 Hazmatt (353), Virginia, USA
Dec 27, 2007 Updated: Apr 17, 2008
Bottle. Very light color, very thin and fast dissipating head. Aroma is malty, toffee, alcohol, touch of sulfur. Flavor is strong, bitter with hops. Okay beer. Strong, warming.
greig (60), Hamilton, New Zealand
Aug 27, 2008 Quickly fading white head leaves a pale gold slightly hazy flat-looking beer. Not the most appetising appearance, but I shall forge on! Aroma is hot alcohol and sugar - sounds bad, but look beyond and there are some nice fruity notes. Some acetone type flavour on the palate, but warming malty toffee dominates. This is like comfort food as a beer. Warming and enveloping. Heavy in the mouth. I like this sort of thing so am being kinder to it than maybe it deserves. Finishes surprisingly clean for a fairly cloyingly sweet beer.
larsga (2141), Oslo, Norway
Aug 23, 2008 Medium coarseish white head quickly disappears completely. Deep golden body. Mild fruity alcoholic paint and toffee aroma with burnt sugar notes. Dry-sweet strawberry and gasoline taste with toffee notes. Considerable alcohol heat. Astringent, chalky. Aftertaste is roasty almonds and straw with alcohol notes and grassy hops. Minty notes. Very sweet throughout. Clean and surprisingly balanced, also quite complex. Interesting, but not a session beer, and not that great for sipping, either. (0.33l bottle, from some grocery store in Salzburg.)
Baumgartner (66), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle poured to glass. Pours a deep amber color with a small white head. Rich heavily toasted malt aroma and flavor with hops to balance. A bit of alcohol taste in the flavor and palate.
shendrix (435), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Quite a bit better than I expected. I picked this up at the grocery store in Vienna, and it had a sweet nose that did not inspire immediate confidence. The flavor was far better though: smoky honey cream against a malty, warming alcohol base.
Viper666 (420), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Aug 10, 2008 Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucré, léger d’alcool et de légumes bouillis avec des notes de pain, d’épices, de fruits (raisins) et de miel. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture plutôt sirupeuse et aux notes crémeuses. Petites notes fruitées (raisins et pommes) accompagné de notes épicées et de légumes bouillis lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de grains de malt sucrés ainsi que des notes de caramel, de miel et des traces de pain. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume d’alcool réchauffant jusqu’en finale, où l’on note également la présence d’un léger goût de houblon herbeux ainsi que des petites notes boisées (fût de chêne). Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, moyennement amer d’alcool et de houblon herbeux avec de faibles notes fruitées (moût de raisins).
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