 jbrus (4835), Delft, Netherlands
Mar 14, 2009 Bottle@Home. Very sweet aroma with Madeira, raisin and a hint of grass. Red/brown colour, yellow firm head, good lace. Very sweet, strong Madeira, very bitter, lots of grassy hops, ginger in the finish. Sticky, cloying, burning in your mouth for ages. Beautiful balance, very flavourful, it aged for about 2.5 years (estimated).
neredneck (7), New Hampshire, USA
does not count  Mar 13, 2009 Cornicopia of aroma and taste that assaulted the palate and surerndered to the tastebuds of hop utopia that only Ayn Rand could of understood (who is dogfish 120)?
fogdoctor (16), Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 13, 2009 Updated: Aug 2, 2009Bottle, pint, 35-40deg F.
Has a strong alcohol odor that mostly masks some citrus/pear aroma. Basically, this beer tastes like an incomplete IPA. The flavors are all separate and never come together to make a good beer. When the price is taken into account, this beer has essentially no redeeming value. I have had beers that were much worse but at least those were cheap.
I dont like this beer at all and its got a variety of issues. The three major ones are as follows:
1) Its got a vague aroma of paint thinner that kills any finish.
2) There is no balance to it at all. Its sugar, alcohol, and bitter. None of it blends.
3) The alcohol content is too high and dulls much of the hop flavor and aroma but does not suppress the bitterness.
thefrutigers (100), , Arizona, USA
Mar 11, 2009 Updated: Mar 22, 2009bottle 12 oz: Pours hazy orange wit h a very very thin head in tulip glass. Smells like honey and applecider vinegar mix with a heavy note on ethanol, hops is in the mix, but give it almost an acetone smell. Taste was sweet, slightly bitter, very alcohol warm, with a hint of grapefruit and citrus. Thick and almost cloying, but not quite there yet. I really do like this, but think one is more than enough and the smell is a bit chemically.
bluesickboy (13), Michigan, USA
Mar 10, 2009 12 oz. bottle. I am undecided about this beer. Tastes more like a barleywine. Nice aroma with a bitter after taste. I’m still up in the air about this one.
caesar (3020), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
Mar 10, 2009 Bottled, brought from the USA. Hazy red color, short lasting head. Aroma of hop, caramel malt, alcohol, sugar. Strong alcoholic taste, cognac, malty, bitter. Good stuff.
skortila (2875), Bunnik, Netherlands
Mar 9, 2009 Bottled. Aroma has extreme hoppyness, fruits, raisin, rum. Hazy, orange coloured with an off-white, lasting , thin head. The taste is quite bitter with fruity and caramel malty sweetness. It is full bodied and quite heavy. Siruppy texture, bit like hop juice. Alcohol warming palate, but it’s not really like 18%. Very powerfull, love it.
joeneugs (282), Livermore, California, USA
Mar 9, 2009 Strange brew. It smells ultra hoppy like any IIPA as you pop the cap, but after the pour it smells more like a barleywine/IIPA. Foresty pine, citrusy aroma with brandy, portlike qualities and raisins. Very interesting. It has a hazy orange color with a thick but fast dissapearing head. The taste is a little off for me. Tastes kind of like their Olde school barleywine. Very orangy, apple, rum, raisin, spicy, but it does finish off with a nice bitterness that manages to balance it out somewhat. The alcohol is just way too much here. Maybe because I had to finish a whole 12 ounces by myself. Ughh. It tastes kind of like those bad coctails you make with whatever Dole fruit juice you have in your fridge. Not my thing, but it was a trip to experience.
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