3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 375ml.
Light unclear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, cask wood - sherry, resin, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20090724]
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt, wood, and sherry. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of alcohol and sherry, as well as medium notes of malt, caramel, and wood, leading to a dry bitter, alcoholic, sherry, and woody finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
37.5 cL bottle, courtesy of Phil_L. Pours clear and golden orange with a white head. Aroma is smooth fruity and malty. Smooth flavoured with marmelade sweetness and loads of fruity notes going on. Lingering sweet caramel and fruity finish with a nice set of smooth yeasty phenols on the back of the nose.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Slightly hazy amber golden with a rough off-white head. Aroma of wood and overripe fruit. Quite full-bodied, fruit and a little nuts, wood and Sherry (?) Alcoholic finish. Interesting but a little too hot. 240709
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Theis og Mette.
Hazy amber coloured with a medium sized white head.
Sweet aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of oak.
Sweet flavour of caramel, dried fruits, oak and hops.
Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty fruity aroma with some woody hints. Fruity malty smooth oaky caramel flavor with some hints of chocolate. Has a sweetish malty and fruity oaky finish with a long warming aftertaste with hints of the barrel.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Domus Birrae, Rome. Pours unclear amber with a small creamy off white head. Nose is fruit, oak, alcohol and caramel. Flavor adds a bit of liquiorice. Quite complex and tasty. Full bodied. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home. Clear red/brown - white head. Licorice, sweetness, wooden, dusty, coconut, caramel, light hoppy, red berries, barley, oak, light cherry. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Floosmoor pre DLD ... Ruby ... sweet fruity little spice and toffee ... juicy an sweet almost light and fluffy ... little grape ... this didnt hold up to some of the other raritys... one to retry.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Served from the bottle at the Thornbridge tasting at The Rake. OK I have 2 ratings here and a third under the regular Alliance as we tasted the 3 side by side. The score of the PX barrel version and then one for the Madeira barrel version which is 4.0/5.0. The aroma on the PX is the best of the 3 beers. Crystallised tangerine fruit. Sherry aromas really come through. Just the best aroma. Just my favourite. It’s like sherry. And I love sherry, all the forms but especially the sweeter end. It reminded me of aged JW Lees Harvest Ale, sherry oloroso type aromas and flavours. It is impeccable. Thanks to Kelly and Stef for sharing these. 4.6/5. The Madeira has a bit more coconut on the aroma. Warming. Good again. Just that next to the PX it didn’t stand much of a chance.
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