3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Crystal clear, mahogany ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Maple syrup, coffee liqueur, cashews and milk chocolate in the nose. Incredibly well-balanced for a Stone offering. Malty, but not sweet. Hopped up, but not citrusy nor floral. Flavors of milk chocolate and cola with a nice, raw bitterness. Full-bodied and creamy with lively carbonation. Lengthy, bitter, salty finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a darker mahogany color with a smaller white head. Aromas and tastes of roasted malts, coffee and smoke. Lightly nutty and fruity. Should be interesting to taste this one after it has aged a little.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown beer with ruby highlights and a thin white head. Sweet dark malty aroma. Molasses, biscuit and cookie dough maltiness. A slight touch of chocolate character. Flavour is malty, slightly salty with a plummy fruitiness, a bit of wine flavour. There is a bit of resinous hop character in here as well. Bitterness is just enough to balance out the sweet malts.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from moejuck. Pours mahagony with a foamy and rocky tan head, some retention, lined lacing. Aroma is milk chocolate, roasted caramel malt( cookie, biscuit), alcohol, yeast (dough), floral and pine hops, nutty. Chocolate, medium sweet caramel malt, moderate bitterness and biting, scorching alcohol and perfumey hop flavor, dry at the end. Medium to full bodied, dry and fizzy palate.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Interesting beer. Pours with a long lasting, off-white head covering a hazy brown body. Aroma of chocolate, molasses, cinnamon, some wood and a touch of hops. Taste is oxidation, wood, caramel and chocolate malts. Had no idea that this was supose to be a beefed up mild, but it makes sense. Creamy mouthfeel with lively bubbles.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasting at mcbackus 10/19. Rich amber color. I get wood, vanilla, caramel, and spices on the nose. Flavor is damn fine. Booze, vanilla, sweetness, rich honey, spices and roasty malts. Certainly a great beer. Glad i got to try this one!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear ruby brown with a thinly lacing very light tan head. Mild chocolate, coffee and bitter hoppy aroma is very true to a brown ale. Starts semi-sweet and bitter, turning more dry and hopy toward a mildly warming oaky bittering hoppy finish. Stone has again produced a very unique anniversary brew, but it could use a touch more balance. Some aging will probably help. Thanks to whaleman for the trade!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Smells and looks fruity yet tastes strong. An imperial mild, and given it started from a mild beer that makes sense. The bourbon and wood and roast in there understated. Quite good. Very good for a brown, peculiar for a strong. From a generous Yankee at Doug Shoemaker’s court.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 19, 2005 Big brown sugar and nut nose... seems like a winter warmer more than anything else, but I can definitly pick up the brown ale similarities. Flavor is similar, some peanut, scotch, dark bread and brown sugar. I’m digging this one... the trademark hops from Stone add an interesting element.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 17, 2005 Ample hazelnutty roastiness pleasantly mirrors some burnt toffee at times...Fruity caramel when squeezed produces lactic drops...Ground coffee beans and cocoa powder deliciously balances out the everlasting resinous hoppiness...
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