 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 19, 2008 Courtesy someone @ RBSG and, later, TheCheeseMan. Chestnut brown color, light tan head. Great aroma - oak, wine, licorice, tobacco, light smoke, very light roast. The wine and light roast really go together well. The taste has more red wine character along with some roast, but the porter characters are under the oak and wine. Love the aroma on this one.
beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 RBSG 2008. Interesting beer that picked up a lot of character from the wine barrels, very sour and tanic, good amount of funk that builds grape tartness. I’m not sure it blended all that well with the original beer, the smokiness didn’t work well with the sourness for me, this turned into almost a sour brown.
smith4498 (921), Miami, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 16, 2008 Bottle courtesy of thecheeseman. Pours black with tan head. Sour aroma with vanilla, oak and smoke. Flavors of oak, smoke, vanilla and funky sourness. The aging in the wine barrel really adds a nice touch of wine to the taste. Very nice.
bb (2930), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 13, 2008 Bottle. Mahogony beer with a tan head. Malt, light oak, light smoke aroma. Tart wine flavor with light malt. Medium body. The tartness and wine linger with light smoke and good malt. Tries hard.
mcbackus (755), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 10, 2008 bottle shared by thecheeseman huge thanks: pours as a gusher, great looking black colour with a big tan head. aroma is fantastic oak, vanilla, sourness, slight smoke, and terrific vinousness that is just superb love smelling this one. flavour is excellent plenty of the wine flavour, slight smoke, great malt adn the sour tartness is awesome. jsut a fantastic beer that i am fianlly glad i got to try.
mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 9, 2008 Updated: Apr 25, 2009[1464-20080531] 1pt9.4floz bottle. Bit of fruity raisin and smoky roast aroma. Dark dark brown body with a foamy light tan head. Dark roast and dark smoky malt flavour has a bit of a sour background. Medium body. Nice smoke accent. (6/3/8/4/15) 3.6
(Post-Mondial Tasting)
[2006B-20090219] Bottle. Sweet yeasty fruit cake aroma with heavy thick molasses. Hazy, dark red brown body with a long-lasting creamy light tan head. Long sour malt flavour initially followed by a sweet kick, smoke throughout and some wine characteristics that are red and full. Medium-full body. Interesting. (6/4/8/3/15)
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Ibrew2or3 (2766), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 7, 2008 Courtesy of tpd975. The pour is dark dark brown with thin mocha head. The aroma is big and brash with big funk barrel notes, red wine fruitiness, light dark fruitiness, fresh cut oak planks and red wine tannins. At the end of the draw there’s some roastiness and burnt malts. The taste starts red wine and sherry-ish sweet and then quickly becomes tart and tannin like. Midway and to the finish the tartness dwindles enough to allow some roastiness to show through while mild funky barrelness and oak notes make an appearance.
Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 6/20 |
Aug 6, 2008 Bottle. A almost black beer with a big brown head. A wery alive beer, explosive, maybe infected, others around the table think it´s ok, I don´t know if it´s soppose to be sour, maybe bret? there is also wood and horseblanket notes in there. Medium body with a sparkeling dry acid finish.
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