 SamGamgee (1420), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 75cl, 2008 vintage bottle split with LarryLSB at Brasserie Beck. Dark caramel brow color with a lasting beige head of fine bubbles. Vinous, yeasty, and fruity aroma with dates and cherry. The flavor is sweet, yet well balanced, with complex yeast, brown sugar, and dried fruit flavors of dates and prune. Medium-full is body with lively carbonation that lets it glide over your tongue. This was outstanding with chocolate mousse for dessert. Wonderful on its own, but the pairing was truly sublime. I was looking forward to this, and it more than delivered.
lagaffe74 (16), Louisiana, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 2005 vintage that was saved to be shared with a dear friend of mine. Kinda exciting to taste a beer brewed 4 years ago to the day!
It poured a deep dark brown with a small head retention. Aromas of raisins and molasses. On the palate, a very syrupy mouthfeel where the notes of raisins are still here mixed in with molasses and touches of toffee. As it warms up, notes of cherries and chocolate surface. Very warming and sweet finish. Alcohol is very noticeable - more so than when released.
It is quite interesting to taste a beer that is supposed to be able to age for up to 10 years. Later, I would assume that the alcohol would taper off and this beer would become more and more syrupy, inching closer and closer to an old ale or port. Now I know what to do with my 2006 vintage.
TomDecapolis (3148), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 Tap at Capones. Pours a murky brown with copper notes and a medium creamy off white head that laced. Aroma and flavor of rich ripe dark fruits, tons of caramel, a little musty, Belgian yeast esters, mixed nuts and sweet grainy malts. Abv well hidden.
JohnC (2240), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 On tap at the Lucky Baldwin’s Belgian Fest, this beer pours a dark brown with a thin had. Nice complex aroma and flavor of dark fruit, with some nice spicy notes.
hopdog (5544), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 20, 2009 On tap at Capones. Poured a deeper and cloudy/muddy brownish color wih virtually no head. Aromas of dark fruits (prunes and raisins) and fruity. Tastes of the same dark fruitiness (plums and raisins), caramel, toffee, and some lighter spiciness. All around on the sweeter side. Lighter alcohol in the finish.
neepsntatties (320), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 16, 2009 I’ve been sitting on an ’07 of this for a year and decided to open it up last night to share with my beer cronies. Colour was a dark amber. The nose.... oh sweet spirits of the spice world! Can you say boiled sweets?! The palate... Creamy, melodious, Leopold Stokowski on hydrocodone, faint butyl esters, dark fruits, citron, toffee, fino sherry, and it all comes together for a delightfully warming looooooong finish!
grandgenie (252), gatineau, Quebec, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 13, 2009 Millésimé 2008 et dégusté à l’autre oeil dans un verre de gouden carolus. Apparence brune ambré rougeâtrre légèrement cuivré et ayant peu de mousse. Arômes sucré de date,mélasse, sucre brun, caramel, noisette, levure fraiche et vanille bourbon. Goût de sirop d’érable, thé glacée, vanille bourbon avec un léger goût de levure légèrement salé. Bien gazéfier et ronde en bouche. Quelle bière! Je vie un autre moment de plénitude...
lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 10, 2009 Opened to celebrate my 1st ratebeer.com anniversary. 2008 Vintage. Pour is a clear nice mahogany colored head with a big puffy three fingers of light tan head. Banana, clove aromas, some candi sugar, prunes, and alcohol then some slight sherry like oxidation. Taste is fantastically sweet, smooth, lots of malts, prunes, lightly spicy, raisin and caramel, with a sneaky warming alcohol finish.
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