 Goodgrief (1045), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Feb 16, 2008
Nov. 2006 - Beer poured really red amber, very little head or lacing. Aroma was strong and rum-like with cherries and banana. Flavor was caramel, cherries and candied sugar. Really hot alcohol flavor was not overly bothersome. Odd mouthfeel which almost seemed to cut the flavor short at the end as bubbly carbonation overwhelms the tongue. Another enjoyable beer from AleSmith, though not my favorite of their offerings.
Rerate 2007. This is much better than I remember it last year. Lots of floaty chunky yeasties. Flavor was all of the above, but less hot alcohol and even a touch of earthy coffee roast in it. Wonderfully sweet and wonderfully complex. I love me some AleSmith..
thooper41 (226), USA
Oct 7, 2008 750ml bottle: pours a dark amber brown with an off white head that fades to nothing in seconds, aroma is strong in raisons and spices, flavor hits the belgian style pretty well lots of spices raisons slightly sweet. Great beer
nqualls (420), Tennessee, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Bottle. Poured a cloudy amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of fruit and chocolate. Flavor reflects the aroma. Medium/full body with mild carbonation.
ironchefscott (243), long beach, California, USA
Oct 6, 2008 2006 thanks peter for the rbsg gathering!
Great nose of dried fruit...and cocoa...flavors much of the same....damn good....best free beer ever from the brewer yet!
rederic (1444), montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 2, 2008 750ml bottle, hazy dark amber hue, with a small beige head, yeasty, sweet honeyed, candied orange peel nose with some caramelized malt, spicy madeira candied fruity apricot, tangerine, dark dried raisin, date accents in a warmth aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, caramelized, toasted malt and portish character, with some madeira raisin and date fruitiness, a hint of black chocolate in a warmth mouthfeel, close to an old barley wine here by the taste, leading towards a sweet honeyish, caramel, fruity finish.
BelgianBeerGal (974), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Poured from 75cl bottle at Alesmith dinner. Silky smooth and finished with a nice alcohol warmth. Really interesting brew. Ruddy brown colour and rather still appearance. Complex flavour of chocolate, yeast, a little coffee, vanilla and berries.
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