3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a nice brown, almost black color.Hints of spice, chocolate and nuts on the nose.this is definately reminding me of some good xmas beers.Medium body with coffee, nuts, spice, and caramel.Finish was a bit dry but overall this was pretty good.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: NOV 30, 2007 Dense black with burgundy shades. A charminginly drinkable but still substantial brew. Aromas of whiskey, brown sugar, caramel. Tastes of chocolate, plum, flutters of port and rum. Smooth and rich palate with just the right touch of carbonated edge. Falling between the cracks classification, but doing it with a lot of style and grace.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy dark brown, with a nice thick foamy brown head, leaving lacings. Heavy aroma of roasted/smoked malts and chocolate, with underlying porty notes. Lots of dusty hobs in the flavor along with roasted bitterness. On the sweet side we have the underlying overripe darkfruits, but its mainly a complex bitter roasted/hobby brew i think.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
03.01.2008, 0,5l Bottle. Batch 380, Brewed sep. 08, BB sep. 13. The colour is black with a thick light brown head. When you pour it into the glass you can smell the hops and the malt. Aroma is strong malty, bitter, roasted and bitter. This is a rich beer. Body is full. Aftertaste is long, strong and bitter. Fantastic!!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Batch 175, brewed on 080805; best before 080808(?). Late in drinking this bottle from SecretSanta. Clear mahoganey body. Light tan thin creamy head. Nice look. Sweet rich malty aroma, chocolate. Cherry licorice, raisins... very interesting aroma. Complexities abound! Flavor is dark.. dark fruit, dark malt, slightly roasted finish with a hint of nuts... banana nut bread... some peaty scotish ale type of thing. After a while picking up some bourbony alcohol hints. Good overall... probably hard to drink a whole bottle myself.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
First things first, I was very surprised by how dark this one poured. A very dark brown as you pour, it glows with a cloudy ruby color when held to the light. It appears very dense as it pours as well. Some roasted coffee in the nose that gives way to loads of caramel and toffee. Mild hop bitterness in this one but it’s mostly a lovely caramel mocha slice of liquid heaven. This one’s gonna warm me all freaking winter long.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Golden orange in color which is decieving because the first flavors I get are chocolate with some roasted notes. This does really redden the cheeks even after a small glass.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle labeled winter ale poured into a Trappist glass has a dark black color and a nice thick tan one finger head that retained well. aroma has black and chocolate malt, nuts, light holiday spices, and some sweet caramel. mouth feel is medium and coats the inside of the mouth with light carbonation. flavor has a great combination of smooth malt, touch of roast, holiday spiced but not too much so, ripe fruit, and caramel sweetness at just the right level. alcohol is warming but no real heat to it.
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