 VTHopHead (901), Barre, Vermont, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 28, 2008 750ml - Poured a quite dark, clear reddish amber in color with a medium bright white head that settled to that creamy covering over the beer. Some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is brown/candied sugar and sweet caramel malts. Flavor is quite sweet with lots of dark fruit (raisins and prunes) ,but some lighter fruit (apples, berries) as well. Finish is sweet and lingering. Lacks some of the Belgian Abbot yeastiness that this style typically has, but I really like it a lot... excellent beer!
cbeers21 (564), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 19, 2008 Brown hazy pour with lasting, whispy and foamy head. Candied sugars and bready aromas are first noticed, then making way for prunes, berries, dried fruits and a tangy green apple touch. Smoothed out body with brandyish hint, solid mouthfeel. Decent complexity makes for a solid brew.
rds (226), USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 14, 2008 Dark, dark reddish brown body with a thin white head, this ale has caramel and raisin notes, a sweet half-note on the finish, and probably needs to rest for a year or two to reach its potential.
Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 6, 2008 Bottle, 2008 Pre-GBBF Chris_o Shindig. Rusty brown, lots of butter-colored head. Rose petals, mint, pears. Heavy raisin sweetness, a bit of iron. Not really bad, but far too thick and sweet for a quad.
radiomgb (1957), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 5, 2008 Cola in colour with a bit of brown, a large lingering off-white coloured head, excellent lacing. The aroma is malty, quite sweet, rich with a bit of noticable alcohol, lots of dark fruits. The flavour is of candy sugar, lots of malt, again quite sweet, smooth, creamy, light alcohol. Very sweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, malty.
Highly sweet but it didn’t seem to take anything away from what the beer was offering. Nowhere near the amount of alcohol that I was expecting. This one would age very well.
750ml bottle shared by rudolf, thanks Rudy.
Opened on March 28, 2008.
No date.
Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 4, 2008 Bottle at chris_o’s poison arrow through my ass tasting. Alround tasting: Sweet, very sweet, fruity, candy sugar, alright. But seems to be lacking the right type of yeast to make it a very charactable(?) quad.
SilkTork (4167), Rochester, Kent, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 5/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 1, 2008 Chris_o’s GBBF Shindig August 08. 9.9% abv. Yeasty muddled aroma. Sugary sweet. A pleasant enough beer - feels like an imitation Belgian ale, which is what it is! Too sugary for my taste. But I’m not a fan of yeasty, sugary Belgian ales anyway.
LooseCannon (927), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 31, 2008 750ml bottle. Pours clear reddish brown in color with thin white head. Aroma sweat, caramel, fruity and malty. Taste sweat, malty and fruity with sweat and clean finish.
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