3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle from the LCBO. Drink by date in July, drinking it in September - oops! Nice clear reddish-golden with a strong white head. Aroma is big and quite sweet - lots of toffee and lightly stewed peaches, some sweet orange peel and a bit of lightly toasted sugar. Body is full but not cloying. Flavour starts as sweet as the aroma suggests, with toffee/caramel and peach candy prominent, along with a bit of corn syrup and raisin bread, and even a hint of baked spiced apple. It dries out a bit toward the finish, which is moderately bitter, but I suspect the hops would’ve been a bit bigger and provided more balance when it was fresher. But even with some age on it, it’s a really pleasant beer that nicely straddles the line between strong ale and barley wine.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
08.06.2013, 0,33l bottle sampled @ BBGTC tasting:
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is lots of caramel malts, dried fruits, nuts, toffee, grass. Taste is sweet, caramel malts, toffee, nuts, chocolate, grass. Medium bitterness. Not my favorite style.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle. 356. BB 21/Jun/14. (Alko) Kuopio, Finland.
Clear darkish red colour with a small off-white head. Fruity sweet hops, sweet malt, dark fruits and mild spices in the aroma. The flavour is hops, mild bitterness, dry fruits, sugary sweetness and sweetish malt. Rich.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Elfo’s Pub, Perugia, Italy. Pours with a splendid golden amber colour. Off-white, medium lasting head. Aroma has malt, caramel, fruit, wood notes, with a moderate alcohol presence. Moderately sweet, dry finish. Soft to average carbonation. Good warming beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, rated from backlog. Dark orange with beige head. Aroma sweet, malty, sugars, syrup, fruit and honey. Taste is sweet and malty; fruit, sugar, caramel and syrup. Nice!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pale brown colour. Aroma is floral, sweet, fruity. Flavour is rich and fruity (sweet, dried fruits). Has a touch of warming alcolhol.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ home. Poured dark amber/caramel colour with an off-white head. Strong malty caramel overtones in the flavour. Not overly hoppy. Underlying hint of brandy in the taste. Possibly the alcohol was a little too obvious - nonetheless a satisfying experience
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear amber with small white head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel. Sweet flavour of malt and caramel with subtle touches of raisins. Warming alcohol presence. Slightly rough aftertaste. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with bobbly head that quickly settles. aroma with caramel and hops. taste is fruity and soft with herbal and honey tones. aftertaste is bitter with some alcohol heat. a decent ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Surprisingly good beer. Wasn’t expecting it to be so good as it is mass produced but it was. Strongly bitter but well balanced, complex flavor and pleasant alcohol flavor. Good beer.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
I quite like this ale, it is decidedly strong in alcohol, but actually doesn’t taste to full of alcohol, a definite grown up persons bitter, with a definite bitter aftertaste, so more for the serious bitter lover I feel, it reminds me of the smell of proper old boozers in the north, heavy malty hop smell and flavour, I like!
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