 FROTHINGSLOSH (2025), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Nov 6, 2004 Updated: Aug 15, 2007
I have had this one sitting in the fridge for a while waiting for the right moment for my wife and I to share it. The moment came last night - and it was glorious. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured thick black and oily with almost no head. The aroma was spicy, sweet and malty - almost wine like. The flavor was quite reminiscent of fine port wine and had chocolate, caramel and vanilla elements. The flavor virtually explodes upon the tongue. Nice hop bitterness rounds out the finish and leaves the tongue calling out for more. A truly excellent beer. Not my absolute favorite - but I can see why it has a solid spot on the top 50.
Additional note 12/18/05 - just managed to have this one on draft today at Smokin’ Joe’s in Pittsburgh PA. The draft is even better than the bottle. The draft fo this beer is truely a classic!
Bonster (106), Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Updated: Dec 15, 2009How can I begin? Hella’ good?? I feel no pain after this mother. Sweet like a good port. Dark fruits, Hi. Roasted grains, Helllooo. Smooth at the front and slow and strong at the back, just how I like it...I’m talking about the beer people...
budweiserblows (34), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Incredible beer. I’m a big fan of beers that, as soon as they hit your mouth, overwhelm with their flavor while simultaneously smoothing it over with a bit of bite.
coldbrewky (733), Saugerties, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Bottle via the Bonster. We really have too many trades to count already. Yeah...18% ain’t no joke... I should not have been on the roof working on the ice dam problem after consuming this...although it did seriously help with the vertigo issue. I mean after the ripe plum stone fruit nose and first taste this sugary elixir just made me sit in the Barko lounger and enjoy a half-assed science fiction thriller and not make too much fun of their dumbed down concept of time travel in order to save the world. Then I got the idea to go up on the roof..... twice. It may have been more useful to have just hit myself on the head repeatedly with the bottle than to actually consume it. No power tools utilized, or common sense either....be careful friends.
BVery (512), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Bottle. Very dark pour, small off white head. Pours thick. Nose of dark fruit and alcohol. Wonderful creamy oily texture. Taste of plum and raisin, boozy. Vanilla. Killer stuff.
italianjohn (373), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Black pour can see a little light through it ... off white head aroma of chocolate and roasted malt taste of dark roasted malts, dark fruits and chocolate the alcohol is hidden pretty well as i drank down the glass it was more bitter .... definitely felt it after this one
WLG423 (75), Connecticut, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Dark almost black body with a dusting of a caramel colored head. Aroma is incredible and complex. Powerful dark fruit notes hit the nose, followed quickly by vanilla and chocolate with a bitter end to the aroma. Body has almost a syrup like mouth feel with a nice tingling of carbonation. Flavor is overwhelmingly dark fruit, dates and figs, with a chocolate in the background. The alcohol only sneaks out at the finish, subtly appearing behind the strong flavor. Finish is nice and long lasting with a comfortable bitter dryness left on the tongue.
deflagro (94), Lund, Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Bottle. Pours an almost black liquid with a very small head. Aroma is pungent and alcoholic with some roasted notes and vegetables. Taste is dominated by alcohol, with a rather small background of malt and some roasted notes of old salad. A bit of a disappointment, but it probably gets better after a few years.
beerandIT (189), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 From a bottle that is just over a year old. On the initial pour there is not much head if any at all, but that is to be expected. I get lots of fruit smells on the nose, plum, raisins, subtle orange peel there. Also I get slight chocolate and hints of coffee. Roasted malt there as well. You can also smell some alcohol on there as well but not much considering the amount of alcohol that is in there. I taste chocolate, some plum, alcohol, slight hops. Really almost too much to name in what you can taste there. Great beer. Full bodied but not as much as you might expect. I would say that anyone that loves beer should have this one at least once.
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