4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cloudy red brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of coconut-oak, and vineous cherry. Dry and wooden caramel flavour with a lot of bourbon. character.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ The Wolf. Tasted blind. 2001 Vintage. Pours a dark unclear brown with a small creamy bubbly head and lacings. Nose is oak, vanilla, strong malty toffee and liquorice. Prickling alcohol in the back. Smooth . . . Lovely.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Low creamy and quickly disappearing off-white head. Hazy dark red body. Fruity caramel cocoa aroma. Alcohol dominated flavor with cocoa plum and bluberries. Smooth creamy. Low carbonation. Long aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle, blind #12, vintage 2001, courtesy of thewolf. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Sweet caramel malt aroma, light yeasty and spiced too. Sweet caramel, liqourice and slight breadish flavoured. Distinct alcohol, phenolic and spiced bite. Warming alcohol finish, slight throat burn. Lasting breadish and dark caramel malt impression into the far finish.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
[Bottle #12 in the Kolding Blindtasting, 20th June 2009]
[vintage 2001]
Pours muddy brown with a small, steady, creamy, beige film head. Very nice and very soft aroma. Vinious, raisins, caramel, oak, plums, vanilla, biscuits; all rolled into one elegant package. Low carbonation, super oily mouthfeel. Flavour though, is even better. Lots of oaky presence, toffee, dark chocolate (a lot), raisins, vanilla. Long, lingering aftertaste with fine bitterness and sweet caramel. Warming. Damn, this is one brilliant BW that has been aged perfectly.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 2002 vintage. Pours out a brown with some red highs topped with a cream tan head. Aroma WOW tons of sweentess, caramel, brown sugar, pit fruit and some oak. Tast was more of the aroma. Sweetness caramel the pit fruit and a nice pine hop still. Very nice BW.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 ml bottle - 2002 vintage; long time coming trying this bad boy after i traded away my first few; pours clear, dark amber with very faint head; mildly funky with a similar sourness and oxidation level as the BA stout samples 6 months ago; that works better with the BW though in terms of drinkability; sugar, apples and pears; not really that bad, but aged beyond it’s peak for sure
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: MAY 9, 2009 2001 bottle; batch 3. Hazy brown with medium head; surprising amount of carb left in this old bottle. Lots of brown sugar, maple syrup in the aroma. Wow. Insanely smooth mix of brown sugar, maple, oak and dark fruit. More than just a little hops still stand out providing a balancing bitterness. Zero alcohol taste or burn. Big flavors that manage to come off smooth;nothing close to a sherry bomb; clean and very little oxidation. Awesome. I really wish Fish would start brewing out these BA beauties again.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
[Vintage 2002] Bottle... Poured amber with a beige head. Palate was insanely smooth. Really nice fruit flavors with a nice alcoholic finish. Other flavors of herbs and leafy tones with a brown sugars.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma is very strong alcohol and syrup with some dark fruits and wood. Taste is a bit hot with some wood and vanilla. wow.
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