 BigMilly8 (374), Holiday, Florida, USA
Jan 18, 2008 From bottle : Pours a semi clear, dark brown with red highlights, and a crazy big white foamy head, that over stays its welcome in my opinion. A spicey, hoppy, bourbon alcoholy nose. Taste has a bitter bite right at the beginning, which is unusual i think, i usually get that toward the end of beers. It has a delightful malty, cinnamon finish, with a touch of alcohol. Medium body and a very smooth palate. A nice fireside sipper for sure.
AlabastorJones (762), San Francisco, California, USA
Jan 14, 2008 Sweet brown shugga bourbon nose, maple, brown body and thin head, sweet syrupy molases, brown sugar, mild spices, warming, pretty standard and certainly overated
Homebrewerguy (284), Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 13, 2008 Tremendous aroma of hops and spices, pours golden with good head and lacing for such a big beer, flavor is very malty with spiciness and hop overtones, delivers a tremendous kick at finish, a sipping beer to be sure
unrulythings (73), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jan 12, 2008 pours a burnt red color with a big, frothy head. aroma is full of hops with a little spice. starts off strong, with rasiny, malt overtones, followed by a finish of cinnamon and citrus. excellent recommendation.
DoubleBubble (107), Mescal Lakes (wherever that is), Arizona, USA
Jan 12, 2008 Pours a clear amber color, with a very big frothy cream colored head. Nice lacing. Aroma is very hoppy, with light esters. The flavor is more balanced between hops and malts. Some sweetness and spice. Hoppy beers are not my favorite and with the first smell, I turned up my nose, but after taking a sip I understand the ratings. This is a very good beer. The hops aren’t as present in the flavor and it is very smooth, not at all bitter as I expected.
NeroWolfe (13), USA
Jan 12, 2008 22 oz. bottle. Pours medium red with generous head. Satisfying aroma does not portend the strength of the flavor. Smooth with an extra kick on the back end. Stands among the other strong, medium colored ales we’ve come to expect from the best microbrews.
Taverner (827), San Ramon, California, USA
Jan 11, 2008 Excellent! Full flavored, well finished and warming. It pours a frothy biscuit head with a dark amber cloudy body. You can smell the pleasant mix of yeast and malt. First flavor is warm sweetness, peeling back into the hoppy bitterness. Has a slightly woody flavor.
BMan1113VR (2757), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Jan 11, 2008 Aroma is nice, chocolate, raisin, cinnamon, and moderate hops. Pour is a cloudy light amber with some bottle conditioned particles floating around. It tastes like it smells at first, and then finishes on a bitter/sour note. Very yeasty on the finish and could do with some aging to settle down the flavor. Nice creamy texutre.
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