LinusStick (1830), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Aug 19, 2007 Nice American strong. A little too sweet for my tastes, but not bad. Seems this style is over hoppy and hot, or extremely sweet and this falls under the latter. Aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Pour was near perfect. An inviting dark brown with a beautiful 3 finger light tan head. Taste was sweet-molasses and roastiness in the front...sugary and malt notes. NIce semi dry finish with just a tad of hops that peek out. Nice complex brew...a little less sweet and could’ve been close to a 4 with me. Hides the alcohol well. Hansen (2235), Randers, Denmark Aug 19, 2007 Dark brown and lightly unclear. Has a light brown head, yellow notes. Dark, sweet aroma, with notes of grass, hay, real nice. Flavor is heavy sweet too. Lots of dark fruit. Texture is oily, full body. Emil (6075), Copenhagen, Denmark Aug 19, 2007 Bottle. A very dark brown beer with a red shine and a big beige head. The aroma is light yeasty, roasted, caramel malt, fruity, hoppy and light alcoholic.
The taste is yeasty, light roasted, fruity, sugary and hoppy. Medium body with a sweet dry, light alcoholic finish. Quit interresting and good! sblair (37), SD, California, USA Aug 18, 2007 On Draft @ Hamiltons. Rich dark ale with a clear carafa malt chocolate nose. Velvety texture and full bodied. A mix between a belgian strng ale, american strong ale, Schwarzbier. Unique and delicious HenrikSoegaard (4260), Randers, Denmark Aug 18, 2007 Bottle. Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Brown colour. Moderate andheavy hoppy truly powerfull aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palæate. Fantastic beer. bleeng (587), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA Aug 17, 2007 Pours thick, like motor oil in January. Opaque black with a thick tan head with medium legs. Nose of hops and chocolate. This thing look delicious just pouring....tastes of hops and choc but subdued by the body of malts and spices. A bit of alcohol on the taste but just a perfect amount. Smooth mouth and swallow with a wonderful, almost gooey thickness on the way down. This is a wonderful beer. It reminds me of the Collaboration. Will it cellar???? Papsoe (14613), Frederiksberg, Denmark Aug 16, 2007 (Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of boboski. Pours a beautiful, warm chestnut brown with a tint of red and a dense, beige head leaving some laces. The aroma is rich with sweetish, burned caramel. Quite a full body with about a ton of roasted malt and and again these accents of sweetish, burned caramel. Solid if not exactly overwhelming bitterness. 150807 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy Aug 15, 2007 Dark brown color; creamy head. Nice aroma, not too strong, balanced, perfumy, where some nice hop preveals over the sweet caramel; in a short while the hop increases. Medium thick mouthfeel, quite oily, with strong malt/caramel flavor, some sugars, just balanced by an equally strong hopping. The final is less hop-aromatic than expected, maybe even less long (or is it the caramel to be too much?). But very good indeed (hedonistic).
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