 pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 1, 2008 1-22-08 bottle.
Medium amber brown with nice creamy light tan head. Smell is slight malt and honey with some sweet fruity hops too. Metallic up front. Medium carbonation with a thin body. Smooth overall and pretty good. Slightly hoppy finish and bitter aftertaste. Palate becomes nearly oily as it warms - strange.
Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 30, 2008 Pours brown with a white head, has a sweet malt aroma. Has a sweet mildly burnt flavor with a noticeable but not overbearing alcohol presence. Not bad.
illidurit (876), Santa Cruz, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 26, 2008 Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Rogue pint glass.
An extremely deep reddish brown topped by a disappointingly small head for how vigorously I poured it, not even half a finger.
As a result of the inadequate head, the smell is lackluster and faint. I can only pick up a bit of brown sugar or caramel. No hops in the nose.
The taste saves this beer. Big brown sugar malt with a bit of a citrus hop undercurrent. Molasses and coffee notes. A pinch of spice from the alcohol comes through at the end. Reminiscent of a barleywine.
Full and smooth.
You can drink these until the 9% abv catches up to you.
BOLTZ7555 (1075), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 25, 2008 Deep maroon brew with minimal head even on an overly aggressive pour, this beer is well crafted but not unique enough to warrant a better score. The overall impression of this one is sticky sweet; flavor profile includes brown sugar, toffee, and caramel...all of which try to mask the 9% abv. It comes across more on certain sips than others. This is a good beer but not one that I would seek out.
GadgetGeek (29), Snellville, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 25, 2008 Damn good beer... a draught poured at Summits in Snellville. Nice, refreshing, caramel flavor and smell. No aftertaste, but a slight bitter finish.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 23, 2008 Pours a clear brown to maroon color with a large creamy tan head that lasts a bit. Looks quite nice in the glass. Smell is bright and fruity and delicious sweet malt up front. Body is semi creamy with flavors of sticky malt, light alcohol and a slick mouthfeel and a complementing moderate hop bitterness. Kind of a dark toffee toasty hopped maltiness, and I thought it was pretty good, and very drinkable for 9%. Nice beer.
badlizard (2339), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 22, 2008 ON tap at Stone. Golden copper with a fizzy head. Sweet caramel and toffee aroma and taste with a mild bitterness.
badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 22, 2008 okay...so im starting to think all of their beers taste the same...kinda like Stone...reddish hue with small head..aroma is of grass, hops, spice, and yeast..citrus flavor with earthy hops, grass, and sugar...good but blah
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