3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(X -- 10th Anniversary BW, 10% ABV) Deep copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, toffee, alcohol. Taste is mild sweet, grapefruit, toffee, alcohol. FInish has strong alcohol warming. Medium-full body. FLavor not as developed as the aroma -- needs more sweetness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Very dark brown color. Medium sized foamy white head. Aroma is dark fruit and molasses. A medium bodied barley wine. Malts are nutty, fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and citrusy. First things first. A 10% beer from Utah! Way to go, Uinta! Did the natural law of Utah get changed or is it for export only? Very dry taste, not very sweet. Did all the sugars get fermented out? Its missing a lot of the expected residual sugars, leaving it really unbalanced. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is VERY dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
GABF ’07. Pours clear amber with a small, fizzy, light brown head, lasting, good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel), average hops (herbs), average yeast (earth) with notes of dates. Medium bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled as XI (2004), Bottle: Heavy grapefruit and citrus aroma, hints of butterscotch and pears, distinct floral hopping; thin and dry, substantially bitter and rough throughout; simple malt profile heavy on carmelized toffee and hotly alcoholic flavor (1 yr old?!?) ; harsh and unrefined.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
’04 bottle from The Beer God. Deep chestnut color and clear with a tannish head which fades to a ring. Some lacing left. Large, sweet malty aroma. Sugar, caramel and a hint of fruit. Lots of hop bitterness. Body seems a touch thin and lacking. Alcohol is present but blended fairly well. Hops linger in the finish. Fair.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
XV bottle thanks to kaggie97 at the August 2011 tasting. Pours murky brown with no head. Nose is very musty, sweet, syrupy. Taste is a bit milder than the nose, with some honey notes. Body is a bit sticky and syrupy but not overly so. Good for the style that’s not my favorite.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
XIV courtesy of douglas88. Been sitting on this a while. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells resiny and sweet. Tastes of dark fruit, resin, some sweetness. Unbalanced and basic.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a redish color with good head no lacing. Aroma was lots of caramel and fruits. Flavor was much the same but had an overwhelming stickiness to it. Needed more pine hops for sure. Mouthfeel was off as well.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
In short: Pleasant sugary malt backbone but lacking hops. Just an Ok sweet beer.
How: Bottle 12oz (XIV anniversary version), consumed when about 6 months old
The look: Clead dark-amber body topped by a very small head
In long: Sugary maltiness abound with brown sugar, sugar pie and others. Despite the its very sweet character the beer is not sticky or syrupy, just very sugary sweet. Fruity flavours limited to some berries. Gets more caramelized as it warms up. I can enjoy that type of maltiness if you throw in a top of hops with a strong bitterness. Not the case here, the little hops there was had as much bite as my granny, the poor woman needs to pass her Big-Macs through a blender.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a dark reddish brown color. Aromas of dark fruit, malts, a citrus hops. Flavor had big alcohol taste mixed a nice hop action and lots of fruit and malt flavors.
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