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Sonoran 100

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RATINGS: 119   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.33   EST. CALORIES: 585   ABV: 19.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
In early July, 2006 in commemoration of our 10th Anniversary, and the brewing of the 100th Batch of beer brewed at our new Pinnacle Peak brewery, Brewmaster Scott Yarosh wanted to do something different. The “Sonoran 100” is a naturally fermented Malt liqueur flavored with Honey and a hint of Maple. After the 9 week fermentation, we aged our “100” for several months before running the whole batch through our custom filter of toasted Maple and Oak wood chips. The result was a Bourbon-like brew that is best served in a small snifter or as a shot on the rocks for those that prefer it chilled. This 19.5 % ABV is the first brew in a continuing series of “Extreme Brews” the Sonoran Brewing Company has planed. Every 100 batches we will brew something wild! Keep an Eye out for It!


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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
daknole (5474) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - JAN 30, 2010
Sample from Jonpol, thanks bro! Pours a headless caramel brown color. Aroma is very sake-like with some honey and caramel. Flavor is like a moderately sweet sake. A hint of caramel and woody notes round out a very unique and pretty good beer.

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   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
LtDan (1415) - Los Angeles County, California, USA - JAN 22, 2010
Smelled smokey and chocolatey. From the bottle or glass, it was like a dark brown barleywine. Tasted like a boozy, chocolatey barleywine. Quite syrupy with no bubbles. Overall, a great gimmick that packs a little punch.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 15/20
BückDich (5468) - McCall, Idaho, USA - OCT 8, 2009
Bottle: Wow, this really pushes things in a different direction. Very bourbon like with tons of maple, honey and oak flying around. Extremely thin body and no carbonation so you want this on the rocks. Doesn’t seem like it belongs here, but I’d try it again.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
bu11zeye (9614) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - SEP 8, 2009
( Bottle, courtesy of BMan1113VR ) Pours an amber-brown body with no head. Aroma of wood, maple, honey, bourbon, raisins, and caramel. Flavor of honey, wood, maple, grilled meat, and dark fruit.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BrianK (200) - Livingston, New Jersey, USA - SEP 1, 2009
So yea...this one was sitting on cletus’ liquor stand kinda thing and he tried to get us to kill the bottle. Loads of maple flavor, not very hot at all which was surprising. Liquorlike.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
wetherel (1837) - Encinitas, California, USA - AUG 21, 2009
Tried from bottle at 2009 Stone Sour Fest. Sweet. Black color. Alcohol well hidden for almost 20%. Excellent! I love sweet!

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
swoopjones (3246) - Buffalo, New York, USA - AUG 13, 2009
found old notes from Coles Rare Beer Fest. Wierd sort of murky brown pour, Somewhat smokey aroma with honey maple aroma. Boozy smoky flavor. honey maple sweetness. Warming. wierd

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BBB63 (4939) - La Porte, Indiana, USA - AUG 4, 2009
Bottle provided by Kevin, thanks:

Deep muddy brown with quite oily appearance. The aroma is smoky, earthy, cardboardy (as actually expected), marzipan, prune, walnuts, and a bit boozy. The taste is much of the same, smoky and maple syrup overtones with a nutty, dark fruit and boozy finish. The mouth feel is shockingly dry and chewy, nicely warming upon the chest. Very different and would have loved to try this in a fresher state.


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