3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Was lucky enough to find one of these during a trip to Tucson...I believe at AJ’s Fine Food’s. Everyone is right...the bottle is worth some of the price itself! Will hold onto that one for a while... This pours a deep amber with absolutely no head. Notes of oak, vanilla, sweet malts, and sherry almost. Flavor gets all of the nose plus a bit of extra sugaryness from a bunch of maple notes. Very sweet and syrupy. Thick body, alcohol present throughout. What’s amazing...is, it’s somehow kind of thin! Not quite sure how that can happen with something 19+%...but its definitely getting docked a bit as this was definitely missing something. Overall, complex and a good idea JUST missed.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Thanks to Mike for this one. Dark brown, still body. Aroma of alcohol, caramel, and brown sugar. Flavor contains lots of maple, much like a maple sugar candy, and dry light alcohol.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
The best thing to say about this one (for some i drank it with the worse) is the bottle... How nice it is to see souch a different bottle of beer. It reminds me of old fashioned danish homemade bitters. Pours a muddy and dregy brown mass with no head - looked like some of the experiments we did in chemistry in elementary-school. The nose reminded me of Isle Whisky with smoky notes of tobacco but with a very sour dominating side-aroma. The flavour was mangrove-like but with notes of english licorice, oil and tobacco. The palate was pale and disappearing..
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, shared by acrdz. Thanks Mike! Pours dark red with no head. Nose is heavy sweet malts, honey, maple syrup, more sugar, and alcohol. Flavor has some sugary bourbon notes, more honey and maple, and a bit of dark fruit. Chewy palate. Very interesting and glad I got a chance to try this.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 621/1000. Still pour, no carbonation, as expected, of course. Color of dark maple/plum/brown. Some amount of booziness in the nose, some heavy maple, wood and sweetened bourbon notes, some nuts, toast, more maple… smells really good, actually. Silky, oily and moderately thick (just below heavy), with a strong note of dry wood, very strong flavor of maple-flavored bourbon, some nuts, breads, etc. Warming but not boozy or hot. Nice stuff, drinks like a dessert liqueur.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
390mL bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a viscous, dark amber color; headless. Lots of maple syrup, viscous dark dried fruits, and roasted meats in the aroma; fair amounts of smokiness; minimal alcohol coming through for how big this is; soft edges. Full mouthfeel: loads of maple syrup, dark fruits, and sweet candy sugar maltiness; warming presence, definitely; nothing rough overall though; very viscous, dense, intense maple syrup sweetness; a very generous, crazy beer. Lengthy finish: maple syrup and loads of sweetness; some breadiness and wet malts.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle # 169. Poured clear brown in color. Aroma of grain, and nuts. Tastes of sweet maple sugar, caramel, nutty and smoked meat like. Taste is smooth and little warm with alcohol, but not as bad as I was expecting. I was glad to try this one. Thanks Steve!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brown sugar, ham and woody aroma. More of the same in the flavor. Alcohol was surprisingly absent. No carbonation or head. This is hardly beer. More like a light brandy. BBQ brandy! Interesting and smooth, but not a well-executed high gravity "beer". Would try again, as it’s more an easy drinking liquor. Enjoyable.
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