3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 28, 2004 Rating #2 Bottle. A ruby brown color with a laced tan head. The aroma has roasted malts and banana. Alcohol, caramel and dry malt flavors. Rating #1 (7 3 7 4 16) Bottle @ Toronado. A ruby brown color. Ginger, brandy, dark malts, and wood. A smooth, rich full bodied beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt and dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: FEB 5, 2007 (Bottle) Pours cherry red to brown. Fruity and sweet aroma with dark ripe pears and some cherries. A bit wineous but also a bit artificial. Candy sugar and a tiny hint of marzipan. Some yeast and spices. Well carbonated, sweeet flavour with earthy undertones. Some cherries and marzipan. Small, light bitterness. Medium body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Purpley dark brown with a tan head that settles to an even, frosting-thick topping. Leaves a little lacing. Winey nose with a little caramel and mocha. Woody, gingerbread taste with well balanced malt/hops in the back. Medium body; creamy with tart/bitter alcohol finish. Papery aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled. Large fluffy brown head, that settled down but persisted throughout. Dark crimson brown (red if you hold it to the sunlight) body. Sweet nutty tasting, nutmeg and banana. Smooth enough finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled from a 12oz bottle. Dark with a caramel nose. Large off-white head. Caramel with a touch of anise and bread. Lively and warming. Sweet malts with a slight acidic finish. Notes of dark fruits. Nice yeast undertone. Yummy!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown, rather small off white head. Fruity aroma, some banana? light touch of caramel and malt. Smouth taste, light bitter-sweet finish. Nice one
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: APR 12, 2004 Oh my God, nearly a perfect beer. Its a perfect
balance of fruity malt flavors and a firm and pleasant
hop base. Lightly dry. The malt/hop balance is as
noticeable in the aroma as it is in the flavor.
Dark ruby-red tinted brown. <P> Years later, an update, and how interesting how things have stayed the same: my main note from the new fresh tasting is that this beer is exquisitely balanced. The sweetish almost nutty malt flavors mingle with a lightly hopped dry finish, all the while swimming with the lightest phenols (banana) and no alcohol presence whatsoever. Maybe its not distinctive, but its a great beer that does not draw attention to itself. I'm lowering my numbers from 4.8 only because I think the original score was a tad too high, not because my opinion of it has dropped.
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