 Scauca (213), Lovere, Italy
Mar 20, 2008 Updated: Apr 16, 2008
Bottle at "Locanda del monaco felice".
Inscrutable black with barely no head. Starts with lot of licorice, developing in peppery, coffee, pears, wood casks, toffee, vanilla. Very elegant. In mouth is fantastic, mellow, with no edges, full of flavours. The thing amazed me about this beer is that you could either sip or swallow it, because in spite of that complexity, a strong and rounded body and a 10% abv, it remains very easy drinkable, with no traces of alcohol at all. Fantastic.
gnoff (2540), Göteborg, Sweden
Jul 26, 2008 (33 cl bottle shared with deft, purchased from Systembolaget special release)
On July 25, 2008
BB 12-12
Slight shady deep dark red to brown color, medium tan to light brown head. Sweet, spicy and lactic, but mainly alcohol, scent. Also smells butter (almost rancid) and fudge. Vinous, sweet and metallic taste. Lingering metallic aftertaste. A bit acidic. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.
After finished rating I had some nuts with the beer as a snack and quickly realized this beer didn’t go well with it, brought out the metallic notes even more.
sayravai (3029), Helsinki, Finland
Jul 21, 2008 (Bottled) Very hazy, very dark ruby with a smallish and lacy, beige head. Sourish-malty aroma with some alcohol, and lots of oaky tannins. Lots of dried, dark fruit in the flavor, with some oakiness, and sweet, appleish calvados. No alcohol present in the flavor. Medium to full body with soft carbonation. Maybe an inch thin. I think the Reserva was the peak with this one. Now with the additional Calvados aging, the apple sweetness has taken over, masking most of the finesses. Still good, but no more than that. Nevertheless, I’m happy they did try...
Boutip (1725), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Jul 21, 2008 Bottle: Poured a deep brown/burgundy color ale with a super large foamy head with some exceptional retention and great lacing. Aroma of apple is easily distinguishable with some oak notes and light candi sugar notes. Taste is also dominated by the calvados notes with some oak notes and a nice lightly sweet malt base. Great carbonation with a full body and no discernable alcohol notes. Very well done overall but I still think I prefer the original Pannepot and maybe the oak-aged/calvados-aged has replace some of the complexity of the original beer.
BDR (1850), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Jul 15, 2008 A huge thanks to guerde & oslo for this gem. The aroma was of the usual pitted fruits and spice I get from any Pannepot, but with the wonderful addition of oak and all it’s associated aromas plus the calvados. In the body, much the same character as the aroma, but the calvados really cuts through. A murky brown pour with faint head.
Guerde (443), Welcome, Minnesota, USA
Jul 14, 2008 (bottle, thanks Marsiblursi!!) Pours muddy brown with an off-white head. Just a really great aroma of chocolate, vinousness, plum, raisin, oak all over, with some unidentifiable spice, and a fair amount of yeast. The taste is very heavy on oak, with a lot of vinousness, tart berry skin, plum, which yields to a salt and oak finish. Mouthfeel is definitely full and chewy. This was good, but it still isn’t as good as the masterpiece that is the original Pannepot.
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