 shp555 (1681), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Pours a ruby red color with a tan head. Aroma is caramel, roast, raisins, berry, crystal malt, and some spicy floral hops. Flavor is caramel, roast, crystal malt, raisins, toast, and a slightly bitter sweet sugary finish.
cprochak (393), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 On tap at the brewery 07-10-09. Pours dark burgundy with light brown hints. Little head. Interesting sweet malty aroma with raisin and other dark fruit that I couldn’t pick out (currant or cherry?). Pretty well balanced, mildly sweet and a nice mouthfeel. Unfortunately, this was a bit too funky sour for me, but for the ABV, this is an impressive beer.
Indra (2025), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2009 750ml bottle, cellared for a couple of years or so. Sweet, malty, almost candyish aroma, lightly fruity and musty with notes of toffee, raisin, red grape, cherry, plum, milk chocolate and faint alcohol. Deep, dark red-brown color, head is nowhere to be seen. Flavor is similarly fruity and sweet, with suggestions of plum, sugared dates, brown sugar, raisin, chocolate and some fading roast and mild bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is thin and warming with little to no effervescence, body is quite full. Good for an American take on an Abt style, overall.
fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 5, 2009 Corked bottle
Dark mahogany color, with red shades; small but creamy head. Strong aroma, sweet caramel, with very nice notes of plums and vanilla. Strong body, strong malt and caramel flavor, quite sweet; nice raisins touch, fruity and ripe, with dark chocolate, a light vanilla touch; the alcohol is just warming. In the end the balance shifts too much to the chocolate, and finally the bitterness and alcohol are a bit disturbing. Very solid brew, pleasant to drink, slowly, even if too much chocolatey for me.
mattmc1973 (302), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 2, 2009 Bottle, shared it with Bret Kuhnhenn at Kuhnhenn’s 10th anniversary party. Poured into a snifter, red-brown with a creamy off-white head, that was mostly lasting. Aroma was heavy sweet malt, dark bread and yeasty dough, and dark fruits (raisin, dates). Tasted quite sweet, with lots of doughy malt and fruit, finished creamy. Fizzy and creamy mouthfeel, with slight alcohol burn. Great beer.
Marsiblursi (1634), Göteborg, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 (Bottle) Pours deep dark mahogany with a small nougat coloured head. The aroma holds concentrated notes of dark dried fruits like raisins and prunes, chocolate/cocoa, caramel and dark toffee-ish malt, brown sugar, banana esters, cloves, nut shells, over ripe cherries and light black pepper. The flavour is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of dark fruits like raisins and prunes, dark caramel, dark toffee, grapes, white/black pepper and banana bubblegum. The mouthfeel is smooth and light sticky with a soft carbonation. Too much warming alcohol on the finish. Light tart and alcohol wood-dry ending. Medium to full bodied.
boamr (115), Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 Pours dark brown with little head. Smell of carmel and a little brown sugar and raisins. Taste is raisin at first then finishes off with a chocolate carmel taste and a little warming.
beerchugger (293), Colorado, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 24, 2009 Pours a deep near opaque brown color with a thin tan head forming. The head lasts and the aroma is of rich fresh baked cookies. In fact, the cookie aroma is very strong and dominating, but does allow some of the more subtle aromas of chocolate and a hint of sweet fruits like plums to come through. Very plumy taste witha bit of a side note of sweet chocolate. This finish is that of deep dark fruits, sweet, yet rich, and heavy on the palate. This is just slightly bitter with a huge accent on delicate sweet rich fruity malts. An absolutely beautiful beer full with complexity!
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