Flossmoor Station Collaborative Evil 2008

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 65cl.
Clear medium to dark brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy - cardamom. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090306]

Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Good peppery aroma. Cloudy dark brown colour. Small white head. Good peppery flavour, quite malty and sweet.

(Draught) Pours a cloudy brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of toasted grain, smoke, anise, clove, caramel, and candi sugar. Flavor of toasted malt, molasses, raisins, dates, candi sugar, plum, and toffee.

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2011
Name: Collaborative Evil
Date: January 10, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, HMoG
Appearance: muddy burnt orange, fine beige head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, dark caramel, array of spices
Flavor: sweet and tart flavor, caramel sweetness, fruity tartness, lots of varied spices

Name: Collaborative Evil
Date: November 19, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: clear dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, sweet caramel and chocolate, touch of vanilla
Flavor: rich malt flavor, caramel sweetness, oaky, light bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle... Backus’s Backdoor Bash ‘08... Murky, dark, prune-colored ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Spicy, herbal, tart aroma. Medium-bodied with a coarse mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Interesting flavor - a wonderful balance of tangy acidity, hop & alcohol bitterness and caramel sweetness. Finishes crisp, then moderately sweet, lightly acidic and pretty darned herbal. The alcohol is nicely tucked away. Different and delicious. Many thanks to scubarex for providing the bottle that I shared!

GABF 2008 poured a clear dark amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of cardamom, fruittiness, toffee and light clove. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of cardamom, clove, toffee and light fruittiness with a smooth lingering malty finish.

Thanks to goldtwins for sharing this. Deep brown appearance. Aroma is very intense. Loads of big molasses, cocoa and toasted rye. Rummy with a some blackstrap molasses, buckwheat honey/treacle and sweet maltiness. While the aroma is intense but suggestive of something appealing the flavour is really quite terrible. Sticky, rotten banana and peach with a lingering funky (not good funky) rancidness. Like rotten fruit mixed with fresh raisins and some lactic sourness. Freaking awful.

No head; red, fully hazy beer; Toilet desinfectant, some cooked greenery, alcohol. Sharp MF for a more ore less fruity taste, orangepeel coming out, all in all a jumble of conflicting flavours. Sharp, resiny finish. Medium bodied, feel as from acidburn. I prefer Matt’s IPA’s...

Bottled at pre-Zythos car park tasting, Alvinne, March 2009. Thanks to whoever contributed this. Mid brown colour. Some sharp yeasty notes, coupled with raisiny fruit and peppery spice in the aroma. Bit of a kitchen sink job on the palate. All sorts of flavours that seemed to be engaged in a bit of a struggle but came through OK in the end. Good zesty orange bite at the end with some resinous notes. Something of a mish mash - I wasn’t at all sure of the style when drinking it - but definitely tasty.

Bottle shared by JW77. Rich amber pour wtih a tan head. Aroma is spicy and full of brown sugar, molasses, caramel and honey. Flavor is big and bold. Honey is noticeable. Dark dried fruit and molasses notes are nice. Good and spicy. Nice.