3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
RGSG- Amber color, light head. Nose is rough, alcohol. Body is dark fruit, a little strong and the alcohol is a little overwhelming. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Huge malt nose, lots of oxidization, some raisins and prunes, just a bit of pine and spruce hops. The taste is moderately sweet, lightly bitter, with lots of toffee, lots of raisins and prune juice, lots of sherry.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample at Stone Brewpub 1/6/07. Slightly hazy brown/orange. Thin off-white head. Nose is caramel, alcohol, rich malt. Flavor is caramel, slightly fruity malt, alcohol, spicy bitter finish. An interesting kind of nuttiness (brown malt?) in the finish. Too alcoholic right now. Nice creamy mouthfeel.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Peter’s 2nd annual spring gathering. Pours a very hazy brown with no head. Big sweet caramel, toffee, fruit, paper, cardboard. Malty and spicy, nice carbonation. Very sweet and just a ton of oxidization. Caramel, and hot booze on the finish with some lingering tart tannins.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled@Blindtasting at yespr. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel, mild grains, toffee, some sweet malts as well as mild sourness. Flavour is sweet fruits, mild toffee, some alcohol, mild grains as well as some slight oxidized notes.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
the pour is apricot colored with no head. sweet malty aroma. flavor is bitter but it soon finishes sweet, probably too sweet since my notes say ’sweet finish. sweet finish’. i found this a disappointing brew overall.
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