Courtesy of Tony @ OTH. Pours amberwith tan head. Aroma is filled with alcohol, malty and fruity (raisin). Taste, is again fill with the 18.5abv, malty fruity. Something to sip on and enjoy.

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.

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.

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.

2004...thanks floydster super...alcoholic on the nose tons of rasin flavors and what not...needs a good 10 years to lay down!