3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/2012oz bottle. Hazy light brown with minimal biege head. Belgian yeast, alcohol, banana, wheat, little bit of spice. Sweet (raisins), high carbonation, alcohol, spice and pepper int he finish along with an alcohol burn. Might do better with some time to mellow or may just be too much booze and not enough balance.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @CBC13. Dark brown with beige head. Aroma is sweet, toffee, burnt sugar, some fruit and flowers. Taste is similar with mainly toffee and alcohol. Nice beer
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Jet black with a large white hoad. Very thick feel. Roasted malt, chocolate, and caramel give it an almost stoutish feel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ CBC. Pours deep golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, nuts, dark fruits, alcohol. Flavor is rich malts, caramel, nuts, sweetness, dark fruits, light hops, alcohol. Full body, soft carbonation, warming alcoholic finish. 040513
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample from tap, CBC 2013. Hazy,almost muddy brown colour with a small off-white head. Sweet aroma with yeasts, dark, dried fruits, candid sugar, spices and rich caramel malts. Full body, sticky, soft carbonation. Finishes longlasting, lightly bitter with a rich sweet fruitiness lurking behind. A hint of alcohol. Interesting.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle pours a light brown with orange hues, small fluffy white head, and no lacing. Aroma includes bubblegum, banana, and rose water. Taste begins with peppery and floral notes leading to hints of banana and burnt caramel. Crisp finish with slight booziness and flavors lingering.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nose is caramel, ripe banana, toffee. Taste is caramel, dark soured fruits, figs, dates.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Dark unclear chestnut. With great lace. Aroma is light sweet white bread, a little funk, not ripe pears, and flowers. Similar flavors with a dusty and lightly spicy bitterness after a pear fruity sweet start. Nice slick mf. Great beer
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dried fruits, some fresh hops, candy. Dark red brown with small beige head. Dark ipa’ish hops, sweet raisin malts with some sour malts as well. Medium body. Bittersweet finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Brasserie V. Unfiltered amber-brown body. Big off-white/beige head. Sweet raisin, dark fruit pungent aroma, quite intense, Quad-like. Brown sugar and dark fruit all the way. Pretty nice beer, maybe a little sugar forward. Funky burnt chocolate, sort of an Eastern European feel at times. Fruit and nut overload. Lacks subtlety, but makes up for it in quality and richness. Prune. Not as balanced and smooth as other Stillwater beers, but very Belgian. OK. Tastes like an Imperial Belgian Buckwheat ale.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Max’s Taphouse, Baltimore cask: I tried samples of this from tap and cask and opted for the cask, which I got poured into an imperial pint (oh my!). Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is molasses, fruits, spice, and a good bit of yeast. Alcohol is quite high, but is also quite well covered. That being said, there is certainly a bite in this. Some burnt flavor in there with the molasses. Loads of fruit. Hella lot of maltiness. I got a hangover a few hours later, but it was worth it. Good beer.
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