 pivo (2488), Germany
Apr 15, 2002 A full, spicy aroma rises up to greet you. Reminds one of Xmas a little. Dark amber color. A light malty taste finishes with a fresh hop bitterness. Creamy, full and well-balanced. Excellent beer from my favorite brewery. Go there if you can!
JPDIPSO (4266), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 10, 2002 A beer that greets you with a head right as you pop the cap. A true amber color with a a fulsome of fish food swimming throughout. Wonderful rose and fresh mowed hay aroma - I dread drinking this, as the aroma will be gone. Flavors are everywhere. Caramel, cashews, Tart apple, ginger, and mace (there’s more, but I’m overwhelmed) A bit sprity in mouthfeel, but the flavors make up for this. I picked this one up 80 miles away and will drive back this next week to pick up whatever they have left!
xproudfoot (730), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 2, 2006 I must have a pre-2005 bottle which I picked up at Oliver’s in Albany. This could be nice...total serendipity. I’m spending a while looking at it because I sense it’s too cold cloming from a fridge. It has an almost purplish ruby brown color, it’s almost eclipsingly opaque actuall, almost devoid of color. It’s incrediby flavorful, much more than drinkable. The aroma really builds up your anticipation to drink it and plays a harmony with the flavor. It’s quite sour/bitter but a hint of sugar and originating grainyfruit ... you cannot help but love it, it is so primitive, basic, it tastes like sour earth, like I would have had all over my face a couple centuries ago. Or in a different part of the globe right now. This is the douple ipa barleywine of belgian strong ales. sour, bitte, as big and complex as anything others are doing in that genre, with almost a feel of lambic, the sour stuff, kriek maybe, having some properties of that. beer is a norwegian trainwreck snow, pine trees, berry bushes, excellent
nuplastikk (459), Maryland, USA
Sep 14, 2007 Wow. Turbock is awesome. Thick and unfiltered assumably. Rich and creamy with a spicy, yeasty finish. Covers up the alcohol level incredibly well. Full bodied and doughy, Turbock is a delight to sip upon. 12oz bottle from Amsterdam.
joet (1623), Fulton, California, USA
Mar 6, 2002 Cloudy brown with substantial off white foam. A crisp, full aroma with estery bits of spice, like clove, fruit and something close to bubblegum. It’s odd and yeasty and all pleasant. Challenging -- no -- but different -- yes! It foams readily and is medium heavy effervescence in the glass -- there’s a lot of joy in there. The more it sits here, the more I think VENOM totally nailed this one. Huge thanks to Pivo and his cherished S.O. for getting this one around the world for me!
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