3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Was expecting more I guess. Didn’t like it, was the only Heavyweight offering I can say that about.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottled shared by maniac at the 12th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering on 9/18/10. Pours a clear amber color with nearly no head. Aroma of toffee, raisins, daint leafy hops and light toasty notes. The taste is citrus and leafy hops with tart-cherry like notes. Medium-full bodied.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Buttered toast, honey, and almond aroma. Clear copper, headless. Tart tea and elderberry flavor. Superb honey finish. Fantastic!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Sample Date: 9/18/2010 Source:Other) Malty with dark fruit notes and some wine in the aroma. Clear copper with little head. Malty with some nice oxidation and a slight sour twang. Dark fruit notes. Finish is lightly sour and fruity with light bitterness.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled at the Richmond Gathering XII. Pours a dull amber with ring of near white head. Nose is sweet caramel, biscuit, and some oxidation. Flavor is a little cardboard, sweet apples. Medium palate. Decent for the style i suppose? Easy drinker.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from kp. Served into a snifter. Pour is hazy nut brown with a small ring of sticky white head. Aromas of rasins, caramel, faded hops, and sweet fruit. Flavor is mellow and smooth with caramel, rasin, and plum. Past its prime but still enjoyable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (3 years old?), courtesy GodOfThunder. Pours a hazy, reddish amber color with a dense, foamy, khaki colored head. Minimal, spotty lacing. The aroma is mostly sweet, light caramel and bready yeast dominating lesser notes of toffee, floral hops, and peppery spice. Flavors follow suit, sweet biscuit and toasted bread showing in the forefront, with staunch floral hops following through. Dark fruits emerge at the mid point, mostly figgy, but reaching as far as sweet-tart strawberry. Medium-plus bodied and well carbonated, the mouthfeel doesn’t impress, but doesn’t disappoint either. As others have noted, it’s certainly not at its best, but it is still solid even at this age.
3.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A couple year old altbier... hmmm... Pours a cloudy amber with a thick fluffy tan head. Good carbonation, but smells mostly metallic. I’m actually surprised by the taste. Knowing this is likely nothing like it once tasted like, I like it. A lot of fruit, and even some sour. A good amount of spice, too. Certainly not in its prime, but it isn’t bad at all.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours an orange brown body with a tan head. Fruity with notes of over ripe fruit, lemon, apple, pear, and a hint of butter. Lightly oxidized with a faint hop presence. Okay but past its prime obv.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a medium caramel color with a touch of caramel in the nose and flavor. This bottle is passed its prime and has substantial oxidation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from eclectic. Thanks man! Pours a hazy brown orange with a thin head and great lacing. Aromas of caramel, old grassy/earthy hops, some tart fruits - lemon, apple. The flavor is kind of tart up front. Green apples are followed by a little bread, caramel malts, and earthy hops. Finishes a little tart with some oxidized hop presence. Lightly carbonated and pretty easy to drink all things considered. I am pretty sure this was nice fresh if it tastes this way a few years old. Still drinkable, even though it is obviously starting to decline.
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