4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 knickskicks (496) - - FEB 10, 2013
Muddy red. Nose is dark stone fruits, raisins, figs, prunes, port, bourbon. Taste is dark stone fruits, bourbon, vanilla, port. Full body.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 sonnycheeba (1907) - Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - FEB 9, 2013
Bottle. Pours deep, dark brown with thick, frothy beige head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is port, plums, raisins, cookie and caramel malt, oak, fresh dough, and black cherries. Flavor is sweet malts, booze, heavy dark fruit esters, oak, and a hint of vanilla; finishes like a good glass of port, lightly sweet and boozy. Full body and low carbonation.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 BeerandBlues2 (7418) - Hanover, Maryland, USA - FEB 9, 2013
Bottle. Pours dark brown, lightly hazy with a small, fizzy tan head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is vanilla, bourbon, oak, dates, figs, caramel, cookie and toast malt, earthy hops and dark Belgian candi sugar. Flavor is malt dominant with heavy brown sugar, light maple notes, dark fruity esters, light hops and bitterness, vanilla, bourbon, oak, and a sweet finish. Full body and light carbonation.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20 cooplander (543) - Florida, USA - FEB 3, 2013
muddy brown color, aroma of toffee, vanilla, oak, bourbon, marshmallows, same flavors, some chocolate, nuts, dark fruits, booze, fully body, decently sweet, very complex, really enjoyed this one
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 rodenbach99 (2508) - Longueuil, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 28, 2013
Une bouteille de 750ml datée de 2012 et qui porte le numéro 06196. Merci Boul, tu as bien choisis. Même en Californie à plus de trente dollars ce n’est pas donné. Bombe brune orangée foncée avec une mince couche de mousse. Le Fruet n’est pas fluet, il y a du chocolat, du bourbon, du toffee dans ce nez. La bouche est chaude, sucrée, le bourbon est bien présent. La finale est sur les toffee, la tire d’érable et les fruits secs. Une bière extrême, à plus de 15% d’alcool, qui ne demande qu’à être partagée.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 SlovakSniper (2115) - Candiac, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 27, 2013
Une bouteille de 75 cl datée de 2012 et qui porte le numéro 06196. Une dégustation avec Yan et avec Boul, le propriétaire de cette bombe à 31.99$. Un liquide qui montre une belle robe rougeâtre sur laquelle flotte un petit col beige qui réussit à laisser quelques traces. Au nez, une capiteuse envolée de malts et de choses complètement fruitées dans un alcool tissé par la décadence du bourbon et de ses excessifs accompagnateurs. Au goût, une explosion caramélisée dans un feu ardent de tire d’érable épongée par le souvenir fruité qui traverse l’intensité contrôlée d’un bourbon qui ne cesse d’épater. Une bouche bien costaude. Une texture grasse et soyeuse qui s’accomode du mouvement adéquat des bulles. Une finale liquoreuse, complexe, légèrement chaude et pratiquement érotisante. Une proposition monstrueuse qui reste facile à boire en dépit de son intensité. Dans le domaine du spectacle.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 Jesterdeal (1045) - Marlton, New Jersey, USA - JAN 26, 2013
Bottle at Stone Soup 2013 as the barrel-aged Coton. Aroma is bourbon vanilla notes, brown sugar, cherry, toffee and yum. Pours red and nasty (in a good way). Taste is equally delicious with nice toffee, chocolate, and brilliant sour cherry. There is an intensity throughout that is just wonderful and unforgettable. Great stuff!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 tricyclist (444) - Spring Hill, Florida, USA - JAN 14, 2013
From notes - sample pour of hazed burnt toffee with shallow head. Nose is booze, vanilla, oaky sweetness, caramel and burnt sugar, toffee and bourbon. Flavor is booze... just booze, it burns. Toffee, bourbon, more booze, caramel, more booze... sweet tobacco, malt forward.. booze. Medium to full body and super healthy.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 edecambra (11) - Florida, USA - JAN 11, 2013
The wax is always a pain. It pours dark walnut brown with little off white head and lots of haze. The aroma is strongly of rasisin and figs, and as it warms lots of oaky coconut/vanilla aromas are present. The first sip hits hard with strong alcohol, which quickly fades to strong notes of bourbon and figs, chocolate covered rasins with pralines. The second sip yields some maple syrup and cherries. The body is thick, rich and heavy. The chocolate increases significantly as it warms up.
All in all this beer is well worth the initial sticker shock, for layers upon layers of flavor for sure, it doesn’t look very good at first pour but it makes up for it and then some.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 kp (10887) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - DEC 31, 2012
Date: November 09, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: cloudy dark brown, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich sweet malt aroma, lots of bourbon, caramel and vanilla, ripe fruits
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of bourbon, rich chocolate sweetened by caramel and vanilla, dark fruits
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0 Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4
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