Petrucci914 (578), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 6/20 | Dec 10, 2007 Updated: Dec 23, 2007Pours a dark amber color with a thin diminishing white head. Aroma is dark tart fruit, raisins, and bourbon. Taste is carbonated and syrupy sweet with a strong sense of alcohol. I find the taste all over the place and unbalanced, and too syrup-like. Too strong for my tastes. I think I just dislike much of this style. Couldn’t even finish it. Blech. pubbe (493), Højbjerg, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Dec 10, 2007 Bottle. Clear reddish brown colour with mostly diminishing light brown head. Aroma offers molasses, raisins, cane sugar and alcohol. Powerfull flavor of sweet malt and glycerin. Runs oily on the palate. Is this really beer, or is it simply a blend of Pedro Ximenes sherry and brandy...?! Good stuff though. papajohn (1054), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 3, 2007 12 oz bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar: Cherry amber color with a small light tan head. Aroma is fruity with cherries and a wiff of brandy. Flavor starts rich and sweet with dark fruit, black cherry and raisin followed by some plum a spicy bitterness, alcohol and a rather sweet finish. Full bodied, rich and smooth with soft carbonation. ilovedarkbeer (1333), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 | Nov 29, 2007 Batch 3 2005. Somewhere around 2 or 3 years old. Pours a nice mahogoney brown color. Small peach colored soapy head that is gone quickly.Smells of bread and sourness. Tastes like pure belgian candy sugar. I get notes of honey, fruit, wheat, and molasses. A bit too sugary for my liking but a great after dinner beer. lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 29, 2007 Pours dark ruby with small head that quickly dissipates. Strong dark fruit aroma: raisin, plum, and vinous notes complimented by Belgian yeast, spicy clove, candied sugar, molasses, and slight grain. One would expect the flavor to be almost too intense, but the tart sweetness of dates, cherries, and raisins is balanced with bittersweet honey and molasses. Ok, this is a bit sweet, but its complexity and refinement saves this brew from being cloying. Palate is sticky but not syrupy. Pastor (509), Maine, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 25, 2007 12 oz bottle (2007) poured almost a cranberry red (its still close to thanksgiving) small white head that goes quicky to lace . Aromas of fruit ,raisins, yeast,and malts wonderfuly full body with a light carbonation .Flavors of sweet caramel ,malts, honey whith a nice lite bitter hops finish. It has a light alcohol warmth to it as well
a great sipper for this winter SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Nov 24, 2007 2005 version: Deep ruby pour with a sustaining tan head. Big dark fruit aroma - plums, cherries, raisons, apples - with caramel, honey and ether. Big, sweet body offers lots of caramel and toffee, before a rush of cane sugar overtakes the palate. Cherries, apples and peaches join the sweet onslaught, making this quite the dessert beer. nolankowal (850), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 | Nov 21, 2007 Batch 1 bottle. Deep orange-red pour with a tan head. Aroma of hot booze and caramel malt. Flavors of caramel, sugary sweet malt and hot booze. Thick body little carbonation hot/malty/sweet with a hot/sweet finish. A bit too much booze evident kinda kills this one.
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