 bp (315), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 11, 2008
Bottle: pours a dark reddish color with absolutely no head, aroma is sweet, dark fruits, spices and a bit of the booze, taste is dark fruits and sweet, no carbonation, the alcohol is not overpowering in the taste but you can feel its presence as it warms your belly. My main problem with this one is that it is much too sweet. I’d like to have aged this one a while longer.
ILoveNewBeer (90), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Oct 8, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours a beautiful maroon or dark rust. Sweet to the nose and you can "smell the proof" as like in the Sam Adams Triple Bock. Taste of raisins and malt. Delicious I will buy again the next time I’m in the WI area.
Pinball (595), Allerød, Denmark
Oct 8, 2008 bottle, 12 fl. oz. 2007.
appears muddy golden/brown. dark yellow head that was mostly bubbles and that disappeared really fast.
flavor is raisins, and a little citrus. not that strong. no alc. in aroma. a little sourness also in the aroma.
flavor : alc! lots of alc! also raisins, sweet stuff, bitterness. not balanced, and not really very well tasting. for comparison, rørvig gløgg-øl is much better tasting and about as strong. and they usually make totally shitty beer. Anyways, flavor is, if you can distract yourself from the alc, somewhat belgian, just quite subdued. will let it warm, perhaps it gets better.
an alternative way to get drunk for sure,
If i should compare it to something it would be an average belgiand, add vodka to bump ABV to 20%, and drink..
Still, i love it when brewers freak out and make something special. keep surprising me please.
I think this one would probably be less agressive and more balanced if lagered for some time. What about a barreled version?
I have warmed it now. it just got worse. In my opinion the beer clearly can’t mange the high ABV, alc. distracts bigtime. if you drink it like whiskey (no air) it is a lot better.
xpimptastikx (24), Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Damn... Pours deep copper color with a light head. Smells pungent, of grapes(duh) and alcohol. I needed a friend to help me finish the 12oz bottle.
ironchefscott (246), long beach, California, USA
Oct 5, 2008 2004...thanks floydster
super...alcoholic on the nose
tons of rasin flavors and what not...needs a good 10 years to lay down!
soyorganic (129), Denver, Colorado, USA
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle: wow, I could smell this while standing up from the table after I poured it. Pours a red/orange color. Aroma: definitely raisins, with caramel and grape notes. Thick taste with flavor very similar to what I described in the aroma with a slightly grape juicey aftertaste that is overpowered by the alcohol taste. I love the sweetness and flavor to this beer, but it would be so nice if the alcohol was not so noticeable. A little more and you will need a chaser.
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