GABF 2008 poured a clear brown with no head. Aromas of maple, carmel, vanilla and alcohol. Palate was medium bodied, smooth syrupy and hot. Flavors of maple, carmel, vanilla, pepper and alcohol with a smooth, hot lingering sweet fin ish.

This is truly a hot sticky sweet mess of a beer!

Wow, this is good. A sweet aroma with fruit, raisins and caramel. It looks beautiful in the glass, leaving curtains like a whiskey or cognac. The flavour is strong, sweet with raisins and caramel with no burn of the strong alcohol.

Rating #1000! Woohoo! I wish I could remember that thread a year ago, where they talk about what happens when you become a beer god. It involved something with girls swooning over you, free beer everywhere you go, and being able to rate a beer with 100% accuracy by just looking at the bottle. Those haven’t happened yet, but I hope they will kick in by 2000 ratings. 1.5oz handbottle from iowaherkeye generously served about 6 people at tasting at PP bottle shop. I remember Sean savoring the 2mm in his glass (his second sample and the last from the bottle: the greedy bastard!) when someone said they didn’t get to try, so he offered a taste, frantically saying "Don’t take too much!" In all truth, I was the greediest with the most in my glass. The smell is awesome. Ryan said it smells the same as fresh despite the handbottle. I guess you hope for that from a 27% flat beer. Aroma is like concentrated brown sugar and brandy. Very sweet, which I love. Some throat burn. Kind of like sipping brandy. This is an awesome beer!

Tasting at PP C-bad, thanks to wetherel! Test tube sampler of Utopias. Dark amber hue. Nose is bourbon, light fruits, maple syrup, oak. Taste is sugary sweet molasses, brown sugar, anise, dark fruits, and maple syrup. Thick smooth texture with little carbonation. Great taste profile, much smoother than 27% abv, maple and brown sugar dominate, very liquer-ish in nature.

Thanks again to gregmcq on BA for the rest of his 2003 bottle. This one was opened and tried about two months ago but I’m just now reviewing the very last bit of the bottle. Its just as amazing as when it was first opened though. Pours murky golden brown and has amazing legs when swirled. Smell is amazing brown sugar, nuttiness, booze (bourbon), raisins, caramel. So much going on here I love this stuff. Flavor is much of the same with a huge booze component (again mostly bourbon) that works well with intense caramel, nuttiness and some raisin.. Syrupy smooth and warming in the belly. I just love this stuff and wish I had another bottle to sit on for a while. Not really very beer like but one of my absolute favorite alcoholic beverages I have had to date.