 mybestfriend (226), Gothenburg, Sweden
Apr 9, 2008
Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a white head. Aroma is a bit fruity (reminded me of pears) but first and foremost it is loads of spices with a good amount of buttery vanilla caramel and molasses. Flavour is sweet to begin with. Lots of flavours an very spicy. Also some tartness and a hint of peppary alcohol. The finish is bready, spicy and buttery with some bitterness that lingers on in the mouth. I tried this beer almost a year ago and loved it back then. I have to re-try this sometime in the future.
The_Epeeist (885), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 14, 2008 11.2 oz bottle. Clearish purple brown with a tan froth. Nose is sticky raisin, toffee and grape. Light body; a little thin and fizzy. Taste is burnt sugar, peat and grain. Kind of like sweet watery scotch. Just OK for me.
wyzzywyz22 (238), Wirral, Merseyside, England
Jul 12, 2008 Bottle, Barleycorns, Nantwich. Poured a dark browny ruby colour with a lingering thin tan head. Earthy, woody, malty aroma . Flavour was sweetish, lightly smoky, caramel, peaty, with more malt. Dryish finish. Good, not great.
A_R (271), Georgia, USA
Jul 9, 2008 A dark brown beer with little head. The taste is very complex, changing constantly. It starts with a coffee nut flavor and then changes to a caramel and fruit mixture. There is a sweet , light rum flavor in the aftertaste. Very good.
Beaver (460), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Jul 4, 2008 11.2 oz bottle. Pours a light brown with red highlights. It has a fizzy off-white head that quickly diminishes.
The aroma is sweet caramel and buttery toffee malts, peat, cola and a little alcohol.
The flavor is sweet caramel and butterscotch malts, some dark fruits, a little smoke and a subdued bitter alcoholic finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full with low carbonation.
Overall, I wasn’t too impressed with this one - it’s very subdued. I’ll take an Old Chub over this any day.
dkachur (618), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Jul 1, 2008 Bottle from Market Street Wineshop Downtown Charlottesville. Chocolate brown pour with an almost nonexistent head. Earthy, oaky aroma. Very dry taste with hints of oak and vanilla. The lightest hint of dark fruits if I really strain to look for them.
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