3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From tap at Beachwood BBQ. Pours hazy dark amber with a small tan and creamy head. Aroma is wheat, fruity and phenolic. Smooth fruity, solid hoppy and dark toasted malty. Bitter and dry malty into a slight hot finish.
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
UPDATED: APR 5, 2006 Bottled. Clear pale brown. Very obvious pancake syrup aroma. Extremely sweet and syrupy - more like an American pancake mix with the syrup already included. Way, way too sweet. It’s not even near the levels where my tastebuds starts perceiving anything but sweetness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a clear deep amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of bread, orange, caramel, and florals. Flavor of orange, cherry, bread, caramel, dough. and toffee.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Some of the other people at the tasting really hated this one. I may have had a different bottle, though, as there were several floating around. Bright dark amber colour. The aroma is a bit syrupy with artificial blueberry accents (ew). Very rich, massive malts and a bit of backing alcohol. So syrupy and warming, if a bit one-dimensional. I’d expect it to age well, though.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 18, 2009
Date: October 13, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF
Appearance: hazy dark copper, frothy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel malt aroma with lots of fruity character
Flavor: big sweet fruity flavor, lots of candy caramel character
Date: July 06, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark red, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, winey sweetness
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: sweet caramel candy flavor, peppery alcohol
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
11th October 2008. GABF. This version a lighter 10.5% abv! Clear dark amber beer. Sweet aromatic barleywine. Just a little hop in the finish.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at the brewpub. Strong malt/brown sugar aroma. Near opaque darkish, brownish amber color with a yellow-white ring for head. Full in body, a bit zesty in carbonation that turns creamy. Flavor is brown sugary sweet, with fruity notes- like kiwi/strawberry. Some heat is noticeable, but it doesn’t detract from the flavors. Finish seems to develop some hoppy bitter. Wheat? Dunno. It’s really good stuff, wheat or not.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF 2008 poured a clear golden amber with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of wheat, carmel, fruittiness and peppere. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of wheat, carmel, fruittiness, toffee and light spice with a smooth warming fruity finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF 2009. Pours clear amber with a small, fizzy white head, mostly diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, caramel, toasted grain), light hop (herbs), average yeast (dough) with notes of date, apple, pear, and brown sugar. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, heavy sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the 2007 GABF: Clear copper bronze with a dense creamy light tan head. Rich, sweet caramely wheaty aroma has some light fruity esters. Body starts with a rich sweet wheaty flavor and some doughy caramel and light fruity complexity with plenty of warming alcohol toward the finish. Needs to hide the abv better, but still pretty good.
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