3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20Leather brown body with no head or lacing.
Molasses, brown sugar and alcohol in the aroma.
Very sweet. Huge malt flavors. Alcohol too but it’s almost overpowered by the sweetness.
Thick, rich and big mouthfeel. Alcohol warms you right up..
Beer has stood up well after eight years. One bottle left in the cellar.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. !996 vintage. Dark brown colour with a beige colour. Aroma is alcohol, malt, licorice, oxidation. Flavour is alcohol, malt, licorice, oxidation, fruit, caramel. Full body. Very nice beer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
1996 bottle. My goodness, this is something special. I love Sami, but this was intruging. Never thought I would try the Hurlimann version. Alcohol is hidden behind big tawny port flavours, ripe berries, vanilla and bourbon. It still has a body on it and it’s still very much got the goods. Fantastic. Thank you to Marc for this treat.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 1996, courtesy of Beer3000. Pours dark brown with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of malt, burnt bread crust, alcohol, oxidized malt, biscuits and fruitiness. Flavor is sweet and malty with some oxidized notes, crust, mint, warming alcohol and caramel. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Nice .
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rating #6000, 1995 vintage.
Poured a lovely shade of dark garnety-mahogany with just a loose ring of off-white head. The aroma was deep, seductive, and very powerful, with raisins, molasses, licorice, soy, and faint toasted nutty notes.. a little peppery Cognac-like burn on the back of the nose, but it was almost soft for 14%.. decadent. The flavor opened with a quick tart simple sugary hit before giving way to delicious well-aged maltage.. molasses, well-aged caramel, and a kiss of maple on the heavy core.. a blend of the same malts with some sherry and cognac on the long, belly-warming finish. Heavy-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. syrupy, but not cloyingly-so.. overall a great beer that perhaps got even better over the last 16 years.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at world of beer. Pours court with no head to speak of. Aroma is full of vanilla and bourbon. Taste is all dark fruit with a little vanilla and bourbon on the finish. The alcohol is there but doesn’t seem to be fourteen.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very strong and tasty beer. Being a doppelbock has a nice malty taste that goes along with its alcohol punch (hence the small bottle). Great in snowy weather, which is fitting for being named Santa Claus .
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 18/20
12oz bottle (1993) shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Clear dark brown, no head but some legs on the side of the glass
Aroma: A great nose of toffee, dark fruit and some sweetness
Taste: Dark fruit, toffee and hot alcohols
Very nice. The aroma was awesome.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 18/20
1993 bottle. Pours a dark copper color with no head, oily. A wonderful nose of plums, malt, sugars, sweet brown sugar, cake. The flavor is very good and certainly shows the 19 years: sweet sugars, a bit of heat, some cardboard sourness from oxidation, plum and port, sweet rich malts, actually quite hot. Lots of age, but holds up quite well. Tasty. No body.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
rbesg07 grand tasting, 1985 bottle. close to black with a purple tinge and unsurprising lack of head; aroma of golden syrup, sultanas and bloody nose; loads of soy sauce gives it a terriyaki taste with hints of old tinned tomato juice. somehow likeable in a clunky way
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