 RasterMaster (120), , Oklahoma, USA
Dec 28, 2008 25.4 Oz. bottle pours a dark mahogany into thick creamy tan head with heavy lacing on the glass. Soft carbonated bubbles keep a lingering head on the top of the glass. Opening the bottle revealed an aroma of red wine, roasted caramel, sweet chocolate malts and hint of hops. Initial flavor of spice, ryebread and sweet malty caramel slowly fading into a full bodied, well balanced hoppy finish. Expected this one to have a bitter bite since it was at 9.4% alc. but turned out to be smooth and drinkable. Thus far have not been disappointed with any North Coast offerings.
BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Dec 22, 2008 Bottle. Poured brown with a creamy tan head. Sweet aroma of fruits, malt, and a hint of spice. The flavor follows the same but also has some wood character also. Medium body, sweet, smooth, and warming.
grandet (477), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 20, 2008 12oz bottle from jessup plaza. dark borwn pour with a nice big fluffy head. Aroma of sweet candy sugar, dark fruit and caramel. Taste of strong dark fruit and alcohol. Not bad at all.
Rynoplasty (500), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Dec 7, 2008 Pours dark amber brown with a fairly small tan head. Aroma is rich, sweet and malty. Taste is malty, rich and sweet. Pretty good stuff.
Block (363), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Dec 7, 2008 Pours a dark red/brown with a tan head. Aroma of malts and hops. Flavor of caramel and some hop bitterness.
coyotehunter (542), , Michigan, USA
Dec 6, 2008 Copper pour with a decent head. nose is of figs and hops with malts shining through. flavor is that of figs hops and malt with some berry in there as well as some caramel. sticky on the palate and a little creamy. finishes with hint of alcohol. Good beer and well balanced.
thewolf (5623), Kolding, Denmark
Dec 6, 2008 Bottle, bought at Systembolaget, Malmö. Thank you, myrup. Pours lovely deep amber red with a great, creamy, beige head. Great duration and fine lacing. Lovely fruity aroma. Some light tarty red berries mix with heavy plums, raisins and prunes. A little vinious as well, some spicy notes. Medium carbonation, fine oily mouthfeel. Flavour starts off with a tad of tartness, vinious, light chocolate. Dark Belgian sugars, light vanilla. Lots of plums, prunes again. Light dryness. Nice.
MiP (8793), Sønderborg, Denmark
Dec 3, 2008 Bottle, 9.4%. Sweet aroma, hint of vanilla. Sweet flavour, some alcohol and some brown sugar. A bit too sweet for me and not quite balanced by the alcohol. Sweet apricot.
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