4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Read it and weep: 2000 Vintage. Yep. First year of production for this variety. Picked up in a small but glorious shop in Bruges, made the flight home, and shared with a like-minded buddy. This was a completely unique experience. I have only the ’07 and ’08 years to compare to. The years had treated this brew quite nicely, it had an almost sour bite that was unexpected, yet went quite nicely to balance things out. I’m really glad to have had the chance to try a truly once-in-a-lifetime beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Beernutz. Hazy brown color. Big creamy head. Medium sweetness, at least. Flavors were raisin, fig, candy, brown sugar. Big time complexity. Really enjoyed this one.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
brown, clear, tan foam, soy sauce, cereal, bread, full body, oily feel, average carbonation, long finish, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness,
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle courtesy of Jonas (non-RB). 2010 vintage. Pours tiny hazy dark reddish brown with a rather small creamy pale brownish beige head that is rather quick to dissipate while leaving some lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and spicy with dark sweet bread, rose pepper, prunes, dark sweet cherries, burnt caramel, orange zest, black pepper, wood, alcohol, dark grapes and hints of lemon juice and vanilla. Taste is sweet and malty with dark bread, wood, prunes, orange zest, plums, alcohol, liquorice root, black pepper, dark grapes and hints of toffee, pears and apples. Mouthfeel is sticky sweet, tiny boozy, very tiny tart and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet an tiny tart with dark bread, apples, pears, toffee and orange zest.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
tulip. brown unclear body fluffy head maybe two finger tall. aromas are caramel, ripe pear, piloncillo, berries, and it has alcohol and a sense of char stake. Flavors are strong in sweet and fruits.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Cloudy copper pour with off white head. Caramel, raisin, dark berries, cinnamon, brown sugar, flower spice. Better as it opens up. A bit sweet for me but a nice beer
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle for Sunday night Game of Thrones viewing. Pours deep amber with finger head of beige fluffy fun. Great nose of candy and soda. Tastes of root beer, caramel, malt, molasses, licorice, and yeast. Really delicious.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Catching up on old reviews -
Deep mahogany brown pour with tan head. A sweet aroma of dark fruit, bananas, caramel, cherries. The taste was extremely sweet and even overpowering at first. The warm and farther into the beer I got, the better I could pick out the tastes...malt, brown sugar, various fruits, cinnamon, cloves, molasses, candy. There also was a nice presence of earthy and bready yeast. Fairly moderate body and carbonation. Interesting complex beer, that I enjoyed in a small dose, but I don’t think I could handle the sweetness in more than that.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
pours light root beer brown, minimal head compared to the blond, ringed retention, lots of slow-moving CO2 streams. Strong thick and heavy malts on the nose. Drinks with 8/10-level sweetness up front, alcoholic presence is apparent from the start, tastes of heavy malt, brown sugar (demerara/turbinado), figs, scotch, caramel, mild-medium bitter finish. Med-high complexity, med-high depth, good transitions, great carry, okay drinkability (less as the temperature raises). A potent dark beer with lots of flavour but also heavy and hits harder than the blond.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Pours murky amber-brown with a med-large tan head. Buoquet of dark fruit. Raisin, plum, prune, fig... you name, its in there. Very sweet aroma that matches the nose. Yeast and alcohol as well. Full body, sticky texture, and a very lengthy finish. A little too sweet for my taste, but still a great beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 2011 vintage. Colour is amber brown with a beige head. Fruity aroma. Taste is fruity with some sourness.
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