4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20750 ml wax-dipped bottle, thanks Brenn79! Pours muddy brown with a medium beige head with decent retention. Aroma is awesome--full of rich artisan caramel and wood; also in there: licorice, booze, dark fruit. This is my favorite type of aroma in a beer right now. Taste is a sledgehammer of awesome flavors; it’s sweet (not cloying), sour, very savory. The bourbon and oak are in your face, but not overpowering. Alcohol burns the throat going down. Licorice is strong in the finish. Soft carbonation, full-bodied, velvety mouthfeel. This reminds me of Firestone Walker 14, also an anniversary beer, which is my favorite beer of all time. This is right up there. Amazing.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours deep brown and murky. Head lingers, but is not thick. Nose is deep with chocolate, oak, bourbon and toffee. Taste is bold and sweet while a yeasty sweet bread tastes linger. Truly a unique and flavorful beer.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
From bottle. Pours murky brown with little head and lots of clinging. Aroma is alcohol, toffee, raisins and flan. Taste is super sweet with notes of raisins, toffee and brown sugar. If you had Fruet, this is very similar and equally tasty.
Earlier Rating: 8/10/2012 Total Score: 4.6
Poured from 750 ml bottle. Pours dark brown with almost no head. Nose is tons of caramel, toffee and some alcohol. Taste is loads of brown sugar and carmelized sugar. Very sweet that is just a bit too hot. This is going to be really good in a a year as it ages.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Congrats with 500 ratings E! Glad to get this one taste together. Very dark brown beer with a small head, maybe could be some bigger. Very sweet, maybe just over the top, and a bit complex beer. Lovely how the wood and booze gets slightly trough but don’t kick in to hard. Some vanilla and caramel gets trough and gives this the sweet kick at the start, but you get used to that kick.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
500th rating. Mainly bourbon and wood aroma. Taste of raisins, prunes, bourbon, wood. Sweet and warm high alcohol finish.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with medium beige head that lasts awhile. The aroma is dark fruits, vanilla, and oak. Thin mouthfeel with sweet malt and vanilla flavor with light booze in the finish. Hides alcohol well, really enjoyed this one.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
1 may 2013, tap at The Bruery. Brown and kind of murky looking. Nose is rich, cooked raisins, huge alcohol. Med body and moderately fizzy. Rich raisins, rock candy, sweet Belgian strong ale yeast, pear, golden syrup. Amazing.
Earlier Rating: 6/1/2012 Total Score: 4
1 June 2012, bottle. Mealy brown and a bit cloudy. Nose is ovaltine, oatmeal, alcohol, raisins, bourbon. Great! Med/thin, very syrupy body. Super syrupy, lots of vanilla and bourbon, warm cherries, wet raisins. Wow!
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4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sweet thick raisin/prune maple brown sugar & lotsa smooth bourbon. A celebratory #500 for my Untappd!!
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark brownish red with a white head that fades to a ring. Aroma is bourbon, figs, dried fruits, vanilla, and oak. Taste is exquisite with oak, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugar, dates, cinnamon, and toffee sweetness. The alcohol is well hidden. Really delicious.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Medium hazy brown with a quickly dying foam. Love the aroma! Golden Graham cereal, brown sugar, bourbon, caramel, and heavy cream. Full and warm from the alcohol. Oak and bourbon flavors are rich with molasses, toffee, and dark fruits. Finish is deliciously sweet and fruity. Loved every version of this.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ jim is jon tasting. Aroma is huge bourbon,
Flavour is huge bourbon, wood, vanilla, caramel, molasses, more caramel, more vanilla. More of this, more of that,
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