ucusty (1882), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Feb 24, 2009 Hazy orange pour with a fizzy white head. Rich nutty aroma. Spicy, sweet malts, caramel, and fruits. Big alcoholic finish Gr0ve (1393), Oslo, Norway
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Feb 15, 2009 330 ml bottle. Golden colour with a slight haze. Small white
head. Fruity aromas with hints of cookies and malts. Alcohol is
obvious, but does not really get in the way. Aroma of
strawberries. Very rich malt flavours with a strong hop bitterness. Snojerk321 (1945), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Feb 10, 2009 Bottle from Hamilton’s. Pours a mostly clear orange amber with absolutely no head. Nose was very sweet with notes of caramel, honey, sweet malts, and candied tree fruits. Flavor is very sweet, almost like desert wine. TBone (6741), Pori, Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Feb 8, 2009 Bottled (vintage 2007).
Light amber-copper color, small white head. Caramelly ryeish malty nose. Very sweet, full body. Molasses, raisins, toffee .. soft sweet palate. Not as alcoholic as one may think. Alcohol comes in the aftertaste, when beer is warming in the stomage. Ryeish malty, sugary aftertaste with notes of lime candy. Dickinsonbeer (3449), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Feb 6, 2009 Bottle shared by someone at RLB. Pours a deep honey copper and a thinning fizzy head. Aroma is super sweet, honey, lightly toasted malts, and lgihtly floral. Alcohol comes through a bit as it warms seems a bit too syruipy, honey, and floral, fusels, slight citrus twang in the end and a super sweet cloying finish. Meh. Maria (6167), Thisted, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Feb 3, 2009 It is orange-golden with a small head. The aroma has sweetness and notes of malt, peach and citrus. The flavour has a strong sweetness and notes of alcohol, malt, light raisin and candy sugar. The finish has notes of citrus combined with peppery alcohol. IMO the alcohol is very dominating, but in spite of that it has quite a nice balance. ekstedt (2419), Göteborg, Sweden
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 | Feb 3, 2009 Bottle (33 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear amber, thin brief head. Alcoholic, caramely, sugary, quite sweet. Surprisingly thin body for the abv. gnoff (3568), Göteborg, Sweden
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | Feb 2, 2009 11.2 fl oz bottle, thanks to ekstedt! On Februay 2, 2009. Bottled in 2007 Clear amber color, very small white head. Malty, sweet, alcohol scent with some spices and hints of hops. Sweet, very sweet, alcohol taste. Long sweet alcohol aftertaste. Medium, smooth mouthfeel, grassy bitterness.
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