3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber from Beverages4Less in Santee, CA. Fred’s the man! Trust me on that. Pours very dark brown with a big foamy/creamy light tan head. Aroma is chocolate chili? With light stone fruit? Full body. Creamy carb. Flavor is chocolate/vanilla with some fruit, followed by a slow chili burn. Not a lot of chili heat. Yet, anyway. This is an extremely flavorful, but not excessively extreme, beer. Really good beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ home. Deep brown appearance with a bubbly, brown head. Toasty chocolate malty, nutty creamy, mild earthy aroma. Creamy, milk chocolate, light toffee, nutty, vanilla, mildly bitter flavor with the chili peppers showing up on the finish. Soft, velvety mouth feel. Nice brew!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2013 Délicieux mélange de cassonade, mélasse, caramel et chocolat. En réchauffant, le piment chili vient appuyer parfaitement le profil sucré avec un kick discret mais tout de même aigu. Une bière confortable, facile à boire et pleine de saveur.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours clear mahogany with tan head. The aroma offers up some roasted malts, very dark roasted malts, a cola sensation and a mild whiff of vanilla. Smells nice. The taste has rich dark roasted malts, molasses, a mild level of vanilla and a growing and pleasing chocolatiness to midway and into the finish. I like this. It’s smooth, on the rich side and straight up yummy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark mahogany into a Sam glass. Off-white head quickly recedes to nothing. Milk chocolate aromas. Upfront chocolate and vanilla turning to a lasting chocolate finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22. Pours deep brown with a loose tan head. Loose sheets of lace on the sides. Big brown bread, gingerbread, and molasses nose, very sweet and treacly. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Brown bread, gingerbread, and molasses on the mid palate, with a long sweet finish. Kind of overdone with the holiday treats, but not a bad beer if you have a sweet tooth.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had both the Terrapin and Shmaltz versions back to back the other night at John’s Apt. Thanks Ryan Dank for sharing. I’ll start off by saying that I’m not a big fan of either. They’re just not my style at all. The beer is grainy as hell. Malt texture is weird. Not great. The red pepper and spice component is more balance is this version than the Terrapin. Spicy without being over the top. Lighter and more drinkable. Not great but not bad either.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle... Poured dark brown with a huge head. Sweet with lots of chocolate flavors. Vanilla bean, oats, malts, nutty. Couldn’t detect much from the chilies. Came off like a suped up brown ale.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is sweet and heavy malts with a bit of chocolate. Flavor is at first a nice chocolate with a little vanilla aftertaste. I don’t get and chili pepper but I’m Ok with that. Finish has some creamy chocolate covered vanilla ice cream. Decent beer for a low price and a good cause.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle. Pours a clear dark brown color with a medium plus sized tan head that quickly diminishes. The aroma is creamy chocolate with minor amounts of roasted malt and spices. The flavor has creamy chocolate, roasted malts, mild vanilla with a touch of fruit and some earthy bitterness at the finish. This was decent, but not very complex.
|
