 MaxxDaddy (207), New York, New York, USA
Mar 7, 2007 On tap @ HDG. Dark brown with a trace of tan head. The aroma was full of malty sweetness, caramel, bourbon, and cherries...very inviting. The taste was lovely; huge malt flavor, toffee, caramel, and cherries. The texture was silky and thick...it clung to roof of my mouth. Definitely some alcohol presence in there, but you’d never believe 12.5%. There must have been a lot of effort put into this one...what a wonderful treat.
gwpom (183), Akron, New York, USA
Feb 10, 2007 On tap at the Barleywine fest at Coles. This was far and away my favorite of the day, darker than any of the other offerings, almost a porter feel. Dark head that stayed with the beer the whole time, dark, robust. I’m taking my growler down for a fillup of this while it’s still available. Great, great flavor and worth the entire day. You won’t find this many places, and for that I feel especially fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Superb. My best beer of the year.
Dextolen (151), Michigan, USA
Oct 1, 2004 Hooo boy. I tried this one on my first visit to Kuhnhenn’s, during an extended lunch break from work. It looks beautiful: A deep, dark red-black color with a small head. That head was probably being chased away by the rich caramel and scotch aromas that were coming up from below. It’s sweet and hot, the scotch taking command of the affair. You don’t drink this beer, it drinks you. I could never drink more than one of these per visit to Kuhnhenn’s but I will be sure to get one every time.
Crosling (1595), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Feb 9, 2007 12’er. Extremely dark brown. Sweet dark fruits, caramel and chocolate are present in the awesome nose. Amazing, multi-dimensional flavor, which is wonderfully fruity, a bit smoky, awfully caramelly and extremely complex. I don’t taste any wood, in fact, I wonder if this bottling was even aged in wood, but I don’t care. It’s fantastic.
Ibrew2or3 (1571), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Jan 1, 2007 On draft at brewery. Pours dark and roasty in color with thin off white head. Sitting there still and un-assuming in front of me it looks like a black cup of coffee in a clear glass. The aroma is simply HUGE with sweet rich caramel yummy-ness and hints of coffee. The taste. Wow, this is good. Rich deep caramel syrup. Lots of caramel. There are also undertones of dark fruit dates and cherries soaking in a caramel bath. Nice! Some chocolate also bleeds through the vail of caramel-ness from time to time. I love this beer. No sense of ABV.
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