 kassner (146), Wexford, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 21, 2008
Had this beer in Bottle. Really nice, sweet and sour, like a Aangria, but the fruits all merge together. Nice Ale finish. Modest head, cloudy golden color with lots of setiment.
BlackForestCO (522), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle shared by acrdz. Poured a bright blood orange color with a thin white head that faded to a ring. Aroma of sweet fruit with hints of tart grapefruit, passion fruit, and other various berries. Sweet, fruity entry with some lightly tart flavors with the same fruity elements present in the nose. Finish is lightly dry with a hint of yeast. Low, fine carbonation. Decent beer, but a bit too sweet and one dimensional.
acrdz (4302), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 22oz bottle pours cloudy ruby red grapefruit with a small, filmy white head. Nose is almost pure passion fruit, mango and grapefruit juice. Heavy, pure grapefruit juice in the nose. Flavor is mellow grapefruit, mango and passion fruit, heavy body, obviously 9+%. Very fruity, perfume heavy tropical notes. Nice but still boozy.
kmweaver (2015), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Aug 21, 2008 22oz bottle, mysteriously left in my fridge for a few months and unclaimed ever since, even after I posted about it. Well, thanks! Pours a bright, clear apricot color; decent off-white head with good retention and fine-bubbled, glistening lacing. Lots of sweet, syrupy fruit cocktail, passion fruit, and basic doughy malts in the aroma; kind of bland. Medium mouthfeel: lots of heavy fruit syrup (cherries, strawberries, esp.) and very lightly toasted malts upfront; some medicinal characteristics, and overall just a very heavy, lightly carbonated, syrupy beer; very muddled presentation, with some touches of alcoholic warmth coming through at the perimeter. Medium finish, showing toasty malts, some breadiness, and lasting syrupy fruit cocktail notes.
afireinside96 (428), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 6, 2008 22oz bottle served in a Duvel tulip. Hazy peach/pink colored liquid pours from the bottle, topped with minimal foam. Smells of raspberry, cherry, yeast. Tastes of raspberry, dough, medicinal, metallic. A bit sharp at the front of the tongue. Finishes fairly dry with some lingering warmth. Sorry guys it smells good but isn’t very drinkable.
AgentSteve (786), Livermore, California, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Bottle shared by Scott Blair at Hamiltons. (Scott, you rock!) Pours a bright orange pink with no head. The nose is full of tartness from cherries and raspberries. The upfront flavor was off, but after waiting 15 minutes, it mellowed and was more drinkable. Raspberries stood out the most, with a dryness in the finish. I know you sat on this one for a while, Scott. Sorry it wasn’t what we all hoped!
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