 LilBeerDoctor (1492), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 8, 2008 Cool bottle! Pours a clear dirty orange with a thick light tan head that leaves nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of doughy bread and soda. Flavor of sweet malt, bread, light fruits (apple). Doesn’t taste very hoppy like I would expect from an ASA, mostly it’s just lots of malt. Alright though.
fredandboboflo (1404), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 8, 2008 Bottle. Aroma super rich and super malty with that toffee and caramel, also some sugary candy. Flavor quickly becomes somewhat cloying with that sugary candy. Still has a bunch of all that malty goodness, but it just gets out of wack. Sad, really. Had so much potential.
steview (901), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 7, 2008 dead translucent copper body, dark orange highlight, thick and sparkling tan head; clean--sweet for one second, then quickly bittersweet, with reminiscence of rye and light citrus, ending semi-dry; chewy, but smooth; good.
Aubrey (2774), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 7, 2008 Cool bottle. Kinda’ pricey. Nice amber-red color with a nice head to boot. Really enjoyed the palate (chewy and full of texture, yet not too heavy and/or syrupy). Complex malts took the stage (over the hops) by a small margin, and they offered notes of dark dough, multigrain bread, peanut shells, toffee, chocolate and a hint of black coffee. Hops were also nice, as they were full of fresh-cut grass, earthy herbs and dried flowers, along with some bitterness to round things out. Alcohol didn’t seem sharp at all. Enjoyable, tasty beer.
WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 7, 2008 Clear dark amber, with an enormous off-white head and fantastic lacing. Nose of sweet caramel malts and PNW hops. Taste matches the nose ... hops, malts, sweet caramel, almost in balance, but with a huge hoppy finish. Maybe subtract half a point for the over-the-top alcohol? A lovely beer, even if not exactly a session beer!
LooseCannon (927), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 7, 2008 22oz bottle. Pours clear acopper in color with tan head. Aroma sweet, malty, yeasty and light hops. Taste of caramel, malt and citrus hops with bitter finish.
BeerandBlues2 (3203), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 6, 2008 Bottle. Pours clear brown with a large, frothy, light brown head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, bread, nutty), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of apple, pear, and honey. Medium bodied, gritty texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.
PorterPounder (3136), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 6, 2008 Tallahassee, Fl. - Liquor Loft - painted red 750 ml bottle. Nice medium copper pour with a soft white head that sticks around quite a while. Fresh, sprucey aroma with some hints of ripening vegetables. Flavor is full bodied and full of caramel, toffee, grapefruity citrus and a hint of vegetable funkiness. Mouthfeel is a little on the stinging side - but can be expected with the high abv and over the top hops.
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