3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
11th October 2008. GABF. Slightly hazy dark brown beer. Sweet malt. Light and champagne crisp - unusual for the style! Dry finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Courtesy Dickinsonbeer. Dark amber color, short ring of white head. Caramel, molasses on the aroma. Rich maltiness, mild hops on the taste, a slight suggestion of peat. A very nice wee heavy.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from trade. Opened at toncatcher T3 tasting. Amber color. sweet. Hint of peat smokey malt. Very good. Easy to drink.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
CPLYFO 750 ml bottle. Pours a nice deep coppery amber with a thin but lasting head. Aroma is big malts- toffee, caramel, some sharp fruitiness, with hints of earth leather, and good raisin and fig fruits as it warms a bit more. Big toffee, and smooth sweet malt flavor, figs, raisin, - fig jam almost, biscuit, and caramel, thins out a bit as it warms and some of the big malts turn to a slick sugary character- brown sugar, turbinado etc. Smooth enough but didn’t hold its big presence. Ok.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Glen Mills. Deep coppery toward brown with off-tan head and sediment. Nose is earthy malt, brown sugar, figgy fruit. Tastes smooth, rich, no alcohol detected, with a lof of dark fruit,, brown sugar, earthy malt, and cobwebby peaty esters.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted at the otown throwdown. This one had lots of floaties in it. Really nice appley sweetness in the smell and taste. I had the end of the bottle, and it finished really smooth. NICE!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
T3. Dark orange in the glass with lots of off-white head. Sticky ring. Nose is malty and apples. Taste is sweet and malt. Sugary and smooth.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Liquid Sunshine V. 750, capped. Great stuff! Crystal clear dark amber with bright caramel highlights. Big sweet fissy, plummy nose, maybe a little boozy. Creamy medium body, maybe a little sticky. Figs, plums, brown apples, and caramel on the mid-palate.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Toncatchers T3. Pours a light brown color with a thin wisp of a head. The aroma is sweet with pears and peat. The taste is nutty with hazelnuts and toffee. The palate was smooth. Overall: a very tasty brew but not a great one. If this was a bronze medal winner at GABF then the competition was apparently rather weak.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep brown, thin white head. Aroma is caramel, light smoke, toffee, chocolate, light roast.
Taste is smoke, light caramel, alcohol, light chocolate.
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