 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 02/01/2007
Mode: Hand Bottled
Source: Tasting
clear dark brown, rich dark fruit and chocolate aroma with nice sweetness and a touch of soy, thick chewy body, rich sweet malt flavor, lots of dark fruit character, light lingering bitterness, touch of growing alcohol,
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4
Rastacouere (5355), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 28, 2007 Copper-brick, filtered and clear, topped by a mostly lasting light off-white head. Nice colour really. I can certainly see how many people like that beer so much. It is quite similar to what Southern Tier, DFH, Avery or Weyerbacher might pull out. Full on syrupy malts with thick toastiness. Well-developed fruitiness (strawberries, blueberries, cherries – the like). Red-flavoured if I may say so, kinda juicy despite the thickness. Sweet all the way, which makes it a bit difficult to drink. It forces a certain earthy hoppiness in, but never really attempts to tame the malt beast. The carbonation also gets in the way, a forced bubbliness that stays apart from the ensemble and refuses to grant the beer the chance to be the thick caramel laden dessert it meant to be.
CaptainCougar (4663), Rockville, Maryland, USA
May 2, 2007 Hand-bottle sampled on 1/31/07: Clear dark copper amber pour has a thin coating of light tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt and brown sugar with some dark fruity complexity. Body starts dense and viscous with a lot of sweet dark aged caramely malt and brown sugary raisins, some light vanilla and alcoholic notes toward a sweet, full finish. A nicely-aged, complex barley wine.
hopdog (4645), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 22, 2006 Hand bottled by and shared by dickinsonbeer. Poured a deeper reddish / brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of light bourbon, vanilla, caramel, citrus, and wood. Tastes of brown sugar, vanilla, dark fruits, caramel and light bourbon. Light alcohol finish. Suprisingly very good.
jcwattsrugger (4045), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Oct 28, 2005 on tap-pours a minimal white head. Color is clear deep red with lots of effervescence. Aroma is sweet, syrupy dark fruit. Taste follows with an alcohol feel, the fruit seems to be cherry. Good, but not to my taste.
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