DuClaw Colossus

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Bottle courtesy of ericandersnavy. Way to come through pal. Heavy orange pour. Aroma stings the nostrils. Heavy, heavy sweet. Taste is richly sweet. Sweet bready notes. Very well done. The ABV is hidden so well! Sweet sweet finish as well.

Courtesy of Hopscotch. At the Otakuden Throwdown. Served hot. Creamy head with a burnt copper color. Nose is wood and port. Lots of caramel and dark fruit with hints of aroma hops. Flavor is super rich and a massive massive mouthfeel. I can taste alot of residual sugar but even so tons of caramel comes through with suprising amounts of bitterness. Sweet portlike notes of caramel, cranberries, figs and raisins. I actually thought this was pretty badass but its a crazy beer for sure.

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours a great looking deep amber red with off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is sweet, fruity, alcohol, malt, WoW, taste great! Mouth feel is heavy body, syrupy, low carbonation. Overall, very interesting BIG beer, lots of flavor......Strong shit!

1 liter swing top growler. Sealed with gold wax on top. Poured out a deep cherry amber color, with quite a bit of carbonation initially. Thin ring of tan foam around my snifter. Aromas are of vodka soaked berry fruit, alcohol, cough syrup. No hops in this rascal. Flavors are mixed berries, sweet melon, some spices, lots of alcohol. Very warming, highly potent stuff here. Alcohol is prevelent in flavors as well as aftertastes. Be sure to share a bottle with 10 of your closest friends !!!

A huge one liter bottle appears out of footbalm’s refrigerator, what the hell is this? It pours out a beige color with no head and a sticky sort of pour, like a strong mead. The aroma is strong but somehow soft and mellow; sweet berries, other fruits, sugars, some alcohol warning but very little. Very complex and nice. The flavor is pure excellence; sweet sugary flavors, berries, tons of fruit and complexity. A slick and easy mouthfeel. And simply no alcohol at all really. Amazing. Sometimes a beer is just perfect in its age and presentation, and this was a case of such excellence. How does this have only four ratings? WTF?

Clear amber, creamy white head. Aroma opens to intense notes of apple pie filling that’s laced with tangerine and spicy crushed coriander and cinnamon. Dried citrus peel bitterness and loads of cinnamon apple spice round to a sweet boozy finish. Full bodied and slick with soft carbonation. This is truly a unique beer which will likely be a full-on love or hate fest. Snifter and cigar could really work here in my opinion. Two thumbs up! Special thanks to Jim for providing the bottle…

1 liter swing-top, served cold. Clear topaz with some edgy froth. Nose is honey, maraschino cherry and strawberry. An aromatic red fruit feast with just a touch of alcohol. Not quite syrupy with faint carb. Tastes like a mead mixed with strawberry jam. Bits of raspberry, watermelon, candied citrus peel and caramel lead to a dry finish with faint bitter pine. Quite drinkable for the ABV.

it took me a year but i finally tracked this down thanks to scraff. poured amber/ruby with a white head. aroma was great with candi sugar??, caramel, and some dark fruits. flavor was pretty much the same. this thing was sweet beyond all belief and thats what i liked about it. had a nice slick body. this bad boy was worth the wait. we didnt get to try any heated because the bottle was finished. maybe next time.