 Imperial-John (154), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
May 2, 2009 Dark reddish brown with thin tan head. Sweet soapy floral perfume raisin banana black licorice aroma. Soapy perfume floral banana black licorice taste. Not my cup of tea or beer. I hate black licorice. Give me the classic.
tripelthreat (75), Soquel, California, USA
Apr 30, 2009 750 bottle that’s a few years old. Reddish brown body with a one finger head that quickly fades. Nose has varying aromas of banana, caramel, dark fruit, and spice. Flavor is sweet with orange, honey, raisins. There’s a touch of bitterness in there floating around. Full and smooth with low carbonation. While a little too sweet overall, it’s tasty and packs a nice winter warmer punch.
daknole (2810), Plantation, Florida, USA
Apr 29, 2009 Bottle. Amber pour, light head. Fruity, yeasty, honey and a bit nutty. Flavor is much the same...spicy, full and sweet. Very light hops on the finish. Not too bad.
Powertrip (183), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Apr 26, 2009 Candy apple red hue. Billows of auxerrois grapes, lime, and fruit cake with rum sauce...all this just in the nose! Hits the mouth with more auxerrois and the addition of cotton candy. Middle palate kicks in the 10.5% bounty...with oak and sherry (has this been casked?). Goes down showing signs of dry nut. Finish is surprisingly short, with faint traces of maltose and malted barley. Lot’s of different personalities here. They aren’t enemies, but certainly don’t get along like best friends. We’ll call it a marriage of aquaitences!
Yves (1000), Beerse, Belgium
Apr 25, 2009 Brown coloured beer with medium off-white head. Nice spicy herby aroma. Full palate and sparkling. Finish is roasted bitter. Nice one.
mabel (2530), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 14, 2009 [1941-20090111] 330mL bottle. Fruity plum malt aroma. Dark dark red body with a medium-lasting creamy light tan head. Lots of dark fruity licorice and plum cake in the flavour. Medium-full body. Tasty.
(@ The Rhino; Toronto, ON)
odgaard (249), Skyum, Thisted, Denmark
Apr 12, 2009 Dark red with a beige head. Aroma: Complex, dark fruit, chocolate, caramel, banana, alc, spices, a little hops. Taste: sweet, lots of caramel, dark fruit, lots of alc, a little sourness, a little bitterness in the end. Very belgian and very christmassy. A good combination for a cold winters night.
Pinball (2693), Allerød, Denmark
Apr 6, 2009 33cl bottle.
dark woody brown, large untidy lgiht brown head. it jumped at me from the bottle, but was manageable.
malty, dark caramellish, sweet, licorice, cola nut?, the individual aromas are not that great, but together it do get very intersting.
flavor is sweet a little malty, licorice, caramel, faint flowery hoppy, underlying strength from alc, but alc. only noticeable as a kind of bitterness. palate is a bit watery, but also smooth.
a bit rough around the edges and a bit too much alc. to make it a hit with me, but very tasty nonetheless.
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