 Dickinsonbeer (2550), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Jul 2, 2008
Bottle. Pours a medium amber with a fizzy carbonation and a short lived head in the glass. Aroma is oxidized a bit- some wet newspaper, light soy and some sherry - fruity with a hint of acetic acid. Yeasty doughy flavor with some caramel sweetness, more acetic acid and some wierd yeasty phenolics going on. Finish is a bit astringent and tart. Wierd stuff.
BDR (1900), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Thanks to Skyview for sharing. This one was interesting. A light brown/red color with faint head. Bread and a faint sourness to the aroma. A water body with bread, light caramel malts, and the remnents of pitted dark fruits. And a light sourness that left me wanting. I thought this might have been a sour but it seems more like an infected bottle.
hopscotch (4579), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Bottle… This beer rocks!… Lightly hazed burnt orange ale with a mid-sized, frothy, white head. Decent retention. Robust, malty aroma offers a plethora of sweet dried dates with wonderful undertones of raisins, brown sugar, caramel, wood, sorghum molasses and yeasty bread. Full-bodied and chewy with medium carbonation. Sweet, but not cloyingly so; the breadsy, fruity flavor boasts caramel and dates alongside whispers of other dark, dried fruits and a rumor of sorghum molasses. Finishes lightly sweet. Thanks go out to explosivebeer for shipping this incredible beer all the way from Washington state!
SuzyGreenberg (1028), Seattle, Washington, USA
Oct 2, 2008 12 oz. bottle - 2004 vintage; pours dark brown with tan head fading quickly; lots of haze and some floaties; very sweet, woody, bready and musky; caramel, dates and sugar; drinks rich and smooth with very slight oxidation; body is thin with a dry, fruity finish; very nice and syrupy sweet; i thought this was fantastic, especially given the age
Taverner (477), San Ramon, California, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Updated: Oct 2, 2008Syrupy mess - it may have sat too long. Bottled in 2004. Lots of raisin notes, leather, and molasses. Good on palate, and finishes dry. Meh
AgentSteve (831), SF Bay Area, California, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Bottle shared by Taverner, pours opaque burnt caramel with a thin cream colored head. The nose is overly sweet and dried fruits. The flavor is quite the same, with some molasses, dried fruit and more sugars. Just too sweet.
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