 HopHeadinAZ (118), USA
Jun 21, 2008
22oz Bottle: Pours a slightly cloudy dark amber with virtually no head. The aroma is malt driven with some hop presence but a some alcohol aromas are there on the nose. The hops are there in the taste, sweet citrus perhaps, but not overwhelming. This is about the malt and lots of it. I get caramel, butterscotch and a slight reminder of a barley wine. The alcohol that I smelled provides some warmth in my mouth. This beer is definitely a palate coater with a medium to heavier feel but it fits the style. This is a good beer overall but I shouldn’t be surprised that I’m not crazy over it since I am not a fan of the regular Shark Bite.
chumba526 (6), Washington, USA
does not count  Jul 3, 2009 The appearance of the beer was solid it was not quite red -a little darker- but it was close enough. Who really cares about appearance anyhow, you’re not going to pour the beer into a frame! The carbonation seemed to be average for red ale: meaning that it has a decent amount of carbonation. The smell was strong and bold but what else would you expect from port brewing. A bold combination of hops and a strong mask of sweet malts are apparent by smell. The taste remains true to the smell. It was at first a tad bit sweet, it quickly turned to the taste of the creative hop blend; the blend was quite bitter but had a nice floral pine flavor to it. The malt was as sweet as the smell gave away. It had a nice balance of the hop and malt: each seemed to have equal force. Overall it is creative strong bold red ale.
glennmastrange (687), hobe sound, Florida, USA
Jul 1, 2009 Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of roasted and caramel, moderate orange for the hops, light soap for the yeast, with background notes of date, cherry, wine and brown sugar. Head is small, wispy, off-white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is hazy dark copper. Flavor starts moderately sweet and the long finish is lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Palate is on the full side of medium, oily and has a lively carbonation. Deep, rich and complex aromas and so well balanced, This American Strong Ale is well deserving of it’s high percentile score.
shawnm213 (541), South Bend, Indiana, USA
Jun 30, 2009 Bottle pours a brown with ruby red highlights with a small tan head. aroma of Some sweet malts, caramel, toffee, booze, pine, citrusy hops. Nice Body. pretty tasty. but a little malty and boozy. i usually don’t say that. but it’s the summer
Frovigalning (156), , Sweden
Jun 28, 2009 It pured a hazy brown with reddish tones, with a small foam. It had a strong scent with allot of caramell and warm alcohol. The aroma was also very strong with caramell and a warm alcoholic finnish. After a while some hops came through, but the caramell was very dominant. Was this a barley wine? It sure reminded me of one. The beer got smoother at the end but overall it was a bit to 1-dimensional for me.
Tweety (309), Vancouver, Washington, USA
Jun 27, 2009 Just didn’t really do it for me, nothing terribly exciting going on here. A little disappointing really.
beerchugger (216), Colorado, USA
Jun 25, 2009 Pours a deep red color with a fully thick and dense off white head forming atop. Smells of strong citrus fruits, hops and a thin malty background are most prevalent. This beer tastes of caramel, booze, some toasted biscuits and maybe some cherry. Mouhfeel is rather medium bodied and the finish is delicately bitter. Very reminiscent of a barley wine.
thehurt01 (173), Denver, Colorado, USA
Jun 20, 2009 a 22 oz bottle. The beer poured a dark amber body with a thick liight brown foam head. The smell is a citrus hops an the taste is the same, not to over powering though. good carbonation.
scraff (1812), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Jun 18, 2009 22 oz - Deeply hazed copper, thin off white creamy head. Juicy citric pineapple and caramelized guava nose warms to swirls of brown sugared melon and fig. Well meshed citric hop flavors ride a complex foundation of tropical fruits and toffee brittle. Hints of milk chocolate round this out in the finish. Full bodied with cask-like carbonation. Any additional carbonation here might have taken this up a notch or two. As is though, it still was a well crafted and enjoyable brew...
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