 adrian910ss (1395), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 10, 2008 2005 vintage. Pours a dark muddy caramel with a small light brown, beige head. Sweet aroma of dates, honey, molasses, raisins, plums, prunes, caramel and brown sugar. Taste is sweet with hints of dates, molasses, honey, raisins, figs, brown sugar and caramel. A very complex tasting brew, but a bit overwhelming at times. Very tasty, yet a slow sipper.
Charlzm (247), Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan 9, 2008 2007 bottle, consumed 01/09/08. Lovely clear caramel color with orange and gold highlights. Well carbonated: makes a nice head that reduces after a few minutes. Aroma is BIG: I can catch whiffs of it from over a foot away as it sits on the table. A bit like solvent or glue , unfortunately, but that’s just in the background. Sweet oranges or grapefruit and a honey/mead character are the strongest nose components. Thick as it slides into the mouth. One sip and you know you’re drinking something substantial. There’s more flavor here than in a 12 pack of macro swill. Hot spicy honey explodes in the mouth. Sharp sweet sugar appears. Alcohol vapors waft into the sinuses. Slight citrus bitterness appears and fades. The burn lasts a very long time after the beer has gone south, reminding you that it’s going to do the same thing to your bloodstream. Not an easy drinker by any means, but then it’s not supposed to be a lawnmower beer, is it?
Oakes (8057), gone rambling, Vietnam
Jan 6, 2008 Vanilla aroma accents. Big alcohol and lots of caramel, with some molasses. Big chewy body...but way too boozy. Fairly strong vanilla throughout. Dry, alcholic finish is about right - it’s a rough beer.
tarjei (1741), Bryne, Norway
Jan 5, 2008 355 ml bottle, 2006-version. Clear amber color, beige head. It´s very, very sweet with dark, dried fruits, berries, sugar, alcohol and nice hops. A bomb, a sipper - you don´t drink much of this beer.
wickedpete (625), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
Jan 3, 2008 Gorgeous dark amber color, but not opaque, allowing you to peer through and admire it for the color it turns the world behind it. A short creamy beige head sits on top. The aroma is a sticky sweet and alcoholic perfume of sugars and spices. Raisins and other fruits are obvious on the nose. The flavor is slightly less sweet than the aroma would lead you to expect. It’s wonderfully spicy with bite of hoppy bitterness. Caramel and dried fruit sweetness blends with the hot alcohol that makes itself known and not soon forgotten.
vulgarparasite (10), catasauqua, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 30, 2007 I had a bottle of the 2006 version. My first sip was a bit rough but I warmed up to this beer about half way through. A very sweet fig taste was left on my lips. The sweetness masks the alcohol rather well. I doubt I could drink more than one in a sitting.
Jvittorio4187 (255), Boardman, Ohio, USA
Dec 29, 2007 Pours a vey thick copper with a creamy white head. Lots of alchol on the nose. Hints of very sweet fruit. Tastes is very sweet and sharp. Lots of alchol. Finish is warm a sugary. Hard to get alot of flavor off of this one. More of a barley wine.
MatchesForHire (25), Westborough, Massachusetts, USA
Dec 29, 2007 12 oz bottle. Pours a red-gold with a smallish head. Delicious aroma of caramel, bruised pears, dates/raisins, and very mild, earthy hops. Palate is sticky and mouth-coating. This beer pounds your tastebuds with sweetness, giving you all sorts of forbidden fruits to play with. These include apples, pears, figs, plums and dates with a healthy dose of caramel for good measure. Wonderfully complex, it warms as it goes down (2007 vintage listed at 16.42%, but you don’t feel it much until afterwards) and leaves you wondering whether beer is the work of some god, or something more sinister. Will enjoy this again soon.
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