WillemsUrenkel (2178) - Oldenburg, GERMANY - MAR 29, 2018From kapppldav123. Thanks for sharing! Pours out black, nearly no head. Smooth choco with barrelwood and some fuity smell. Taste is more a soft version. Malty with barrel wood influences. Low alcoholic. Brown sugar elements. Maybe not the freshest bottle as kappldav123 said?
kappldav123 (6273) - GERMANY - MAR 25, 2018Bottle looks good. Beer in the glass dark black, small head. Malty-stouty aroma. Starts intense malty, earthy, rusty. Modest dry. But also some washy-watery notes. Finish flat. Probably a bit past its prime. Still okay.
Bacchus66 (1206) - South Carolina, USA - AUG 28, 2017750ml bottle at home. Pours mostly clear dark orange brown with a frothy off-white head. Sweet malts, dark fruits, earth, toasty oak. Full bodied with a delicious warming malty finish. Sorry to see this one go...
hman43 (2007) - Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA - MAY 29, 2016It is dark brown with ruby highlights with Belgian lace. It has a frothy brown head. There are aromas of roast, dark fruits, plums, and earthly elements. There are flavors of roast, chocolate, dark fruits, plums, earthly elements, and cherries. It has a heavy feel to it and is highly bitter on the low side. It is a complex ale with complex combinations of malts and hops with yeast with significant alcohol warming.
oldrtybastrd (5003) - Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA - APR 12, 2016ours a nice dark reddish amber color. Aromas of fruit, and some other hints, maybe some spices, maybe caramel. Flavor is a bittersweet, malty, and a hint of hops with a nice bittersweet finish.
bergstaden (3512) - Røros, NORWAY - MAR 17, 2016Dark amber with off white head - Malt, dark fruity and wood in the aroma - Malt body with caramel and some wood flavours - The malt and some dark fruity tones goes into the finish with some hints of bitterness - This was good
Blairgus (4635) - California, USA - MAR 12, 201612 Mar 2016, bottle. dark syrup. nose is sweet, ready malt with a twinge of sour. med body and moderately fizzy. dry malt, sweet, alcohol isn’t very noticeable. very nice.
bottleforager (3211) - Gray, Maine, USA - MAR 2, 2016Couldn’t believe I had yet to tick this but I did drink a bit too much of this back when it was first released and Ratebeer wasn’t in my bookmarks. Pours a deep burnt umber with a tinge of rusty red. Nose is chewy wheat, some soft baked raisin bread, vanilla and a touch of warm spice. Palate follows with chewy wheat backbone and layers of dark fruit, roasted malts that make me think of german beers like Aventinus but also a doubled up dubbel... unique yet approachable. Dark and flavor packed but still refreshing and chuggable. Great Beer !
tekstr1der (509) - New Hampshire, USA - JAN 25, 2016Pours clear mahogany with thin, but lasting beige top. Aroma of vanilla takes center stage, surrounded by a light yeasty esters, some rich dark fruit, and just a hint of alcohol. Flavor follows similarly, with a slight sweetness lasting throughout the sip. In addition to vanilla and malt, the flavor finishes with just a slightly woody note, and a lingering sweet. Smooth and enjoyable all around.
SG111 (2234) - New York, USA - JAN 6, 2016Bottled. Pours dark chestnut, tan head. Aroma is raisins, figs, whiskey, really nice dark Belgian. Flavor is similar. Dark fruits, raisins, whiskey barrel adds an element. Nice medium-light carbonation. Really good but maybe not the most memorable beer.