4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20Thanks to the generousity of Zinister. Let this sit a minute or the acetone aroma will kill the experience. Once things settled down the dense brown beer had no head to speak of and a very earthy aroma. I thought that a friends description was dead on, it tasted like blood, coppery and rich. This was a good thing. As we progressed the complexities got better and better. The fruit, the sour, the tart. Nice beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured super dark brown with a loose deep tan head. Smell is tobacco, cherry, balsamic and wood. The taste follows the nose with some chocolate and molasses thrown in...very tannic. Medium body and mildly carbonated. Great stuff.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
virtually no head, beige colour. dark ruby-red colour. complex aroma, wood, oak, acetobacter, balsamico, red fruits. delicious sour taste with balsamic and wood. in one word: divine!! 2006 edition / 75 cl @ kulminator / notes from backlog
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Enjoyed at Kulminator. Bottle was November of 2005
A - Dark brown. Great lacing.
S - Smells flat and full of cherries and mango and corn syrup
T - Taste is whoa. Great balance. Insanely drinkable. Love the cherries. Love the mild carbonation. Love the oak and sweetness.
M - Medium carbonation, smooth light body with a sharp acidic finish
O - This is remarkable. Eff you rodenbach. I could drink this daily. But no older than this. It’s starting to see signs of oxidation
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle via trade, 2008. Dark reddish brown with a minimal spotty head. Aroma of balsamic vinegar, cherries, oak and band aide. Flavor is tart sour cherry, dry oak and lightly sweet caramel/toffee. Medium to light body with a thin mouth feel. Not a big fan of this one, thin, flabby body with an odd sourness.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
330mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a completely still dark mahogany, just a few bubbles. Nose is super vinous, full of red wine barrels, oak, loads of wood, a touch of vinegar, and sour dark fruits. Flavour is very similar with loads of depth and complexity, with notes of oak, wood, red wine barrels, some port liqueur without the sweetness, and moderately sour dark fruits. Very deep and massively vinous and oak. Excellent stuff, quite atypical from a standard sour.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
(Cuvée 2008): Rouge profond avec une tête étonnement crémeuse mais qui se dissipe rapidement. L’arôme est invitante, rhubarbe, chlorophylle, terre humide, grange, vanille. La présence en bouche est assez unique, une rondeur exceptionnelle transporte des notes surettes jamais trop insistante. La base maltée est robuste, une sour brown définitivement impériale, une gorgée à la fois.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home, 2008 vintage EM No.7, thanks to Essex Jim for the trade.
Pours a murky dark brown with reddish hues, very thin off white head that clears to the edge and vanishes completely after a few minutes.
Nose is sour as fuck, balsamic vinegar, damp wood, tarte raspberries, red wine, polly filler.
Tastes of soured raspberries, sweet balsamic vinegar - berry flavoured, sour tarte berry fruits, some sugars.
Full end of medium bodied with a touch of fine carbonation, dry and tarte in the finish.
Good puckering stuff!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2011 vintage Thanks James! Poured into a tulip head made up of big bubbles. Nose is like a strong malbec or cab, fruity and welcoming. I get hints of bourbon. Mouthfeel is rather is thin. Taste is really complex, damp cellar and raspberries. Finish has a strong tart sting, evokes 9V battery to the tongue.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep cherry red pour. Cherry, balsamic vinegar, and tartness. Sweet cough syrup, brown sugar, and sour/sweet. Medium body and seems to me more the the 8% to me.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2007 vintage. At the kulminator shared with kermis.
Decent creamy off white head.
Deep burgundy pour. Sour aroma. Sour taste but a Goodyear
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