 Rciesla (712), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
May 13, 2008
Bottle. Courtesy of Jimmack, thanks! Bottle is said to have been refrigerated for the past 2 years. Pours dark brown with orange hues. Good flavor of belgian yeast, apple, chocolate, and tons of malt. real good.
shintriad (655), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 11, 2008 Four-year-old bottle, thanks Sammy. Insane head on this. Dark caramel brown and cloudy, sourish barnyard smells mingle with mocha. Puckering lime, salts, champagne yeast in flavour -- weird combo of sour Flemish with a cheesecake-sweet barley wine. Truly unusual, definitely great.
wetherel (905), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jun 20, 2008 Tasted at WeeHeavySDs place. 750mL. Interesting smokey aroma. A little bit of feet. Sourness is very mild. Smokey, chocolatey flavor. Some malty sweetness.
WeeHeavySD (1564), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
Jun 20, 2008 750ml I got via trade, not sure with who, but relatively recently. 3rd beer of the tasting I hosted tonight, shared with bikesandbeer, wetherel and my girlfriend Cyn. Porus dark blackish brown with a tan ring. Nose is smokey and peppery. Taste is sweet and peppery, tart, sour strange and intriguing.
kmweaver (1813), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Jun 1, 2008 750mL bottle, courtesy of Stine. Thanks, Eben! Pours a very dark, cola-brown color; light tan head with patchy lacing. Lots of cola, brown sugar, and soft yeastiness in the aroma; some dried caramel oxidation; intricate, messy nose. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of dried caramel, cola, and soft, sweet maltiness upfront; very relaxed presence in the mouth with a good jolt of citrus / mineral acidity; balanced; complex yeastiness; again, intricate and messy stuff. Medium finish: dried caramel, doughiness, and sustained yeast.
Stine (1279), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
May 31, 2008 Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Syrupy dark brown pour skinned with thin greyish foam. Sticky aroma of chocolate, licorice, cola, cherries; light anise and licorice root. Light leafiness and earthy funk. Sweet and sugary, but never in a simple sense; plenty of nuance and reined in weirdness.
Sticky sweet taste of licorice root, raisin, belgian chocolate, and black cherries. Uniquely pungent, musky and tangy sweetness; hints of lively golden fruits, maple syrup and honey. Interesting vibe all around, that combines alot of unique, scattered tones of sweetness with surprising clarity and ease. Underlying clean tartness and a touch of black bitterness that seems a touch chalky. Consistently reaches wide of its horizons and settles in an intriguing, uncomfortable place.
Medium, syrupy and spritzy palate; finishes with a tangy sweetness of golden fruit and honey. Extremely interesting, but not completely satiating apart from its intellectual appeal. Thanks Carl!
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