3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 16, 2012 12oz bottle ’05 Vintage 1/15/12 -41° in Mug-Pours a murky brown with a small tan ring for a head. Aroma of sweetness, molasses, caramel, alcohol, and soy sauce. Taste of the same with a bit more alcohol and sweetness on the back end. This full bodied brew is not bad for 17 years old.
12oz bottle ’06 Vintage 1/16/12-41° in Mug-Pours a murky brown with no head. Aroma the same as’05. Taste as well but a bit more malty thean the ’05. Same rating. 8/4/8/4/14
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
bottle... super old school tick here, glad to have it but well past its prime, tons of chocolate but something is just off about it... pass on this for good
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from a shop in York (I forget the name). Masses of port aroma, dark fruits and the like. Smooth oak flavour along with dark fruits, spice and red wine.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
5 ounce sample from an ’06 bottle at a winter beer tasting. Intensely sweet, malty goodness. It is pretty much a desert in a glass, and at 13 %, one is enough.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 25cl vintage 1997 ! An amber brown beer almost without head. Nose is rich on dry grapes notes, sweet, fruity, prunes. Aroma is voluptuous on dry grapes, slightly sweet, very drinkable, burning alcohol on aftertaste. Caramel and floral presence, vanilla notes, figs, port like, terrible as so easily drinkable.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Stark alkoholischer Geruch, die Schärfe scheint durch die Alterung genommen. Deutlihe Alterspuren, süßlich, aromatisch. Sehr aromatischer Antrunk, malzig, stark, man merkt das Alter, das aber am Anfang noch wenig stört. Im Gegenteil, das ier wirkt sanfter und ausbalancierter, die beißende Schärfe, die ich erwartet habe, ist durch die Alterung genommen. Wenig alkoholisch, würzig und krätig werdend, dies verweilt auf hohem Level. Dennoch harmonisch, zum Ende hin schwächer, die Altersspuren sind hier deutlicher, gleichzeitig wird das Bier auch schärfer. Sehr sehr gut!
Riesen Dankeschön an den Doppelbock für das Teilen der Rarität!
Test vom 30.3.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: -,13,11,14,12,13 - 12,77
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
T’as promis à ta blonde que t’allais arrêter de boire mais qu’entre temps t’allais ralentir et en prendre juste une après souper dimanche. Une fois la vaisselle finie, tu te débouchonnes une sournoise Samichlaus en remerciant tous les pères noel du ciel pour ce présent. Mère noel: attends-moi!!!
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a dark bronze with minimal light tan coloured head. Great aromas show lots of sweet caramel, dark fruits, candii sugar and port wine. Very sweet with just a hint of sourness. Flavours are equally sweet without the complexity of the nose. Some alcohol burn comes through on the finish to balance the sweetness only slightly. Agree that this one is definately a sipper. Good stuff.
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