 17thfloor (650), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 17, 2008
[1998 Vintage] Pours a thick dark brown / orange with a very small white froth on top. Huge grape skin, prune, caramel and cotton-candy aroma. Tastes like maple syrup and pancakes, sweet and doughy. A touch of bittering pine and lots of honey. Very sugary. Surprised to find a little bit of carbonation after 10 years. Thick, rich and syrupy. An excellent dessert beer!!!
fonefan (4468), Ulfborg, Denmark
Sep 4, 2008 Bottle 275ml. [Vintage 2000] @ home.
[ Courtesy of Mes_and_Sim ]. LIght light unclear red orange amber color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, raisin, date, wood, alcohol, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. (240608)
Frauditor (127), Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Bottle at OTR from thanks to Devin again. Enjoyed this on the side of back road. steve thinks this beer is weak but that is coming from steve... or was it bubbles?
waolsen (963), Littleton, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 1998 bottle. mahogony pour with thin head. strong rich aroma of raisons, sugar, maple syrup, wood and alcohol. sweet syrup texture. old wood, dark fruits, musky malts, sweet sugars. sweeter than most barley wines. nice sipper. would be great with a cigar.
fredandboboflo (507), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle, 1999. I’m confirming more and more that I just don’t like these aged puppies. I don’t deny that it’s a good, well-made beer, but it’s just so sweet, so pruny. Such a mixed bag. Goodness, sweetness. Really useless for me to go into more detail.
LilBeerDoctor (508), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle, 1999 vintage. Pours a cloudy amber brown with a small light tan head that dissipated quickly. Aroma of of oatmeal, sweet brown sugar, sweet fruits (raisin, apple, pear), slight alcohol. Flavor is SUPER sweet. Wow. I’ve never had port or sherry but I imagine that this beer would taste something like that. Syrupy and thick. Not bad tasting but very strong and it was hard to handle more than one sip of a time of this. Much too sweet and I thought that this would have mellowed somewhat in the 9 years since it was bottled.
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