 CapFlu (3339), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 24, 2004
(12oz bottle) Pours a medium-sized, frothy head with an orange-brown body. Nose of English salted licorice candy, raisins, horseblanket, salty, and prunes. Flavour is of sweet malt, chinook hops and oily. None of the 10.5% alcohol is detected in the palate. Excellent stuff! Many thanks to Lubiere for sharing this from a recent trip to Indianapolis.
Vac (2253), San Diego, California, USA
Sep 15, 2008 Pours with a deep amber body topped by a thick head with a good amount of lacing. Its sweet and malty with a caramel and light candy sugar note as well as underlying alcohol esters and a moderate hoppiness. Full bodied, smooth and a touch warming.
AgentSteve (831), SF Bay Area, California, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Pours dark caramel with no head. The nose is bourbon and malt, with a sweet front with mid palate that goes cardboard oxidized and a bit hot.
Ughsmash (3071), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Bottled in Dec. 06. Poured deep plum with a dusting of beige head and sticky lacing as it descended. The aroma picked up sweeter, juicy dark fruits, cereal, and aged caramel.. warm, but the alcohol was well masked.. slight green apple on the uptake, which wasn’t awful, but it detracted a little from my enjoyment. The flavor had more of the sticky, aged malts throughout with caramel, toffee, and lesser dark fruit.. bitter herbal notes were mild on the edges, and the apple re-emerged right at the finish along with resiny bitterness that didn’t much help.. still quite tasty overall. Heavier-bodied with tight-bubbled creamy carbonation upfront and a tacky, flatter feel on the back.. warmed up the throat and belly. I’d like to compare against a fresh bottle.
JCB (1058), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Sep 1, 2008 750ml from Eithcubes - thanks, Mike! Been about 15 months since I received this and I finally pulled it out of the cellar to try. Garnet pour, clean body with hints of ruby and brown, very little carbonation. Appealing malty aroma, with just a touch of booze. Mouthfeel’s better than expected and the beer is nice and mellow, with well balanced caramel malts, some autumn fruits, and a hop bite to liven things up. Finish is a bit more dusky, almost old ale-ish. Not top notch but certainly enjoyable.
General_Gao (2568), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Aug 24, 2008 750ml bottle. Poured a clear garnet color with a hint of brown. The head consisted of small, off white soap bubbles that popped quickly. The aroma was dominated by fruit (black cherry, raisin, fig, apple) and molasses. There was also some chocolate and cinnamon. Medium to full bodied and sweet with mild bitterness. Carbonation was on the far low end of the spectrum. The flavor profile included the likes of cherry liqueur, raisin,raspberry, citrusy hops, tobacco, and dark toffee. Not bad at all.
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