 willblake (1897), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Apr 28, 2008 20070303 341ml bottle, 2005, thanks RLB. Fruity, dates, raisin, and a touch of chocolate. Sherry/vinous notes plus dark miso. Yummy, if odd.
KnutAlbert (1996), Oslo, Norway
Mar 11, 2008 Bottle kindly shared by larsga.
Typical bock aroma, burned sugar. Ruby/brown.
Caramel, a bit spicy. Some herbal bitterness among the sweets. Dryish finish.
larsga (1955), Oslo, Norway
Mar 8, 2008 Medium beige head. Hazy deep barely translucent amber body with carbonation. Dense chocolatey caramelly aroma with bready notes. Sweet chocolatey roasty caramelly taste with soft, wheaty character and bready, yeasty notes. Dry roasty aftertaste. Very nice! Sort of a US interpretation of the style. (0.341l bottle traded from glouglouburp. 2005 vintage.)
Styles (1617), Taylor, Michigan, USA
Dec 1, 2007 Sample courtesy of Pailhead. Transparent mahogany, off-white film for head. Very sweet aroma. Huge toffee/caramel/toasted grain, faint fruity esters in the background. Flavoron par with aroma. Huge toffee/caramel, dominate through and through, and although it never gets cloying, tad more carbonation would help. Well done regardless.
dmac (716), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Aug 20, 2007 11.2 oz bottle thanks to Glouglouburp. This is one damn fine beer. Poured a deep dark reddish/dark brown with a HUGE light tan head that left a nice coating of tiny bubbles floating on this beer for the entire time I nursed it. Aroma of dark fruit, (raisins, plums and prunes), yeast, slight alcohol and an overall sweetness joining all the aromas together. Flavor is similar to the aroma but add to that a slight taste of chocolate. I thought the palate was perfect for this beer with a medium mouthfell and a slight touch of carbonation with a little alcohol warming on the back of the throat. If this was locally available I would buy more but who knows how a fresh bottle would compare to this one which was patiently aged for 2 1/2 years. Good Stuff.
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