4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle… VBWT2008… This beer rocks!… Dark, murky, prune-colored lager with a small, creamy, off-white head. Lots of cocoa and coffee beans in the nose. Also, some vinous notes. Full-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and gentle carbonation. Sweet and chocolaty. Finishes sweet, chocolaty and minerally. Pretty straightforward; not overly complex. Cheers to mgumby10 for sharing his bottle of this world class, spot-on eisbock!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 4, 2008 Courtesy mgumby10. Hollatchaboi. Pours pitch black, with very little head. Nice braids of wet lacing stick to the glass. Slight tart aroma, ripe melon, barnyard cider, caramel. Cotton-y banana flavor. Belgian yeast, clove, and dark candy. Bitter touch, soft and pillowy on the tongue. Enjoyed it.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Handbotle. Courtesy Dickinsonbeer. Thanks for grabbing this for me Paul! Pours almost black, with a light off white head. Wasnt expecting it to be so dark. Smells of some gingerbread, dark sweet malts, dark fruits, and caramel. The taste was very flavorful. Alot going on here. Pretty syrupy texture, dark malts, banana, sweet and smooth caramel, and dark fruits really take the reigns. Finished great, easy drinking for how strong it is. Wonderful experience.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
growler-pours a disappearing brown head and black color with hint of red highlights. Aroma is dark malt-molasses, pear/banana-yeast. Taste is dark malt/wheat, dark malt-molasses/licorice, pear/banana-yeast, secondary spice hops.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Handbottle courtesy of hophead75 (muchos gracias). Pours a dark dark brown with a thin tan head (coaxing gives rise to a one finger brown head). The aroma is chocolatey, some alcohol, fruity, mellow toffee, Belgian notes actually, some banana/clove. The flavor is smooth and chocolate, alcohol is very well hidden, earthy, some banana/clove, a bit meaty. The palate is full and smooth with no carbonation (handbottle?). Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was hand-bottled. The color was deep chocolate. The head was creamy, light beige, and thin. The aroma was sweet malt, spice, and alcohol. The flavor was banana, spice, sweet malt, and alcohol. The palate was thick-bodied. The finish was warm.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, thanks to someone. Brown pour. Aroma is chocolate malt, slightly burnt malt on top of caramel malt. Flavor is sweet at first, but with some tasty burnt / smoked malt also. Didn’t notice the alcohol.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On draft at Circa. 1/2008. Only 4 sixtels in the world or something. Really drinkable for the alcohol content. Very impressive work.
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