 mikalooch (163), , New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 Pours deep dark brown with a thin offwhite head. Aroma is malt with ripe plum and banana. Taste is malty with some clove and banana. Warms as i goes down with a bit above average carbonation, its is a bit tingly. Alcohol is apparent. Very good, not as good as the original, it lacks a bit of its balance and sweetness.
HighWine (163), , California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 17, 2009 Tap at Toronado. Cloudy brown pour with candy and banana nose. Beautifully loaced head. Tase is yeast with predimonant clove and faint roast and bitterness.
caesar (3021), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 17, 2009 Bottled. Brownish color, short head. Aroma of malt, toffee, bit smokey, some vanilla. Malty taste, bit alcoholic, slight fruity. Big bock.
kappldav123 (1817), Markkleeberg, Germany
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 10, 2009 The bottle looks really good. Mine is numbered 2008/05789. Starts modest fruity and yeasty, a little bit too alcoholic I think. Interesting, but I exspected more.
elihapa (1044), Honolulu, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 7, 2009 2005 vintage bottle. Pours purple with dark browns and reds. Aroma is quite sweet, of ripe, juicy fruit, and sugar syrup. To be honest, this brew is dominated by sweetness, which is a turnoff to a hophead like me. It does, however, do a nice job “balancing” its purple jolly rancher sweetness with interesting fruity touches. This is an intense drink, and I suspect that further aging will not dull the flavor explosion it beholds.
Barrios (852), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 7, 2009 Updated: Apr 5, 2009Pours with not much head with a deep amber body. Nose is full of malt, alcohol, and root beer. Flavor is sweet and malty with raisin, clove, and yeast. Fine carbonation. A bit hot with alcohol. Smooth finish.
grandgenie (252), gatineau, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 7, 2009 Dégusté dans un verre du mondial de la bières. De couleur brun caramel ambré avec un peu de carbonation avec une fine mousse. Bière d’apparence très lourde. Senteur fumé, malté, sucré, caramel,vanille, figue, pain d’epice et de banane, une bière évolutive et complexe au niveau olfactif. Au palais,cette bière est une explosion d’alcool elle est onctueusse, ronde ,huilleuse et sec vers la fin dû à la présence d’houblon réagissant vers la fin.Un goût de caramel,épices indiennes, poivres, houblon, vanille, lait de poule, confiture de rhubarbe et banane. Je pourrais continuer car le goût change au fur et à mesure. Une bière me procurant une plénitude.
Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 6, 2009 Bottle from a little shop in Philadelphia. Fin recommended this one, and a fine beer it is! Deep, deep brown with a fine tan layer of bubbles. The smell alternates between iodine, smokey leafy mulch, fig cake on one sniff, and then the next sniff over to used transfer case oil. Salty-sweet licorice flavor, dark and warming. Tastes its strength and then some. Almost like sipping bourbon. But then rather delicate at the same time. And while sweet, doesn’t seem thick or cloying. Clove and cinnamon spice finish. A brooding, intense beer. The W. B. Yeats of the beer world.
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