 Oakes (6819), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Feb 18, 2005
Cloudy aroma with insistent head. Pungent Orvalish aroma, winey & spicy with pale malts and fruity hops. Long palate full of wood, pale malt and loads of bittering hops...again very Orvalish. The cedar comes on strong late, adding its own accents to this complex, intense brew. Stunning.
blutt59 (624), Dallas, Texas, USA
Aug 15, 2008 bottle, amber color with malty nose, sweet flavors of strawberry and orange with a dry oaky finish
jjpm74 (2878), Connecticut, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Pours amber with a thin white head. Smells of sawdust, pine, sweet. Tastes cloying with a weird lysol like bite. Very weird concoction.
PorterPounder (2810), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Tallahassee, Fl., Liquor Loft - 11.2 oz bottle. Cloudy, dark orange pour with a thin but sticky white head. Aroma of juniper berries and a faint whiff of bug spray. Flavor has some of the same juniper notes with some brief citrusy notes and some of that same insect spray essence. The result is somewhat muddled. Moutyfeel is slightly spritzy with a slightly tongue numbing essence to it. Overall, not one of the finer offerings from this nomally solid brewer.
BeerandBlues2 (2451), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Jul 26, 2008 12-oz bottle purchased at Coaltrain Wine and Liquor, Colorado Springs, CO. Pours hazy orange with a small, fizzy, off-white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cereal, meal), heavy hops (flowers, grass, citrus), light yeast (sweat) with notes of apple, pear, and peach. Medium bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.
HomeBrewHawk (121), De Soto, Kansas, USA
Jul 25, 2008 2002 Vintage, Oak Aged. 12oz bottle. Appeared to be bottle conditioned. Served in a Duvel Tulip. A little over carbonated, probably due to the age. Huge, big bubbled head filled the glass. Hazy dark gold. Fruity aroma with some toffee malt and a little hops. Complex aroma. Medium bodied. Flavor is fairly understated. Very smooth mouthfeel. Malty sweetness and a bit of hop bitterness. Some wood comes out in the finish. I would have liked to taste it a bit fresher. Good beer.
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