3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy, jerc & tupalev - courtesy of blankboy. Deep ruby-brown with a medium tan head. Sweet and malty, with notes of molasses and toffee and green hops. Big, bold flavour, like a well-hopped porter, with a warm and lingering finish. Pretty nice stuff.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The Eleven pours out a dark amber with red highlights on the bottom of the glass. A thick beige head dies to a non-existant cap but leaves thick, sticky lacing rings. The nose is sweet, malty and mildly roasted with a big note of licorice and a light earthy aroma. A mild grapefruit and hop note with some alcohol in the nose. Sweet in the middle with a smooth and creamy mouthfeel. A nice, subtle and yet powerful roast with a nice wallop of hop and alcohol on the finish. This brew has been sitting around for a year, but its really smooth and succulent for a big brew.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Smoky, overcooked toast, burnt. Nutty aroma is very nice, flavor is too burnt for me too enjoy. some slight fruity malt, like prunes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
snifter. black on the body and brown brown towards the light with small tan head.Very aromatic with lots of caramel pilonciollo, and little coffee.Up front it taste like sweet cane, yeast and bitter dry at the end.Note: It took a while to drink
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
650ml bottle pours dark amber in color with a thick beige head with excellent retention leaving some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is roasted malts and chocolate and some earthy hops. Taste is chocolate malty sweetness with some earthy hop notes and a hint of alcohol. Medium to heavy body and generous carbonation leave a nice feeling on the tongue. This is a great American strong ale which is more complex than I can describe here.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle from notes. Pops with a hiss, great carbonation. Tan and coffee like color on the head, decent darkenss. Darker fruit, plum, cocoa, robust on the nose, almost Imperial stout like, vanilla pleanty of sweetness. Palate follows with a smooth flavorful taste. Malt is up front, not hops, but doesnt need it. Finish is not boozy, Palate follows, but the nose is a bit richer overall. Tad thin, but dry finish almost cut too short. Dried cocoa in the finish as well. Not bad, full flavored and impressive. Not bad at all.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark brown with a tall tan head. Aroma is earthen with wood and tobacco, thin sweet brown sugar and syrup notes. Flavor is sweeter than the earlier years, more caramel and toffee notes with a semi-sweet roast and caramel finishing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Molasses and walnut nose, some butter notes. Mahogany, medium yellow head. Walnut and charred oak flavor, dry and hot. with only lesser notes of molasses. Little hop flavor for a beer build as featuring 11 of them. Maybe they mean 11 buds instead of varieties.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The rebrew... Dark red with a small skiff of tan bubbles. Sweet aroma. Pancakes, light citrus, peaches, no alcohol, chocolate, sugar (not much), red licorice, light sweat only here and there, plums. Good taste of course - Caramel, burnt sugar, light heat, cocoa, thick malts, Stewie talking to Brian about Lois’s box - "That vagina is ground zero man, I mean I..I just wrecked that thing on the way out. And and just to be a jerk I carved ’Brooks was here" on the wall - did you see that... did you see Brooks was here?", slick brew, molasses, something else... yea, alcohol and some bitterness on the back end. Pretty fine brew.
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