 mcbackus (757), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 11, 2007 bottle courtesy of boboski big thanks for sharing: pours completely dead with a dirty brown colour. aroma of some serious alcohol, hot peppers, and some maple. very pungent. flavour is syrupy and slight spice and a burn in the throat. some very sweet maple like malt. also gettin some of smokey hot peppers. very raisin and date soaked in alcohol flavour.
skoisirius (587), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 24, 2008 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.
spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 7, 2007 Shared by OhioDad at the Columbus tasting #6. Dark fruits lots of smoke and some alcohol as well in the aroma.Pours a very dark copper with very little head.Lots of smoke with a hint of alcohol in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with the 19.5% alcohol hid fairly well.
juiceisloose (678), Windermere, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 23, 2009 Bottle #954 of 1000. Courtesy redlight, thanks Brent. Pours a very muddy caramel brown color with no head forming at all. It just looks thick and syrupy. The aroma is strong and enticing and not what you would think by just looking at it. Hints of sweet maple, chocolate syrup, honey, brown sugar, and vanilla oak all come through. The flavor follows with maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla and caramel. A smokey flavor starts to come through as it warms probably from the burnt oak. Medium bodied and syrupy mouthfeel with subtle carbonation. There is a nice warming feeling from the alcohol, but you would never know it is 19.5% abv. This is a very unique beer with being so extreme and certainly enjoyable as a dessert beverage in small quantities.
BMan1113VR (2981), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 20, 2009 Bottle via a trade with hellbilly, shared at the Stone Sourfest. Pours with a hazy auburn maple body. aroma of smoke, scotch, leather and raisin. Taste is raisin, scotch, leather, maple, oak and rye. Very syrupy mouthfeel.
Love the tequila bottle shape, fooled Greg Koch at Stone into thinking it was liquor, before he realized that it was beer.
goldtwins (4086), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 30, 2007 Poured a clear dark amber color with no real head. The aroma had a smokey and doughy quality mixed into semi-sweet malt. There is a taste of alcohol which can be expected but not too much burn for almost 20%. The flavor was actually kind of on the bland side.
heemer77 (4313), Savannah, Missouri, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 12, 2007 Thanks for bringing this to a tasting, General_Gao. The body was dark brown with no head. The aroma was rich and leathery with some caramel. This had an aged cellar type smell that made me think of oxidation. The taste had some smoky malts with a little bit of apples. There was also some dank cellar, but it dominated and detracted from the beer. You gotta love the bottle which made me think of maple syrup.
jerc (3966), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 28, 2009 2009-01-24. Hazy dark amber body, headless. (3+) Sweet aroma is a bit smoky, like honey ham or sweet smoked pecans. Flavour is quite different with a tangy malt, very mild smoky undertones, light bitterness throughout. Tangy fruit character. Bit odd to be honest but kind of interesting. (7+) Smooth average to medium bodied palate. An experience. Bottle 788 of 100, Coles Rare Beer Fest, Buffalo
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