Oakes (6853), Miami Beach, Florida, USA Mar 22, 2008 Golden-brown colour. Big nose - wood, deep chewy and dark sugary malts. Fruits are slightly caramelized. The body is a little to the soft side, sugary, with a light alcohol finish. Burnt fruits come in...a little simple for a beer this size, IMO. yespr (6361), Copenhagen O, Denmark Aug 6, 2008 22 fl oz bottle. Pours murky orange with a creamy off-white head. Mild milky and slight spiced aroma. Flavour is smooth and slight milky. Mild spiced and light hoppy. Mild spiced and yeasty finish. Light liqourice and spiced yet also smooth caramel malty. kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA Mar 9, 2008 Date: 03/07/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: brown, frothy beige head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet dark fruit aroma with a lot of spicyness and a vanilla sweetness, upon warming picks up a fruity tartness,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: lots of sweet fruity flavor balanced with a light fruity tartness, nice oaky bitterness, caramel sweetness comes in to rebalance, nice array of spicyness,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0 Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***/4
argo0 (6176), Washington DC, USA Apr 22, 2008 (750ml bottle, 2007 vintage, thanks Immy) Minimal beige head atop hazy mahogany body. Aroma is moderately sweet, Bourbon/boozy, plum/raisin. Taste is sweet, boozy raisin, sour (infected?). Minimal carbonation, full body. CaptainCougar (4637), Rockville, Maryland, USA Apr 26, 2008 Bottle thanks to kyzr: Pours a viscous faintly carbonated murky mahogany with some thin, off-white bubbles. Aroma of lightly sweet caramel malts and some vinous oaky notes. Body starts with decent fullness, but not much carbonation, and a light toasty malty sweetness with big, almost overwhelming vinous character, and some slightly acidic cherry notes. Pretty interesting, but could use some more sweetness for balance.
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