2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Black cap first batch bottle from boFNjackson...thanks Matthew! - Pours rosy amber with a thin off white head. Sugary heat on the nose--the brown sugar and raisins really come through, along with banana. Really thin and watery, with a metallic note. Sweet and fruity, with the brown sugar coming through. Bready and yeasty on the finish, but the taste is pretty watery and muted. Overall the body is pretty thin and the taste decidedly not concentrated.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
dark brown color. Lots of chocolate, vanilla and oak in the nose. Slightly sour, vinous, bubblegum, cherries, oak smooth Malty mouth.
Not so well balanced .
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle. Rating #53. Murky dark brown with dark white head. Strong dark fruit and yeast aroma, sweet and lightly roasty. Flavor has a dark fruit toast to it, light bitterness and an aftertaste that sticks around for awhile, very rich and pretty darn good. (1578)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured from 22oz bottle. Pours a chestnut brown with a fair amount of beige head. Aroma is Belgian yeast and some alcohol. Taste is somewhat sweet with some notes of dried fruit and lots of Abbey. A fine effort by Fifty Fifty. I was happy that my buddy grabbed me a few bottles on his way to Tahoe.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a murky brown with little head. Has earthy tones and doesn’t taste like it has 11% alcohol. Easily drinkable but not overly memorable.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. A hazy deep amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt, dusty hops, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, phenols, and alcohol, leading to a dry phenolic finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear medium amber color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, overripped fruit, moderate to heavy yeasty, glue - paint thinner - phenol, yeast. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, peppery, glue - paint thinner, sharp. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110223]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Glue arome, desolvent, roasted, phenols, high phenols, bubblegums, ok hoppy, nutty, red berries, fruity, spicy. Not that evil !!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Pours dark brown with some amber highlights. The first thing I noticed was the lack of effervescence. I had to pour pretty hard to get much head going. The aroma is raisin and molasses sweetness, as well as a faint bit of sourness. The flavor is very much raisins and sweet malt. It’s a bit excessive, and just coats the tongue with a syrup-like viscosity.
I was looking forward to trying more things from FiftyFifty after having several of the barrel-aged Eclipses, but most of their other offerings have been disappointments. Perhaps it’s the burden of high expectations.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy amber body with a creamy off white head. The aroma is spices, sweet malt, phenols and fruit. The flavour is sweet malty, fruity and spicy and kind of meaty.
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