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Fitgers Honeymoon Stout (Red Wine Barrel)


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RATINGS: 2   MEAN: 3.55/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.19   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 192   ABV: 6.4%
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Aged in Pinot Noir Barrels


3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
auerbrau (2668) - Peace Dale, Rhode Island, USA - FEB 18, 2006
Aroma a glowing silky cherries, vanilla, and light oaky tannins, heavy with rich pungent vinous notes. Tart and a bit sour. Pour is a clearish dark brown read, with a glint of ruby in the corner. Rim of off-white. Flavor starts unimpressively, with thin slight sweet blackberry tart and a hint of chokecherry dryness. A brief flash of cabernet, before swiftly moving into a crushing blow of charred oak and beef brisket tips, light smoked. The charred quality is overbearing, a bit. Finishes with an incredibly long dry oak and wisp of berry sugars. A little thin bodied, which I don’t think carries the flavors too well and allows the crushing burnt oak flavors to dominate. A lot of roast, but not really from the coffee flavors. This is really interesting and complex, with a fantastic aroma, but the dominating char is too unsettling.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
awaisanen (1312) - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA - FEB 17, 2006
Pitch dark, motor oil black pour with a ruby red glint under a light; almost a grease coloring with a faint, wispy head. Complex overpowering aromas of sweet vanilla, cherry tart, and fresh blackberries - very vinous. Unimpressively thin consistency at first, with some subtle black curant and mild blackberry flavors, but it quickly transitions to a charcoly, well done grilled flank steak finish. Rather odd having such roasted qualites in the flavor without the coffee notes.


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