3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20750ml bottle, thanks to holdenn. pours dark brown with no head. nose of soy, port wine, dark fruit, and smoke. flavors are dusty oxidation, smoke, alcohol, chocolate. watery feel, did improve as it sat.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750mL Bottle poured at the brewery tasting room for The "Odd" Years Vertical Tasting. Incredibly strong and pungent dusty oxidation nose. Flat as a pancake. The dark malt complexity is enjoyable in the finish, but it’s hard to ride through the syrupy, dusty patois of oxidation. Nearing soy sauce quality. Faded.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear brown pour with no real amount of head. Very unusual ’pine cone’ note on the nose. The oxidized soy sauce flavor was offputting for most people at the tasting, but I really dig it so I rated it a bit higher. Wish it had a bit more carbonation, as this thing was very flat.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy mahogany body with a spare tan head. Aroma of mustiness, raisins, roasted malt, citrus, and florals. Flavor of caramel, roasted malt, raisins, and chocolate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thispoured a dark brown color with a tiny beige head. Aroma was molasses toffee, chocolate, and minty oxidation. Flavor chocolate covered cardboard, but with nice roast and dark fruit and malt flavors.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
A: It should be noted this beer comes in a corked wine bottle with no cap or cage, and is maybe 85% full. The beer itself is a murky dark brown color with no head.
S: Smells sort of like I expected. Caramel, toffee, chocolate, and oxidation--cardboard to be specific. It’s got a bit of a dusty smell to it which is really off-putting. Maybe a hint of anise and booze.
T: Not much better in terms of the flavor. The dust and cardboard really come through here. Decent caramel and chocolate, but there’s a definite soy sauce thing going on as well.
M: Medium in body with very minimal carbonation (obviously).
O: Not sure if this was ever good, but it certainly isn’t now.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle I brought to the RBSG. Poured a deep brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of roast, some chocolate, and coffee. Tastes of roast, some earthiness, chocolate, and coffee.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours deep brown with a beige head. Sweet malty aroma with some toffee-like notes. The flavor has sweet malts. toffee, and a hint of oxidation. Pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 12, 2012 Part of an amazing Newport Storm vertical at RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours black. Nose/taste of toffee, molasses, bread, brown sugar and chocolate. Oxidized, but still very drinkable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle via trade a ways back. Pours black with no head. Little choco in nose. Lots of great chocolate and overall ok.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I’ve had this bottle in my cellar since last year, today seemed like the day to pop her open. sampled 7/18/2008
Pours a dark brown/black with no head at all. Not sure if the carbonation leaked out of the cork, or if it never had any to begin with. The aroma is intense. Lots of Molasses, chocolate, alcohol, citrus hops, and wine like smells going on here. Taste has a bit of alcohol, chocolates coffee. What I’m really missing is the roasted barley. Mouthfeel is a bit creamy/oily and the body is thick. Overall its not bad, nothing to write home about, but certainly good enough to drink it all down.
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