4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Wow, amazing. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate, dark rich malt, some apple towards the end. Flavor extremely similar but even more potent. Just a great beer.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black with no head. Very little carbonation. Smell is pretty big bourbon and vanilla, some toffee . Some fruity notes like a barleywine. Taste is very sweet, very complex, very little alcohol. Chocolate front, fruity middle, alcohol burn in the back, along with sugar, toffee, caramel and vanilla. Amazingly drinkable for the abv. Great, great beer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle from BuckeyeBoy, shared by KyotoLefty. Big thanks to both. What a complex aroma! Port wine, prunes, raisins, and .... Looks kinds ugly, prune juice. Verrry sweet, smoky, and sherry-like flavors. Some phenolic notes and wood, too. Myriad flavor changes through initial, mid, and final. It goes on and on. Completely flat, smooth, warming in the mouth. This is a heady brew. So rich and complex.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle, a gift from BuckeyeBoy. Thanks, Jeremy! Almost black, with some orange, flat. Fruity nose, caramel, apple, light smoke, and some barrel. Fruity apple flavor, chocolate, smoke. Very fruity, port, champagne, wood. Amazingly complex, all kinds of flavors going on, yet holds together greatly. Wonderful stuff.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle through recent trade. Pour has a very dark brown color bordering on black with basically no head and a somewhat still look in the glass. Aroma has rich malt, light roast, some complementing oxidation, brown sugar, brandy, and some barrel wood. Wow, a truly wondurful aroma with light fruited touches and such depth. Mouth feel is thick and oily and there is a slight bit of carbonation but not much. Flavor has plenty of malt, a bit more roast/smoke, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, dark fruit, vanilla, barrels, and light bourbon. This is really complex and rich with a bit of heat at times warming you through the glass.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle to oversized snifter (thanks, waltersrj). 2010 vintage. Looks decent; black with no CO2 or lacing to speak of. Smells great; malty and bourbony. Tastes great too; much like it smells. Nice on the palate. This is incredible beer!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle at the brewery - 2010 vintage.
Deep mahagony brew with very little head. Aroma is crazy awesome - apples, oak, smoke, bourbon, vanilla, and caramel. Some sweetness in the flavor with lots of wood, bourbon, and a bit of fruit. Chocolate and caramel finish. Wow!
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle: Thanks to VsXsV: Vintage 2010:
No head, a dark to blackish light ruby brown colored beer.
The smell is absolutely amazing: butter, vanilla, bourbon, dark fruits, liquor alcohol, ice cream, caramel, toffee, red wine.
If I could give the smell an 11... Definitely!
Taste is another piece of art: soft, gentle, smooth and balanced mix of buttery barley malt, seduced hops, tasty bitter, toffee, oak and light vanilla, barleys sweets, dark buttery fruits, spices, light alcohol, delicious.
After the taste it starts to gently burn in your mouth with a spicy touch than goes into a nice aftertaste of dark fruits like raisin, toffee, vanilla and sticky barley malts
Low to no carbo, soft light vicous velvet mouthfeel, full body and a sticky texture.
This is almost divine! Good grace...
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
12oz bottle at HotD. Pours a deep, dark brown color with a thin with head. Aroma is fruity, apple, vanilla, oak, just a hint of booze. Thick on the palate with soft, creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, bourbon, oak, vanilla, sugar, apple, a touch of alcohol, with a sweet, malty, apple finish. Absolutely fantastic.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12oz bottle shared with the local guys thanks to 5000. Pours a dark ruby brown with a small tan head. The aroma has smoke, port, caramel, cherry, plums, apple, vanilla, wood, and honey. The flavor has apple, wood, port, cherry, smoke, caramel, toffee with a wonderful finish of ash, and chocolate. There is very little carbonation with a full body. The alcohol is noticeable at times, but does not take away from the experience. This is a real treat!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
I was not too sure what to expect from this, but I was overjoyed to experience it. Fantastic notes of raisin, honey, some black currant, with Vanilla and a lingering bit of Maple that comes out in the finish along with some oakiness. A great deal of complex flavors in this that keep the beer beyond interesting. This may be a new favorite. Very unique and well balanced.
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