3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks avrashi. Clear deep amber color. Malty aroma with caramel, a bit of earthy hops, slightly floral, and a bit of fruitiness. Sweet malty and caramelly flavor with a bit of hops bitterness, slightly stale, and a bit of fruitiness. Medium-bodied.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark reddish brown with a small cream head. Aroma of figs, brown sugar, caramel, spice, and molasses. Taste is light fruit, spice, figs, and caramel malt. Solid.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Looks like molten carmel. Tastes sweet and smooth. A pleasant surprise. I like this a lot. Great Divide ... Quality brews.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown/ruby body with a minimal white head. Aroma is spicy, some liquor, ripe fruits. Taste is malty, with a pleasant and moderate hoppy presence. Dry long finish
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer’s aroma was strongly reminiscent of roasted malts and clove, and the appearance combined a brownish red color and a small off-white head. Indeed, these first impressions prepare you completely for the taste, which is quite sour, slightly sweet, and a touch umami, as well as the palate, full body, thin texture, soft carbonation, and long finish. Although it wasn’t be best beer out there, it was still really enjoyable and pleasant.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Lovely barley wine. Sweet smell and taste but it tastes very good it is almost as nice as a rochefort 10
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft at Sharp Edge Brasserie. Poured deep brown with thin ring of lace. Minimal head. Dark fruity flavor; plums, raisins, figs, chocolate all present. Dry, slightly bitter finish. Not my style.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
355ml bottle, 2010 bottling, from cellar.
Pours a deep, brilliant copper, with a beige head.
Complex, spicy, mature aroma, malt, dried fruit, almonds, caramel, toffee, marzipan.
Off-dry, full bodied, mid to high bitterness, creamy CO2.
Mature, complex taste, malt, caramel, marzipan, hops, hazelnut, dried fruits, figs.
Incredibly smooth and balanced, a fantastic beer to cellar for a few years. A truly hedonistic beer! (2013-03-29)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
This one is great! Pours a dark amber with a fleeting head. Nice clinging lace around the glass. Aroma is nutty and of toasted malts. Taste is toasted malts and smooth, creamy nutty character. It’s somewhat sweet and only faintly bitter. The complexity of the finish on your palate as it fades is super nice. Yum!
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle at home. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Smell is malts and a bit alcohol. Taste is alcohol, some small nut and barley malts. Aftertaste is pretty long lasting and there is some small hop influens but what comes mostley is the alcohol what i think is not a bad thing in a Old Ale beer. It’s wery nice beer for a cold winter night like it is right now. Great Divide has never faild at least those beers i have tasted from them.
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