 cbeers21 (564), Miami, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 9, 2007 Well structured, and complex brew, which pours deep brown with mocha head. A smokey and malty entry with hearty, and dusty aspects coupled with layered and complex levels brings forth memories of a foggy Scottish hillside, with warming brews by the fire. nicely done....
believeUme (17), California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 3, 2007 Dark chocolate color. Medium beige head that laces. Spicy phenols with raisin prune and roasted malt aromas. Flavor is spicy with a rich malt backbone and a hint of peated malt. Hopping is moderate. Most of the bitterness comes from the acrid character of the roasted malt. The finsih has a licorice anise effervescence. A truly multidimensional beer!
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Updated: Mar 18, 2008Date: 03/10/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
dark red with ruby highlights, sweet fruity malt aroma with a hint of smokey peat, incredable rich malt flavor, lots of fruity essence, slight alcoholic burn that quickly fades, only a touch of sweetness, light bitterness
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Date: 12/01/2005
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
big rich smokey peat aroma, rich malt flavor, nice fruity sweetness, wonderful balanced bitterness
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Date: 03/26/2006
Source: tasting
rich ripe plum aroma with only a suggestive hint of the peat
Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Score: **4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.
Sassenach (59), USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 30, 2007 Updated: Sep 1, 2007Pours a dark bourbon color with little head, and little lacing. Smells of sugary malts, and a marginal hop spice. Tastes of smoky anise, protuberant dark fruits, bready oats, and some of the most pungent caramel malts I’ve tasted. A whit of bitter molasses also seems to annex the finish, along with a wisp of alcohol/merlot dryness. Very rich body, and with smooth figure.
AdamSkillin (376), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 25, 2007 Super dark and full of bitterness without none of the malty sweet undertones. Really awesome beer but very well covered alcohol, so it doesn’t come off hot at all.
radiomgb (1955), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 24, 2007 Dark mahogany in colour, very clear first pour getting more muddy looking as you near the end of the bottle, thin beige coloured head, some lacing. The aroma is of rich malt sweetness, dark fruits, lots of plums, light smoke and some alcohol. The flavour is again rather plummy, some noticable bourbony alcohol, quite malty, some chocolate mint, lots of dark fruits. Warming mouthfeel, medium body, smooth carbonation. Finishes warming from all the alcohol but still incredibly smooth, seems to die off a bit to quickly though. This started of rather disappointing but I think that it was because of the cold bottle, got much better as it warmed up.
750ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a
href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>Sven, thanks Steven.
Opened on April 15, 2007.
No best before date but I’ve had the bottle for at least 2 years.
KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 21, 2007 Bottle via Yonkers! Dark color. Smell of malt, caramel, dark rasins, brown sugar, coco and nuts. Taste of malt, liltte smoke, candy rasins, brown sugar, lite chocolate and caramel/toffee.
minch25 (353), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 18, 2007 Clear mahogany body with a tint of red, virtually no head. Sweet alcoholic aroma with lots of dark fruits. The flavor is somewhat of a letdown. Heavy malty sweetness - toffee, brown sugar, alcohol. Just way too much overall. Signature alesmith syrupy body, and again not really in a good way. For me, this is just too boozy and lacks subtlety.
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