 hophead_hans (573), Bay Area, California, USA
Feb 21, 2006
Batch 63. Fairly young I would think, but still a revelation. Pours dark brown with a medium head. Aroma of malt and chocolate, flavors of burnt malts and molasses, a littlle like a Franconian smoked beer. Heavy body, hoppy finish and one can definitely discern the alcohol(this might dissipate with age). Certainly a beer to sip and savor.
caesar (2514), Zeist, Netherlands
Sep 6, 2008 Bottle, brought by NoiZe. Clear brown color, short head. Aroma of hop, raisin, slight fruity. Bit barley wine like. Malty, complex. Malty and fruity taste, brandy, madeira. Keeps on developing while you drink. Good.
IlanMan (534), Winona, Minnesota, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Pour was dark brown/golden with no head. Aroma of dark fruit, roasted malt, and sweet alcohol. Very low carbonation makes for a smooth mouth feel. Very sweet malt flavors with more roast, dark fruit, caramel, and maybe some raisin character. Very malty! Damn good brew. Would definitely love to try again.
skortila (2400), Bunnik, Netherlands
Sep 6, 2008 Bottled. Aroma has a lot of raisin and other dried fruitiness. Dark brown coloured with a thin off-white head. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter, has rasin maltiness, fruits, madeira/cognac. Nice stuff.
uhre (236), Denmark
Sep 5, 2008 The beer is black with a huge brown head! In the aroma there is figs, roasted barley (very roasted) and alcohol. Flavor is of figs, and roasted barley sweet, with a slight burn from the alcohol.
amish_caravan (210), Winona, Minnesota, USA
Sep 4, 2008 pours a very dark brown with almost no head which is true to the style. taste is of fermented fruit and caramel. finish is very smooth. I would love to drink this again.
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