3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/2022 ounce bomber - $4.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Appearance: Pours out a chestnut-hued body with a medium-sized, frothed, light khaki-colored head.
Smell: The nose is fruity and sugary, like toasted cherry-flavored caramel, provided there even is such a thing and with some spritzes of wafting alcohol, like standing next to someone overdoing it on their sprayable haircare products.
Taste: This so-called Über Abbey Ale starts with a burst of sweet maltiness with some tastes of sugar-glazed, toasted, chewy bread crusts and dark caramel with just a teeny tiny hint of cocoa. Strong fruity tastes of raisins and discount cherry cordial join the mix. Spicy character reminiscent of cloves jumps out midway. Hint of dried herbs with some slight bitterness. Finishes with some all-too notable alcoholic heat and still a fair amount of lingering sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-plus carbonation.
Drinkability: A bit simplistically sweet, and a bit hot at times, leaving a beverage that doesn’t quite mesh well for me. By no means is it an exemplary example of the style, but, well, that’s usually my feelings towards any of the Clipper City brews. This one just lacks the grace and charm of those bold brews from Belgian, or the Belgian-styled beers that many American breweries are excelling at nowadays. If it does have one thing going for it, it’s the price - you could do a lot worse monitarily when it comes to a bomber these days.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Pours a mostly clear brown color with effectively no head on it. Nose is malty and somewhat sugary. Taste actually a tad filled with alcohol. Not much to this.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Churchkey in DC. Pours a hazy dark brown with a bubbly off white head. Aroma of caramel malt. Flavors of vanilla, oak and caramel.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap pour - @ JoJo's. Pours dark brown with smallish creamy tan head. smoky aromas, malted biscuit, candied plums on the nose. Dark fruit, figs, and good malt on taste, with long finish, mildly bitter. Smooth up in ya!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured an amber color, aromas of caramel, dark fruit, light spice, and some molasses. Flavors are the same with a light sweet aftertaste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. The pour was a dark cranberry brown with a large (2-3 finger) light tan creamy head that diminished down to a thin layer and large collar of residue, thus producing some really good sheets of streaky lacing.
The aroma was of a dark bread malt and a sweet doughy yeast with notes of dark fruit (plums and raisins), brown sugar and a mild ruby port scent.
The taste was sweet, malty and a bit acidic with hints of port wine and brown sugar early on and then became sweetly acetic with a good strong note of dark fruit and a decent alcohol finish. The flavor lasted an average time proceeding the swallow with a nice fruity alcohol warming sensation at the end.
Mouthfeel was medium in body and creamy in texture with a mildly soft carbonation.
Overall a fantastic Abbey Ale with the fruit, malts and alcohol working very well together. YUM...
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Not the most original taste from Clipper City’s other beers. Somewhat bitter. But not a bad beer. If this is the only Clipper City brew at a store or bar, I’d buy it.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thanks to my friend Greg for grabbing this one! Cloudy mahogany pour, smallish head. Nose and flavor are rife with sweet caramel, molasses, touches of vinous port and wood, almond, and fig. A bit too sweet for the style, but as a beer it’s pretty well done.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 ounce bottle, no date on it but I’m pretty sure it’s about a year or so old since I know I’ve had this bottle a while. Served in a tulip, the beer pours a ruby red/copper color with about a half inch light tan head and some sediment floaties noticeable. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is sweet and malty, it smells like dark fruit (raisins, plums), caramel, bready malt, and some brown sugar. The brew tastes like dark fruit (mostly plums), bready malt, caramel, wood, and a slight bitter flavor that I can’t identify. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it’s a bit slick and has good carbonation. I think it’s a good brew, I enjoyed it.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Clipper city brewing, heavy seas, Holy Sheet uber abbey ale. Yep, that’s a mouthful, and so is this beer.
Coming from just outside of Baltimore, Clipper City has made some serious headway in the world of craft beer. Their Loose Cannon has become one of the most popular craft beers in our store, and their seasonal are always worth grabbing.
This brew tonight is their limited Holy Sheet "uber abbey ale". At about 9% abv, its definitely going to be uber something. It pours out a dark amber color, with medium head. The foam is unusually tiny bubbles, but fades quickly. At nine percent alcohol, I’m not surprised by how quickly the foam disappears.
The Holy Sheet smells like a malt bomb, and I’m getting excited! My first sip reveals tons of complexity, malty goodness, and a little bit of booziness. I’m getting flavors of toffee and caramel, with plenty of sweet malty flavors like vanilla and honey.
The Holy Sheet reminds me of a blend of two of my favorite beers, the Chimay Grande Reserve and Delirium Nocturnum. Medium to full bodied, a bit on the boozy side, with just the right amount of malty sweetness. I’m a big fan of the Holy Sheet, I recommend it highly.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. bottle from Julio’s Liquors. 2010 Vintage for $3.99. Wild 6 discount gives 15% off. Ok, I used a snifter. Hazy mahogany pour with excellent head retention plus it left tons of lace. Looks good. Nose of candied sugar and brown sugar and raisin. Smells nice. Flavors follow the nose. Medium to full in body with average carbonation and mild warmth on the way down. Finishes with lots of sweet malt. No doubt the age helped this. No ABV what so ever. Under rated if you ask me. One of the better Dubbel’s I’ve sampled.
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