 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Jan 16, 2009 Bottle #06444 from September 2007. Sampled on 09/20/2008. Dark black body with a small frothy light brown head. Smokey malty caramel aroam with some molassas and faint scotch. Sweet caramel and scotch flavor, some peat, smoke and a bit of chocolate. Medium full body with low carbonation.
DKTN (110), Mc Donald, Tennessee, USA
Jan 11, 2009 Pours solid black with a very small tan head. Whisky alcohol aroma. Thick mouthfeel with whisky flavor dominant. Malt heavy. Dry finish that leaves a distinct burning alcohol sensation in your mouth. I look forward to comparing this to 30 year version.
IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
Jan 9, 2009 Bottle 3313, Sept 2007. Poured a thick black with a creamy light brown head. Light aroma of caramel, toffee, coffee, some faint tobaccoish whiskey notes. Flavor is soft but complex with notes of oak, scotch, roasted chocolate, and tobacco, leading to a bitter finish. Alcohol well hidden. Started out full and complex but got more watery through the glass... not completely sure why.
RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
Jan 8, 2009 Shiny black pour with a tiny off-white head, almost non-existent. Malty aroma, slight touch of whiskey. Flavor is rich, dark malt with a touch of the whiskey cask in there. Subtle, though. Smooth, silky mouthfeel. Nice.
Homebrewerguy (284), Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 29, 2008 Thanks to my brother Jim for this one - bottle 1471 09/2007 Yep, old engine oil for sure. no head at all and just a faint lacing, aroma of roasted malts and whiskey, tastes the same with some smokiness, almost no carbonation and only a marginal bitterness but it lingers till the end. Not my cup of tea but not bad.
blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
Dec 28, 2008 bottle, still black pour with slight bubbles, aroma is alcohol and whiskey, flavor is woody, smokey and has some fruit to it still, finish is lasting with a smoke and scotch flavor
Fin (3382), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
Dec 24, 2008 Bottle that was very kindly given to me by Craig, cheers mate. Consumed 22-12-08. Pours black with a beige head. This beer had a smoky nose in fact I would go further than that and say it was smoked mackerel which I also detected in the mouth. There is also a whiff of whisky on the aroma and this comes through in the mouth but its more subtle than you would expect. The mouthfeel is soft and creamy and there is a slight bitterness that carries, though this is subsumed by the general sweetness that is present in this beer. A7 A4 F7 P4 OV 15 3.7
after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
Dec 22, 2008 330. Bottle 19708. Pours jet black with a dense, thick, very short-lived burnt tan head that falls quickly away to sloppy suds in a ring. Huge boozy whisky nose gets you at more than arms length. Settles down to a roasty, spruce-y, old-ale-y nose. Lovely roast, charcoal, roast beef, chocolate, and black bread notes on the mid-palate. Long dryish roasty finish. Lovely stuff.
|
View Statistics
