 gotohelunc (359), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jan 24, 2008
Bottle. Considering I paid $1 for this bottle and the reviews aren’t anything special, I was shocked by this beer. It pours a deep, rich auburn color that stays cloudy for the whole beer. The smell and taste is exactly like a good barleywine, just without the heavy alcoholic finish and burn. Nice dark fruit flavors, malty balance, and a cleaner finish than you can get out of a barleywine. The label and price had me thinking it was some kind of joke beer, but I’d take this joke any day.
robforbes (729), Bremerton, Washington, USA
Sep 4, 2008 pours a cloudy dark copper-red with a small tan head, really good lacing.
smell is of roasted malt, nuts, brown sugar, caramel.
taste is creamy, roastiness of malts and nuts, burnt caramel, brown sugar, hint of spice and pepper, hops come out in the back, ends a little bitter and dry.
dwaggs2 (93), Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Bottle. Pours a red color with a long lasting white head. Aroma is malt and a little sweet. Taste is a little hoppy but it has a bitter kick to it. This was an above average beer.
rayOfBeer (231), El Cerrito, California, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Poured from tap a reddish-brown with a large frothy off-white head. Aroma is quite malty with some bread and hops. Flavor is initially sweet with malt and toasted grains, a little nuttiness, and a slightly floral hoppiness, but then ends in a lingering bitterness and somewhat dry. The palate is full with malt and rushes through sweet to end in a dry bitter. Overall, good with a great start but grew a bit to bitter toward to end to keep my attention and make me want more. I’d drink again, but not often.
fluffy (59), Alabama, USA
Aug 27, 2008 i actually wasnt looking forward to this one much. im not a fan of hop-heavy beers. but the sourness and bitter flavor are so strong that you cant help to appreciate this beer. the color is a gorgeous dark red, cloudy almost like it was a red hefe. aroma isnt much, but the flavor is strong and hoppy, with a citrus bang and grassy finish. but it still has a nice balance of malt and nuts. really quite impressive.
Angeloregon (1891), Portland, Oregon, USA
Aug 24, 2008 12 oz. bottle from By The Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a deep deep amber body with an alive creamy off-white head. sweet, malty, sugar, caramel, nutty, sticky nose. Mildly cloying gritty, chewy mouthfeel. Big citrus hops profile with a depth of malts and nutty, fruity boldness. Finish was a bit dull and underdeveloped. Not too bad, but something missing.
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