3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, alcohol, caramel. Flavour is sweet, alcohol, , fruit, lacorice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
9.3 oz bottle. Clear deep brown orange beer. Perfectly still appearance. Sweet malty aroma, soy, licorice, toffee, brown sugar,spice and chocolate covered dried fruit. Plummy fruitiness, port/sherryish oxidized notes. Flavour is very sweet, light pepper, orange peel and cocoa over sweet plums, dates and prunes. Very leathery and chewy as well. A bit of smoky whisky malts as well. The flavour is intense and still well-balanced. Earthy hops but hte bitterness has faded to the back. A lovely UK-style barleywine that has aged quite gracefully.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle 27,5 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a rough, off-white head. Rustic aroma of overripe fruit. Medium body and completely flat. Distinct aroma of caramel, sherry and overripe fruit. Very subdued bitterness. An odd bird indeed, but I like it. 100507
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 2, 2011 Bottle. (vintage 2002) Unclear pour, with a golden-orange to brown color and a minimal off-white head. Beef-stock and sweetness dominates the aroma. There’s alcohol, sugar, beef-stock, some caramel and hops in the flavor. Full body with sugar and alcohol lasting quite a while. It was a quite nice beer, but it was too oxidized all the way, I guess the cork went dry and caused that, after all it was only five years old. A beer at a massive 12% ABV shouldn’t get oxidized this fast. Rating: 6-4-7-4-14-3.5. 070510
Bottle, 275ml wine cork style. An oily pour leaves a copper brown beer and a minimal sized off-white head. Vinegar, dried fruits, a hint of roasted malts and prunes, port wine, oxidation and sweetnesss on the nose. Medium body, oily on the palate. The flavor has dried fruits, some vinegar notes and a berry-like sourness. Sour and slighlty roasted finish. A tasteful beer that hides the alcohol well, but that doesn’t make it an easy drinkable one. But, as said, tasteful. 100827
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Vintage 2002, apparently. Thick mahogany body with no head, violently poured. Plain raisin aroma hints at cinnamon sweetbread before alcohol arrives in a sterilizing fury. Hot and intense. Some chestnut, fruitcake tones and bonfire flavors, massively pruney and pungent. Completely flat palate, highly alcoholic, bitter and wet. Offensively oxidized. Long since dead. Poured it.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light ruby color with with no head and a flat body. Aroma of alcohol,winey,whickey and oak. Flavor is tart,pungent, alcohol warmth and overwhelimng.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Found a stash of it at Tanakaya. Pours like liquid caramel and absolutly no head. Aroma is...wow. Sweet, molasses, port, oak, alcohol, malt, raisin, and dark fruit. Palate is very thick and creamy. Nearly no carbonation. Tastes of smokey molasses, sweet malt, floral, oak, has a bit of belgian tones to it. Finshes smooth with a sweet alcoholic bitterness. Great. A damn’d shame this isn’t being brewed anymore.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Another gem I found in Tokyo. Cloudy dark amber, no hint of a head, rather still. Rich, sweet, port, caramel, oak....wow, there’s a lot going on here and that just in the nose.
Sticky sweet with plenty of robust oak, soy sauce, cotton candy, floral hops, lip puckering acidic finish. To me this has qualities of a Belgian quad as well as a Lambic. An interesting beer for sure. I would love to have had a tasting of this over the past few years to note the differences in aging it.
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