3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
The Dan Journal #486. Tasted 7/4/11. 2010 Vintage. Pours lively with an amber bronze hue. Thick, billowing off-white head. Aromas of soapy citrus and tea. Full bodied with a berry sweetness and bready malts. Good malt body. A nice cream soda note. Sweet finish with a touch of the dry. Woody, earthy malts and subtle tea-like hops. Mildly soapy and green. Decent.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
3000th United States beer rating! 2008 C&C bottle courtesy of TheCheeseMan in Mystery Swap 4.0 and shared at the 5/7/11 DC Ratebeer gathering. Pours a hazy copper color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, caramel, cheese, cinnamon and some other spices. The taste is toffee, apple, citrus, spice, raisin and some oxidation notes. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
murky nut brown. Heavy brown sugar, caramel. Moderate oxidation, sugar, caramel and slight paper in the finish. Thin, sticky.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle, thanks to dkachur. Really dark burnt rusty orange with a light tan head. Lots of oxidation in the aroma, dark fruits, toffee and nearing on barleywine to me. Good degree of dark fruit sweetness that dominates the flavor. Medium body with bubbly carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750mL thanks to dkachur. The pour is a very cloudy, muddy, murky deep orange to brown with a medium yellow head. No lace. Aroma is barleywine like or old ale: heavy toffee and caramel, big brown sugar stickiness, oxidized barleywine orange mint. Taste is like a small barleywine or old ale with mild chalkiness, yeast, oxidation, orange mint (oxidized barleywine), small toffee. Pretty far off from Biere de Garde for style. Would do well as an old ale.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very sweet caramel and piney hop nose. Taste is very sweet, moderately bitter, some golden raisin, light resinous hop.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared by dkachur. Pours hazy amber with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention with medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, straw, caramel), light hops (earthy), and average esters (apple/pear) with heavy oxidation, notes on dates and nutmeg. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, cookie, straw, caramel), light hops (earthy), and average esters (apple/pear) with heavy oxidation, notes on dates and nutmeg. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation with a sweet texture and a dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ The BeerMongers... Poured amber with a Khaki head. Nose was malty with a faint yeast spice. Lots of yeast esters and fruit tones similar to cherries and apricots. Malty, sweet, raw sugar, and yeast eatery finish. The palate was very dry which was great for the style.
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