes of malt, vanilla, some fruityness. Outstanding.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Dark brown color with thin layer of tan head. Malty bready aroma with raisins and a noticeable kick. Super malty and complex. The flavor profile continues to grow while sitting on your tongue. We’ve got some candy sugar, toffee, molasses, grape soda and vanilla. Finish feels as off this has been barrel aged with its woody esters. A fantastic and unique strong ale.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. I’ve resisted rating this for a while. I’ve had it on three occasions now, and I think I’m ready. It’s a bit tough because I love these big brews from these guys so much, and this one had some big shoes to fill (Jewb 13 still haunts my dreams...). Dark brown with rich golden brown highlights. Aroma is sweet, very sweet. Thickly malty, but also very treacley sweet, with amped-up burnt sugars, breadcrusts, dates, sultanas. Not nearly the barrel character or hop presence found in some of its predecessors. Warmth that borders on heat in the finish. Still very nice for such a behemoth, but not my favourite in this wonderful series. Perhaps more than any from previous years, I feel this will become something gret after a few years. Glad I grabbed a bunch.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark brown with a 1 finger, chunky mocha head. Aroma is very strong, lots of burnt sugar, caramel and toffee notes in there, big dark fruit,roast, lots of malt sweetness, wood, boozy rum, spice, resinous and citrus hops. Very complex and extremly intense aroma-wise. Flavor is again big on caramel, burnt sugar and toffee notes, lots of spice, rum, chocolate, dark fruit, licorice, sweet bran muffin tops, more rum, some vinous notes and some earthy, spicy and citrus hops to the finish. Palate is medium to heavy, lightly carbonated and chewy throughout, without being too stick on the lips. Really nice winter warmer, pleasantly boozy and quite complex.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown, almost black, thin tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, molasses, wood, alcohol, tobacco, too much to describe. Taste is the same, lots of sweetness, bitter woodiness, alcohol. Pretty good, just kind of insane.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
17 may 2012, bottle. Black and looks thin. Nose is burnt toast crust. Med body and slightly fizzy. Licorice, burnt bread and alcohol. Very nice.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared at my 30:th birthday tasting on May 5 (30 år av Surt). Courtesy of tkrjukoff. Pours dark reddish bornw with a rather small mocha head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace. Smell is sweet with dark sweet bread, golden syrup, alcohol, liquorice root, prunes, raisins, orange zest, caramel and milk chocolate. Taste is very sweet and tiny bitter with dark honey, golden syrup, dark bread, caramel, prunes, alcohol, burnt sugar, rum and hints of pine and grass. Mouthfeel is sticky sweet, round, boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet ad tiny bitter with orange zest, prunes, raisins and rum.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
I’ma gonna die. Killed a Bad Bunny bomber. Now for the real deal. Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark brown black with a creamy/fizzy tan head. Aroma is dates, raisins, prunes and arguably treacle and turbinado sugar. Full bodied. More than. There’s a touch of heat, but considering 15% it’s not important. I think the main flavor components are treacle and dried plum. It’s hard to find malt in this. It’s arguably a sugar bomb, but I’m sure it’s all dark, good and fairly natural. So it finishes sweet, but there’s so much flavor that’s not objectionable. Woosh! Quite a complex thingy here.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle (bomber), courtesy of tkrjukoff. Dark reddish brown, small beige head. Caramelly, sugary, alcoholic, some toffee and chocolate. Full bodied, soft carbonation. Sweet and bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at "30 år av surt" on May 5, 2012
1 pt 6 fl oz.
Clear dark brown to black color, light brown head. Sweet, grainy, malty, chocolate, alcohol scent. Sweet, grainy, raissin, sugary, wort taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Wort and fudge aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle) Pours dark Brown to black with a pale brown head. The aroma holds dark syrup, dark berries, raisins, rum, brown sugar, dark bread, anise/liquorice, dark chocolate/coffee roast, alcohol and woodsy/earthy/resinous hops. The flavour is heavily sweet, medium bitter and tiny acidic with notes of roast, syrup, sticky dark fruits, dark bread, earthy hops and alcohol. The mouthfeel is sticky, light numbing and round with a light carbonation. Syrup, dark fruits, dark bread and earthy/woodsy hops. Medium to full bodied.
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