Thomas_E (5030), Copenhagen, Denmark Sep 5, 2008 Hazy chestnut colour with a tan head. vague roasted, caramel sweet aroma with fruity and hoppy notes and hints of vanilla. Roasted and caramel sweet flavor with dark fruity notes. ogglethorp (786), Ohio, USA Aug 8, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark brown with a decent sized tan colored head. Aroma is peat, caramel, malt. Flavor is peaty, caramel, alcohol, rye, light chocolate. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finished on the dry side, and slightly smokey. Decent. CamdenD (570), Madrid, Spain Aug 6, 2008 Nicely malted strong ale. This one held its alcohol too well. Too well as in a high gravily beer, in my opinion, should show its roots and not rely too heavily on one aspect, here sweet malty bombs blowing up all over. Consider this a malt version of a heavyhanded DIPA. cbeers21 (384), Miami, Florida, USA Jul 4, 2008 Deep mohogany color, decent head, but quickly dissipating. Peaty caramel sweetness to smell along with a minty almost menthol-y aroma. Rounded and balanced body with a smokey earthy quality matched by a lightening vanilla/honey flvaor and a slight piney hop echo. Not bad. JaPe (69), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jun 26, 2008 Perfect dark colour. Weak head. Vanilla woody malt flavourfollowed by a moment of slight bitterness. Then a sweet adtertaste.
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