 acrdz (4228), Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 5, 2008 500ml bottle. Pours still and flat, but with high viscosity and intimidating thickness. Murky brown in color. Nose is big, sticky maple and bacon scented bourbon, with a softer malt/brad/bread/plum note. Flavor is essentially the same: sticky, big, sweet maple and bread malts, some overripe/moldy apples and plums, some sweet tobacco juice, wet bran, etc. Way too sweet, difficult to drink, difficult to even find polite words for such a messy beer.
kmweaver (1915), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Aug 4, 2008 500mL bottle, generously supplied by acrdz, Friday at BCTC. Thanks, Mike! Pours a murky, orange-amber color; minimal light-tan head. Loads of dense, chewy caramel, dried dark fruits, and intense brown sugar; boozy, sugary, hugely brown sugared and tea-infused nose. Full mouthfeel: intense brown sugar, oily caramel, maple syrup, and boozy alcohol in the mouth; paint thinner; enormous, sticky, boozy beer; loads of brown sugar. Huge finish: loads of brown sugar, sticky sweetness, and chewy caramel.
pineypower (851), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Thanks to a few Santas ago for this one. Pours out a thick reddish brown with no head, no carbonation, was like that I’d think pouring Mrs Butterworth’s into a snifter would be like. Aroma was very sweet with some dried fruit, earth and alcohol. Thick, syrupy mouthfeel with notes of dried fruit, caramel, alcohol, toffee and some port also. Sweetness dominates. Interesting but at the price tag I thank Santa for this one, because I’d probably never buy it.
nhorween (488), New York, New York, USA
Jul 15, 2008 2004, corked. Reddish bourbon color - no head or carbonation. Immensely sweet smelling - port and sherry character, prunes, dark fruit. Like a caramel infused Sauternes. Flavor is nice, too sweet. Would work with a chocolate dessert probably. Caramel and toffee, alcohol traces left on the lips. I would’ve really like some more apparent hops and some carbonation in this. I get it, I just don’t like it, and it’s not a barley wine on a normal day.
GRM (800), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Jul 2, 2008 Sample, savoured at the Mondial de la bière on May 30 2008; eye: cognac, no effervescence, clear; nose: caramel, liqueur, sweet; mouth: caramel, liqueur-like finale is caramel, medium body, mildly sweet, lightly bitter; overall: quite good
FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, savourée au Mondial de la bière le 30 mai 2008; oeil : cognac, pas d’effervescence, claire; nez : caramel, liqueur, sucré; bouche : caramel, finale liquoreuse caramélisé, corps moyen, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère
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