2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Same general appearance and aroma as the other Gale’s products I have tried. Cidery brown with no apparent head or carbonation, and acetic aroma. But this one has none of the redeeming taste qualities of the others. Bittery wine taste withno sweetness or spice. Flat and gross. $3/9.3oz
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 12/20
Little Corked Bottle, I believe i purchased at whole foods some time back. Pours ruddy amber with a whole bunch of crap floating in it. Light barely there white head. The aroma is strong and slightly fruity. The taste is sweet and sour, not so good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
#970, Bottle, sampled at the Champaign Urbana Beer Club meeting in December of 2006. Sweet almost lambicy like. Not bad.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Bottle, 2002 vintage) Pours a murky reddish-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of sourness, chocolate, light toastiness, pine, plastic, and candy. Flavor of malt, fruitiness, and vinous with a dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 19, 2009 Corked bottle from Whole Foods. Murky brownish color with quite a bit of sediment. No head of any sort. Has a very tiny bit of carbonation. Sour fruity flavors going on. A little roasted maltiness. Alcohol is well hidden. Interesting ale. Pretty enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled in a vertical of ’01-’03s. Golden brown body, with a light malt aroma. Taste of caramel and tea. Excellent ending.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at the Richmond Beer Industry Gathering 2006. Bottles 2001-2003. Clear amber body with no head. Sweet spice and caramel aroma. Dry clove flavor, with some vinegar in the background.
2002 Bottle had noticable butter to the aroma and flavor, possibly an off bottle?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 14/20
2002. I’m not sure what to think of this. Reminds me of an English barleywine. The beer is still. There is lots of sourness which I believe is from the oak aging. Some balsamic vinegar, a little fruit. The alcohol is well hidden. The only flaw is the very thin palate.
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