 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Jun 24, 2004 Bottle-In the vaults of HI International. This is an absolute mess. Seriously, it is absolutely all over the place. Thick raisin flavour, a crude amount of hops, bruised fruit, vanilla, orangey hops. All these flavours trying to get out at the same time. What an ugly palate, absolutely all over the place. I don’t know what the brewers were thinking, they must have just chucked any ingredients on hand in this beer. But people seem to like it, which is bizarre (to me anyway). Super sweet, and almost impossible to drink. Too many ingredients spoiled this beer and bugger me its sweet.
Bov (5455), Bienne, Switzerland
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 1, 2006 Updated: Feb 17, 2007batch #3; courtesy of fiulijn - cloudy ruby in colour; little head; powerful and complex whisky-like aroma showing notes of sour cherries, prunes, alcohol, yeast and toffees; strong initial sweetness sonn met by a very robust bitterness; sticky, syrupy and full-bodied, very long dry and bitter peppery, herbal finish with notes of licorice ... and of course a big burning alcohol kick - very good and enormous beer which is still quite raw and would probably benefit of some ageing
jcwattsrugger (5452), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 7, 2008 12oz bottle-pours a thin tan head and pink tint and red/orange color. Aroma is sweet dark malt-molasses/ashy, dark fruit-prune/raisin/fig, alcohol. Taste is very sweet cane sugar/candy sugar, woody, sweet dark malt-molasses/ashy, dark fruit-prune/raisin/fig, alcohol, some hops partially offsets the sweet. Occasional. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.
ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 25, 2005 Deep copper colour with a small light brown head. Light roasted malty aroma with chocolate hints and a nice dark fruit sweetness. Sweet chocolate and fruity flavor, faint hints of liqourice and some hops. Sweet warming alcohol finish.
JorisPPattyn (5177), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 14, 2005 Dark chestnut; brown-creamy dense head. Woody, hoppy and liqueurish sweet aroma, dark brown candi sugar. Endlessly hoppy & malty beer, extremely liqueurish, sweet almond cake. Extremely well-bodied, slick & syrupy; burnt MF, getting more obvious warming up. Alcohol obvious. Great beer, incomparable balance - a masterpiece for maltheads. My bottle says "only" 15.7 % ABV. And why has the "Beast" bowling alley skittles for teeth? Thanks, Jeremy Gray!
Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 19, 2004 Dark reddish brown coloured. Very fruity aroma. Very sweet and fruity flavour. Some hoppy spiciness. The alcohol is well hidden. Very powerful.
Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Mar 14, 2009 Batch 4. Pours light brown with a thin fizzy head. Smells boozy with some dark fruity hints. Tastes of booze, tea and fruity with a lot of sweetness on the finish. An unbalanced mess.
MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 6, 2004 A beautiful relationship between dark fruit, figs and dates is slowly being burned down by an oppressive alcohol conflagration...Loads of resinous hop vines are charred and cannot be saved by the caramel balm...The flames rage on, drying out the earthy malt underneath and frying the cherry trees around...This is either a beer for strong alcohol lovers or a disturbing example of artisanal brewing overexuberance...3 or 4 degrees less of alcohol would probably render a most stunning beer though...Thanks Rastacouere!...
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