 jredmond (1027), New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
May 11, 2009 Bottle. Pours a dark golden red body. Aroma is sweet malt and peach. Taste is sweet hop, syrupy mouthfeel.
ElDuderino (141), Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 7, 2009 On tap at The Toronado, SD. Dark caramel body with a very thin white head. Nose is sweet and heavy with sugars, a touch of licorice. Flavors are hot and sweet with notes of rising bread, caramel, toasted peanuts and brown sugar. Very nice and unexpected bitter finish with some floral hoppy notes.
petematte46 (218), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 6, 2009 Pours a murky amber body with a large creamy off-white head. Aroma is citrusy hops and flowers with some earthy mineral note. Flavour is sweet caramel malt which moves into a spicey flavour before ending with a very dry hoppy bitter finish.
SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 3, 2009 12oz bottle, batch 63. Dark gold with suspended sediment and a huge, pillowy white head. The bottle was a slow gusher, and the head took a few minutes to calm and allow any substantial amount of beer to get in the glass. The aroma has honey, toffee, nuts, toasted bread, and lots of spicy hops. The flavor has nutty, toasty malt, light caramel, spicy rye, and ample hop bitterness and grapefruit peel flavors. Medium-full body with ample, tight carbonation to scrub the palate. An interesting beer; seems somewhere in-between a DIPA and a barley wine. Hoppy, yet pretty balanced, with an interesting malt profile.
scrizzz (1263), kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 1, 2009 How have I not rated this yet? No time like the present. Batch 73. Huge towering head, shoulda poured this gently. In fact, while I was waiting for the head in the glass to settle the head in the bottle continued to rise and spill onto the table. Still looks great though, oranged copper, proud white head just a shade toward tan. Strong milk caramel aroma, sanded down with wood before it gets abrasive. Still strong with the alcohol. Still a bit boozy and not as symphonic like I remember. Strong caramel, some rose petals, and golden raisin. I bought a case to watch it develop, can’t wait to revisit and adjust.
JKJ (24), Herlev, Denmark
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 30, 2009 bottle (big thanks go to JFM for sharing this one) Light brown color with a small white head. Taste is of caramel & fruit.
A really good strong barly wine.
Adam77 (407), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 30, 2009 Poured amber with a white head. Aroma of spice and candy. Sweet caramel with a hint of fruit and spice. Chewy.
trevor211 (504), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 27, 2009 After reading some other reviews, I definitely got a bad (flat) bottle of this. Poured a murky copper brown with zero head. Malty sweet, with raisins, prunes, brown sugar and caramel. Crazy thick - syrupy, with almost zero carbonation (again, I’m sure this was just the bottle I had). Somewhat like taking Samichlaus and subtracting 4%abv. Boozy sweet - very tasty - I’ll definitely pick up a bottle elsewhere and try it again with some carbonation.
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