 daknole (3032), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 19, 2009 Bottle. Oranish pour. Light head. Very fruity aroma with some syrup and yeast. Lots of honey and bread. Flavor is wheaty, yeasty, fruity, alcohol and lightly spicy. Good.
shrubber85 (3014), Wallhalben, Germany
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 2, 2006 Updated: Jun 16, 2009Bottle. Nice cherry, apple and raisin aroma. Reddish brown color with small head. Very sweet raisin/cherry flavor with moderate hops that intensify after swallowing coupled with alcohol burn.
presario (3010), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 21, 2005 Golden tea coloured. Thin foam around the edges. Interesting light aroma of tea, spices, peach/appricot and sugar. Flavour is sugar, peach and moderate spices. In no way similar to the heavyweights of the style. Lighter, fruitier and heavy pepper. Lacks their complexity. A smaller sample is nice. A full bottle may get overbearing.
SledgeJr (3004), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 29, 2008 2003 vintage in the bomber bottle. Pours a mixture of purple, amber and red. Only a thin yellow-ish off-white head could be mustered up. This has a FANTASTIC aroma of caramels, BIG molasses, and stick candy. The flavors were quite medicinal, much like cough syrup, but moderated with the sweetness of hard candy. Bananas and lots of heat. The finish cannot subdue the big alcohol even though the beer is substantially thick. In my opinion, aging this beer for 5 years was a brilliant move on my part. If you are sitting on a bottle of this from 2003, drink up, my friend.
larsga (3000), Oslo, Norway
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 17, 2006 Small white head. Deep chestnut brown body. Sweetish banana aroma with notes of wood and spices. Taste is similar, but has smoky notes and is perhaps a touch watery. Still a very good beer. (Bottle.)
ante (2969), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 1, 2005 (bottle sampled at Stockholm Beer Festival) Orange colour with a creamy tan coloured lace. Smooth and malty aroma of toffee, butter, nuts, yellow plums and fresh baked bread. Thick and oily flavour of biscuit, chocolate, almonds and bread. Sweet warming aftertaste.
JK (2967), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 3, 2006 Updated: Oct 7, 2007Can be cellared for four years yet the bottle states "refrigerate." I did both. I had the bottle for nine months, and it has been refrigerated for the last two. The aroma begins with yeast, followed by yeast and then sweet malt. The appearance is very dark, slighty hazy orange with only a few bubbles. The simple taste is good but unremarkable. Sweet and sugary, light fruit, yeast; Belgiany. They could have done more with it; perhaps too many different malts dulled what would have been different characteristics, like when you mix several colors and get brown. There are too few beers of this style and it is great that Avery attempted this one. But they need to change the recipe and add some complexity to this simple beer made in a style that lends itself to complexity.
BMan1113VR (2960), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 28, 2008 Pours with a quickly dissapearing, off-white head covering a copper body. Aroma is of spices, sugar, banana and cherries. Tastes of anice, spices, deep quad with possibly some coriander and banana. Mouthfeel is a bit too fizzy.
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