 emacgee (1135), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sep 22, 2006 Updated: Sep 18, 2007
One of my recent re-rates. After having several of these high profile brews earlier in my career I felt the need to revisit them. On second glance this one poured a dark brown with ruby showing under light. The head was thick, creamy, and beige. The aroma is very strong. I could smell it during the pour. Sweet, grapes/raisins, alcohol, vinous and spices, the wine and spice combines to create a vermouth aroma, dark sugars. Very nice aroma. The flavor is warm dry alcohol, sweet, raisins, vinous as well, light spice, lacks the vermouth effect, dark sugars and fruit. Very warm palate and finish with fully soft carbonation. An excellent brew but I think its a little overrated. I’d prefer Pannepot anyday.
hellbilly (912), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Oct 12, 2008 BB 1/9/2013... pours the color of walnut stained wood with a sandy white head which leaves lots of drippy lacing. specks of yeast evident and the beer turns opaque when the slurry hits it! sweet grainy aroma is full of golden raisins, caramelized pears, buttery caramel, bananas and savory-ish yeast. lots of flavors... vanilla, chocolate, coffee/toasted nuttiness, bananas, caramelized d’anjou pears, golden raisins, lots of sweet grain/malt, toffee, wood.... so rich! it finishes with alcohol and a ton of spices. the abv% isn’t unwelcome. in fact, it helps to clean up the sugars, balance it out and make it insanely drinkable. noble/skunky/grassy hops linger in the aftertaste. the body is medium but the mouth feel is slick and smooth across the tongue. buttery texture coats the inside of my mouth...
heynik1885 (29), tonawanda, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Awesome dark brown pour with a small beige head. No lacing on glass. Smell is plums, raisins, sweetness, and some spice. Taste is same and is so complex and well balanced. ABV is hidden well beneath the excellent taste and aroma. By far a new fav!
BEERGUY007 (180), Scotia, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Nice and God bless those monks. Dark beer just the way I like it. Nice tan head that lasts forever. Nice raisin taste. Mostly what I could taste throughout the beer. Thick mouthfeel, nice and smooth.Did you know monks would drink the darker beers while they were fasting for nutrition? Darker beers were also used to be given to nursing and pregnant Mothers for nutrition. Times aren’t the same are they?
tedovertu (133), Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Plum, prune, cherry, and brown surgar aroma with a little cinnamon. Unbelievable in its complexity. Average light brown head. Virtually no lacing that is mostly diminishing. Hazy body with medium particles. Sweet initial flavor wih a little sour in the finish. Medium to full bodied with an astringent mouth feel.
JonnyDr (112), , South Yorkshire, England
Oct 9, 2008 Medium brown with small short lasting head. Raisins, chocolate and plenty of malt lead to spices, bread and a generally smooth finish. Charming.
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