 Scubatrip (388), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 24, 2007 2005 bottling batch, from the bottle, pours an opaque reddish color with very little head. Its strong aroma is impossible to ignore as it pours into the glass. Smells of alcohol, raisins, caramel and malt. Tastes as strong as it smells. Wow. Sweet at first, with a very prevalent alcohol flavor. Also in there are the caramel, honey, and candy sugar. The honey is more prevalent in the aftertaste, leaving a lingering flavor on the tongue. As it warms, the honey and sugars begin to overtake the alcohol, though it does not go away by any means. Tastey brew, but it’s called a Strong Ale for a reason.
rsauermann (38), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 20, 2007 Pours almost purple. Little to no head and barely any lacing. Very fruity, plums, raisins. No hop bite whatsoever. A little to sweet for me. Alcoholic nonetheless.
drpimento (809), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 20, 2007 BIG beer. This is from a 2005 bottle at the Bodega Brew Pub, downtown La Crosse, Wis. USA. Not much in the head/lace department. But the aroma is jam packed full of dark ripe fruit: blackberry, plum, fig, dates, raisins; flavors are all a that but accented. Pleasant clean finish. Color is deep reddish brown slight head, minimal lace.
Skyview (4011), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 18, 2007 Had to try this myself to understand the hype of the 2006 Bottle. Aroma of caramel covered apples, maybe a hint of cherry pipe. Pours a ruby amber color, with a tan head. Sweet and malty with complex alcohol flavors. Full bodied, syrupy, and low carbonation. Not your typical lawnmower beer! Definitely a sipper with a good cigar malt beverage. I’m definitely putting four bottles aside and try it again in about ten years.
Juelze (895), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
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
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
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
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
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  | 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
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).
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