 footbalm (1212), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Feb 9, 2008
Oh yeah, bust out the ABV Utah. take that you fucking pricks at the the Dept. of Human Control also known the the Mormon Church. So it isn’t bad at all. I think it is pretty darn hoppy for a BW and it does exhibit some fruiiness but it is lacking any toffee which I like in a BW.
But hey, it is Utah afterall.
travita (737), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Sep 1, 2008 Dark red in color with a smallish tan colored head. Clear look. Smell is malts, hops, and some sugary sweetness. Taste is malts, hops, caramel, and a little molasses. Hidden alcohol.
KnN (280), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Sep 1, 2008 15th Anniversary batch. Poured an amber cola color with a lot more carbonation than I was expecting. Aroma was biscuits and malt with a fair dose of hops thrown in. The flavor was much more hoppy than I was expecting. The bittering hops almost threatened to overwhelm the rest of the beer.
This may have been one to cellar to let the flavors play nicely in the bottle a little longer.
Gabe511 (2), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
does not count  Aug 27, 2008 This was a 12oz sample bottle i got from work. I’m a big fan of this style and this one was pretty good. The nose is of hops, dried fruits and candied sugars. A nice taste of the same with copper malts. The alcohol is well hidden too. Nothing beats an aged Old Horizontal but this one is enjoyable.
kevin62 (244), New Jersey, USA
Aug 26, 2008 This 12 oz botlle(15th anniversary) was dated 7-21-08,so it is pretty fresh,maybe I should have waited longer on this,but it was a free sample.Any way it poured a dark amber color with a large tan head.Aromas were of heavy hops,pine,molassas.The taste was more on the hopppy side with light molassas and fruit.Ok.
Glouglouburp (1943), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 26, 2008 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.
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