 Juelze (889), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Mar 17, 2007 2005 bottle. Pours a clear amber color with little head. Aroma is of rich malt, caramel, dark fruit and some belgian spice. Taste is fig, raisins, molasses, belgian spice, candied sugar and caramel malt. Mouthfeel is extremely syrupy. However, compared to the Mephistoles this is much more tolerable.
ChazMania (408), Pasadena, California, USA
Mar 16, 2007 2006 bottle. Pours a color that is deceiving in that it looks like an amber ale (aka Boont Amber). The aroma comes up and is prune/fig like. The first sip is sweet, really sweet. Raisin and molasses like but very interesting and complex. Early this week I had a DogFish Raisin D’ Extra and this is similar in flavor. This might be slightly easier on the tongue than the DFH. Good dessert/night cap beer but I could never have more than one.
gunsho (134), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Mar 12, 2007 Updated: Apr 12, 2007definately not for the timid. a rich rusted amber color with a golden egg-shell head. this beer is powerful, think i tasted citrus fruit and honey although it was hard to get even that. i’ll try it again.
on tap @ rich o’s, gravityhead ’07
HawkEye19 (9), Woodbury, Minnesota, USA
does not count  Mar 11, 2007 Deep auburn beer with a nice, white head. It has a fruity aroma, laced with alcohol. The first taste is like nothing I can describe. After the first couple of sips, the spicy and raisin aspects of the beer become more pronounced. Much less alcohol heat than I would have expected from a 14.6% beer. A wonderful beer to share with a friend (or more than one depending on the size of the bottle).
Tyler*Durden (71), Denver, Colorado, USA
Mar 9, 2007 A complex beer, it pours a deep ruby colour with quickly disappearing head. The aromas are varied...honey, caramels, fruits, and has a sweet (not too sweet) taste with raisins, spices and honey. Not a beer to rush, it takes quite a few sips to capture all the flavours.
DrHomolka (722), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Mar 8, 2007 Batch 4. Pours a deep, syrupy red with a lot of bubbles and a large, off-white head. Aroma is tremendously sweet and syrupy. Sugar, fruit, raisins, yeast. Smells quite a bit like a Barley Wine, actually. I think I can detect some alcohol in there as well. Mouthfeel is quite thick and syrupy and it warms the mouth. Very sweet and strong flavor. This is certainly an interesting brew. I don’t know how much I can say I like it or it’s my style but interesting indeed.
chimplechamp (463), Oslo, Norway
Mar 6, 2007 batch 3- bottle- smell literally takes your breath away. my glass is like 12 feet away from me and i can still smell it. its obscene. pours cloudy golden amber with a slightly foamy head and lacing. smells syrup and alchol smells obscenely sweet and malty. cherries.wooh. syrupy mouthfeel, lots of sweet caramel malts, cherries. this is like dessert. quite unique and amazing stuff.
patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
Mar 4, 2007 Rating #666! 22oz bottle, batch 2 - Pours ruby and mostly clear as most of the yeast stuck to the bottom of the bottle. There’s a very thin head. The aroma is of oak, malts, and alcohol. Sweet malt flavors are accented by some dark fruit tones and alcohol warmth. At over 18% abv, one can’t help but feel it even though the three years of aging seems to have toned down the heat a bit as I expected it to be even hotter on the palate. This one is definitely a sipper and it’s a good one. It didn’t taste quite as complex as I expected. While it was enjoyable, I think one of the batches around 15% abv might be a little better.
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