 Beaver (488), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
May 26, 2008
12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy dark golden orange with a creamy white head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is surprisingly subdued - caramel malts, fruits, spicy hops and a little alcohol.
The flavor is strong sweet sugary malts, some fruits (melon and fig) and some alcohol and a touch of hops in the finish. The alcohol is noticeable but I’d never guess this was 20%. It is warming in the tummy though and does become a bit harsh as it warms. The mouthfeel is medium to full and with smooth carbonation.
Overall, an interesting beer. The alcohol is surprisingly not dominating, but it is cloyingly sweet and the hops are not that noticeable. The alcohol gets balanced well by the sweetness of the beer.
discoverbeer (3), , Washington, USA
does not count  Oct 13, 2008 2006 Vintage
Thanks By The Bottle!
Pours amber orange in color with a slight fluffy head. Tried this beer along side an 08, what a difference 2 years makes. Still sweet, citrus hop, fruity flavor but the alcohol has mellowed and allowed the breadiness of the malts to peak out. Can’t wait for Vintage 06 vs 09
borgination (101), Lee, Massachusetts, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Draft. Had this one at an anniversery party at Moe’s Tavern. Very strong beer if thats what you call it. Extreme aroma and hop taste to it. There are very few beers that taste like this. Definitley a sipping beer.
KieferUGA (365), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Oct 5, 2008 12 oz. bottle. 2008 vintage. Previously had one of these on the night before my wedding with alexanderj and kleyland, but didn’t rate it. Pours an amber color. Medium sized, off white head. Aroma of citrus hops, molasses, and warming alcohol. Sweet flavor, with hints of dark pitted fruits, caramel, vanilla. Citrus hops are present, but not too overpowering. Finish is strongly alcoholic and bitter. Everyone should try this beer at least once.
pootzboy (872), Calgary/ Kitchener, Alberta, Canada
Oct 5, 2008 12 oz bottle from trade deal.
Pours slightly cloudy and amber orange with a smallish but puffy cap which lasts to lace the glass well.
As it warms it gives off a pungent pine-citrus aroma with an underlying sweetness and light fusil alcohol-licorice tone.
Big syrupy mouth feel, big bodied and boozy, a citus-pine hop bomb but surprisingly tame for the IBUs and Plato...long metalic bready aftertaste....BIG warming!
Nothing like it.... Has to be experienced... it’s been described it as a hop liqueur..that’s it OK.
ChristianScheffel (2250), Odense, Denmark
Oct 5, 2008 Updated: Oct 12, 2008Cloudy amber with a lasting off-white head. Intense hops and alcohol aroma. Peaches, grass and orange are the most prominent hoppy aromas, and the alcohol is rich barleywine-like prunes and sherry, along with a strong note of gin. It’s very sweet with hot alcohol, but an intense orange and grapefruit American hop flavour and bitterness balances very well. It has a little gin in the flavour as well, and a lasting aftertaste that’s surprisingly malty.
It’s not an everyday drinker, obviously, but it’s a lot of fun. And impressive that such a brew can be made at all and still be undeniably beer.
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