 Indra (1845), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Jan 14, 2001 Updated: Mar 9, 2003
1996 vintage, bottled. Cinnamon and brown sugared apples, pomegranate, red grapefruit, faint candyish sweetness, fusel, band-aid phenols, hop spice and citric tartness all reach out to give your nasal passages an invigorating tingle they won't soon forget. Unique, opaque rusty red-orange color with a very creamy and lasting head and thick sheets of intricate lace. Flavor is balanced with sweet, malty, fruity and hoppy aspects combining, then overtaken, drenched by a wave of acidic, citrusy tartness and many spices. Finishes with a dizzying blur of flavors, a lemon here, a bit of sugar there. So many levels are touched on here. This is having the same effect on me that drinking a large glass of orange juice often does, awakening with a tingling electricity. Staggering complexity in this almost overwhelming, supremely crafted vintage. I really could go on about this stuff.
yngwie (3602), Kristiansand, Norway
Oct 5, 2008 Bottle, thx to fonefan. It pours a fizzy, unclear, golden body with a big off-white head. The aroma has some lovely sour notes, yet it’s sweetish and very fruity, with some hints of spices. Sweet, sugary and slightly yeasty flavor with notes of spices and a lovely fruityness. Some bitterness too, and it has a pleasant warmth from the alcohol. Really effervescent in the mouth, full-bodied and slighlty sticky. Really lovely, the kind of beer I could drink everyday without getting tired of it. (080823)
MaltOMeal (315), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
Sep 20, 2008 bottle thanks to DrHomolka. Pours a cloudy copper with a white head. Nose is of vinous fruit and yeast. Taste is of sweet, overripe fruit - peaches or apricots - and some spices. Mouthfeel is medium and carbonated with alcohol warmth to it.
blipp (801), Grand Island, New York, USA
Sep 12, 2008 Bottle. Pours unclear orange with a beige head. Sweet aroma with apple, yeast, caramel, and spice. The flavor is also sweet with fruit and spices. Nice.
wcampbell (432), Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Pretty good, a little too sweet for me. Yeasty aroma. Lightly spicey and fruity taste. Sweet, very alcoholic finish was not my favorite. Very full bodied and full flavored. Would have been better with food. Not much for hops or any bitterness.
MaltDawg (329), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Sep 8, 2008 2007 Stille Nacht 12% ABV. Tap Capital Ale House Innsbrook 08/27/2008.
Slight alchohol and Belgian yeast character in aroma. Cloudy orange amber with small white head. Spicey Belgian yeast character with carmelized malts and candi sugar. 12 % ABV and alchohol is undetectable. Bit of graininess. Full body with creamy mouthfeel. Sweet finish with residual hop/yeast spice.
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