 wunderbier (1267), Tampere, Rovaniemi over summer, Finland
Mar 30, 2008
Ruby to black hue without a proper head. Big depth of colour though. Stronge aroma of coffee, prunes, chocolate and rum raisin cake. A barrage of espresso, alcohol, rye porridge, black currents, leather, vanilla, liquorice and oak all come together to create a stunning impression of a Zinfandel. Rosemary, perhaps even more forcefully some sappy pine, rounds out the experience. Solid sweetness throughout with moderate roast. Fairly nimble on the tongue -- especially considering the % -- with some warming alcohol. Very red wine like; fruit blows up in the flavour eventually with coffee and chocolate taking to the back for a while. Medium to heavy body with a silky texture and soft carbonation. And I had just been wondering what a beer would be like if brewed to be more like a wine...
37.5cl bottle, bbe 14/08/11, thanks Jukkabro.
walleye (813), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Poured black with a small brown head. Aroma sour, bitter chocolate, alcohol, coffee, old shoe leather, vinager, some dark fruits. flavor, ash tray , some sweetness like dark cheeries that do not have alot of flavor to them, coffee
nbutler11 (40), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Poured like it’s namesake from the bottle, with a tan/amber head that evaporated nearly instantly. There is little evidence of any carbonation, but I swear that this is made with champagne. There’s plenty of spice and cocoa, but the eement of champagne seems to push this beer into the realm of decadance.
Veer (321), Landskrona, Sweden
Jul 16, 2008 Aroma: wine, honey, pepper, lovely, dark malt. Vinous as hell, sourish, coffee, vanilla, very piny & powerful hops. Tabascolike scent. Preserved strawberries. Rose hip.
Flavour: Peppery, malty, coffee, chocolate fudge. Very peculiar bittersweet flowery backbone. Elderberry & honey. Overall on the bitter, dark malty & floral side. Oatmeal can be sensed. This is freaking magic. Vinous...
Apperance: reddish black, slightly cloudy body with brown rind. Brown beige superfine bubbles leaving a film of foam. Quite spectacular.
Palate: velvety, smooth. Vinous. Slippery & dry feeling.
probstk (627), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Jul 15, 2008 375 ml bottle shared with Lubiere, served cool in a goblet.
App.: Deep cola brown with ruby hints, tiny light mocha head.
Aroma: An assault on the nostrils! Big black pepper, green resinous hops, some black coffee and dark chocolate, smokey.
Palate: Medium-full body and sparse carbonation.
Flav.: Very aggressive green peppercorns, huge amounts of resinous hops, some sweet malts but they are struggling; very spicy, quite bitter, biting and young; oily and mouth-coating..
ENORMOUS and needs to age I think.
Doggythedog (921), Split, Croatia
Jul 15, 2008 Bottle, RBESG08 grand tasting.
Almost black brown body. Nose... hmm... elder? Very pleasant. Dark malts. Nice heavy malty taste, elder again, alcohol, big roasty bitterness. Way better than the Black, but it just isn’t my style.
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