LtJudge (355), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA Mar 2, 2008 Pours a dark amber color with a off white head. Big floral citrus aromas with aromas of caramel malts. Taste is of sweet malts and maybe a hint of toffee foloowed by a nice big hop blast. Not bad at all! Thanks Ubamartian!
RunDWP (159), San Jose, California, USA Sep 5, 2008 Bottle. Reddish, amber color with a frothy tan head. Lots of sheeting and lacing on the glass. Buttery, sweet toffee aroma. Tastes rather sweet, with a caramel or toffee flavor, with an astringent aftertaste of tea, and hops bitterness. I found this a bit agressive and harsh to drink, despite its strong points. kidmartinek (718), austin, Texas, USA Sep 2, 2008 Pours deep amber clear/cloudy. There is a ton of foam on the pour that is light tan in color. It settles to 1 inch frothy head and holds for as long as you need it to. There is little bubbling in the glass. The ale has a strong sweet, enticing barley aroma that you can smell from 18 inches away. Upon closer inspection a nice floral hop aroma is present. The flavor is strong, bready, grassy, malty, alcoholic and incredibly bitter. The mouth feel is rather flat and I coughed after the first sip, and it gives a slight burn on the way down. The finish is "kill you" bitter, and hides under the tongue. Somehow, it spite or despite all of that, its a good brew. heemer77 (3667), Savannah, Missouri, USA Sep 2, 2008 Bomber, thanks, theisti. The body was deep amber to copper with a khaki head. The aroma was massively sweet with caramel and apples. The taste was sweet toffee with some apple core. A nice tobacco spice hint. A decent brew. Furseth (1142), Kungälv, Sweden Sep 1, 2008 Bottle: Cooper red colour, with, creamy head. Aroma of honny, citrus, flowers, and lots of malts. Flavor is malty,viny mouth feeling,medium body and medium malty/alcy fnish Nice mmm///beer (540), Austin, Texas, USA Aug 29, 2008 2008 vintage 22 oz. bottle served in trappist glass- poured turbid darken amber with red tints, light carbonation, 4mm off white head bubbled away a little too quickly, small groups of foam for lacing. Aroma of a caramel malt and citrus hops. Hits the mouth with a high-medium body, sweetness can be found in the background of a well concealed hopbomb that goes from the start to almost the finish, ends bitterly. Not sure what to make of this one... just seems out of balance to me.
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