Hakusekikan Super Vintage Ale

Formerly brewed at Hakusekikan Beer/Stone Iwamoto Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Ena-gun, Gifu, Japan

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: FEB 4, 2008 Name: Hakusekikan Super Vintage
Date: 11/01/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: 2000

opaque dark brown, scant head, light sweet dark chocolate and caramel aroma, rich sweet malt flavor, lots of brown sugar sweetness, noticable alcohol, touch of dark fruity character including rum and raisons, light earthy bitterness,
-------- /> Name: Hakusekikan Super Vintage
Date: 01/25/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Vintage: 2000
Score: 3.4 to 3.7

sweet dark caramel aroma with a candy sweetness and a touch of chocolate, big body, lots of sweet fruity flavor, dark caramel sweetness, growing alcohol character but not distracting, brown sugar sweetness comes in to balance and strengthen the sweetness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Süßer und würziger Antrunk, holzig, dunjel getreidig. Im Mittelteil kommen kurz süße Alkoholnoten zum Vorschein, die Süße bleibt im Gegensatz zum Alkohol erhalten, rund, ausgewogen, gelungen. Weicher, dunkel getreidiger Abgang. 7/1/11/9/11/11

UPDATED: OCT 14, 2011 0.33 l botte, thanks jukkabro! Dark reddish brown color. Sweet very raisiny aroma with vanilla, figs and tart fruits. Sweet flavor with lots umami: raisins, toffee and dates. Full bodied, some woodiness in the palate. Alcohol is warming and surprisingly soft. Good dessert.

(Vintage 2000) Deep dark black-red colored with vanishing light brown head. Rich berry aroma with sweet raisins, rich licorice also mild alcohol comes up, some wooden note and dark fruits here as well. Near full bodied, smooth palate. Flavor is also smooth with licorice, raisins, some wooden, even vanilla note here, vinous note lasts in aftertaste with thin alcohol. Excellent one.

Bottle, vintage 1999, shared with Per (thanks!). Extremely dark red body, almost black, brownish, off white small head, went relatively fast. The age is obvious in the nose, strong, malty, polleny, but somewhat creamy, light strawberry yoghurt. The taste picks up on that, a superb fruity note, let’s call it "blueberry", holding on in there until the alcohol washes it away. Ok, if this is like this after 12 years, how wild was it at first? Great to have tried this, really interesting beer!

30th July 2011>br>ChrisOs ’Donkey Dork Lord’ Pre-GBBF Tasting. Cheers Mark! Dark broen beer. Residual tan head. Rich toffee nose. Light dry palate. Rich dark toffee with a nice touch of subtle red fruits and a drop of brandy. Warming without being spirity. Very nice!

Bottled (2007 vintage)@The Chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011 "Donkey Dork Lord Edition". Amber colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, toffee, earth, mild tartness and some slight alcohol. Flavour is toffee, earth, grass, mild toffee as well as some slight burning alcohol notes as well. Yet very nicely balanced.

2007 bottle at chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’11. It pours a deep ruby colour with a thin bubbly head and low carbonation. The nose is caramel, toffee, rice pudding, spice, clove, wood, caramelised banana and coffee liqueur. The taste is molasses, brown sugar, treacle, wood, caramel, coffee, leather, tobacco, dark cherry and dried plum, with some serious alcohol warmth in the finish. Great depth of flavour and well balanced. Nice work.

2007 vintage at chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’11. Brown. Slightly yeasty sweet aroma. Very sweet liqueur chocolate taste. Dryish finish. Not a lot of variety here, but very delicious.

Bottle (2007) at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Thanks to KyotoLefty. Pours brown with a light, filmy head. Big, sweet nose, light roast, dark fruits, faint tart. Very sweet flavor, heavy and rich, lots of toffee and caramel, cake, cherrie, raisin, booze. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Big warming finish, more dark fruits, brown sugar, toffee. Excellent beer.

Chris pre Gbbf shindig 2011. Dark brown lovely clear colour lasting beige head. Sweet malt aroma. Hot heat. Some intense toffee. Big intense but too hot