3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Malt is borderline lagery. Very strong hop. Pine oil and citrus is very "sharp."
The color is clear golden yellow. Massive head. Minor, slow carbonation. You’d never know how heavy this baby is.
The malts are heavy and sugary; toffee and puckery cherry. The aftertaste is pungent.
Feels thick and chunky and buttery. Just this side of a barleywine. Somehow it’s a bit too much.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour out of 22 oz bottle, thanks Dad! Hazy orange pour with nice lacing white head, aroma brought notes of nice caramel, toffee, hints of earth, grain, touch of orange, grapefruit notes in there, pretty sweet. Taste is a mix of caramel, toffee, some grass, slight earthy and spicy notes, some orange, finishing sweet, slightly dry. Decent.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a dark golden color with a longlasting whit ehead. Has a fruity piney hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter piney flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Klar, gyllene orange öl med fast lätt färgat skum. Doft: Kryddor, barr, jäst, sött matbröd, jord, röda äpplen, russin, ek. Smak: Kryddor, mineraler, rostade toner, apelsin, kiwi, krusbär. Nice barrig eftersmak men oxå lite spritig, men wtf nästan 9% och det märks inte direkt.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 ounce bottle. Deep honey gold color topped by a large bubbly white head. Perfumy citrus hop aroma. Soft toasted malt flavor balanced by a bitersweet grapefruit hop flavor. Hints of ginger and vanilla in the malt backdrop. Long pleasantly bitter hop finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours copper with no head. Flavor is malts and caramels with a bitter hop finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear amber colour, white head. Aroma of hops, sweet malts, caramel, resin. Bitter flavour, light sweet, malts and caramel. Bitter finish, caramel, hops and quite sweet.
(From 75cL bottle @ ZZT V. Courtesy of erickok. Thanks!)
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle. Orange-amber color. I wasn;t sure what to expect since the label had "alt" on it but this was no German beer by any means. It smelled hoppy and tasted like a hoppy strong ale. Overall it wasn’t great but it wasn’t bad. A very good value for $4 and about what I’d expect. I think I liked the regular lucky 13 more.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 09-09-2011 03:09:53
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled:
Pours clear bronze with a creamy head. Orange peels, hops and pine on the nose. Flavour is hops, caramel, honey and pine needles. Long, bitter finish. Pretty good!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
My Bottom Line:
Fat, sugary cereals meet citrusy hop resins in this slightly maderized strong ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam surfs the misty gold.
-The starkly honeyed, sugary profile reminds me of many Dogfish Head brews. A jumble of flavors muddled by the prevalent sweetness.
-I don’t know if this is supposed to smell of madeira at this young age...
-The citrusy hops are pleasant, but could be brighter.
-This remains a flavorful brew, but one which will be soon forgotten.
Bottle.
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