 yobdoog (1426), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
Sep 18, 2009 If I would have entered this at the time of tasting it would have been top ten for me. Since then I noticed some minor things that brought my score down. This beer is rich and thick and the lacing is awesome. Aroma is very strong, alcohol, wood, honey, caramel. Flavor is amazing. Sweet, honey, bourbon, vanilla some dark fruit. Very complex and delicious. Was slightly sticky sweet and a little over the top. At time: 4.3 New rating: 4.1 Still great.
cbkschubert (1945), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Sep 14, 2009 22 oz. bottle via trade with Irishboy (I think) some time ago - Pours a clear brown color with a 3/4 finger thick light tan head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is strong alcohol and oak. Flavor is much of the same. Medium body. I’m not quite sure what to make of this beer. It still packs quite a punch. Thanks Richard.
arrogantb (695), Denver, Colorado, USA
Sep 8, 2009 I broke out this bottle for the Sopranos finale and I shared it with a couple friends. The color was a dark, dark brown, almost black. There was a short head of tan bubbles. The smell was woody. The taste had oak, vanilla flavors, and I tasted components of the different beers. It was weird how one minute I thought it was an imperial stout and the next I was tasting some IPA hoppiness. The flavor was really strong and one friend said"it’s like a punch in the throat". Not sure if that is good or bad. I thought this one was pretty good but one sample was all I really needed. I couldn’t see myself purchasing this with any regularity (even if I could).
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 06-11-2007 21:54:33
punkrkr27 (608), Berkley, Michigan, USA
Jun 29, 2009 Thanks to hoppymeal for sharing this at Kuhnhenn’s Summer Solstice!! Near black pour with a ruby highlight and loose, off-white head. Lots of dark fruit and caramel aroma with notable bourbon and brown sugar. The flavor is lots of vanilla, charred oak, bourbon, toasted caramel, fig, and plum. Creamy medium body, moderate carbonation, and notable alcohol warming.
dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
Jun 21, 2009 Thanks to hoppymeal for sharing this beauty. Pours a nice mahogany with small off-white head. Aroma strong of alcohol, bourbon, dark dried fruit, and slight hops. Taste matches well with the addition of toasted malt and slight sweetness. Very nice.
mattmc1973 (300), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jun 21, 2009 Shared at Kuhnhenn Summer Solstice. Thanks hoppymeal! Poured into a snifter, dark brown with no head. Aroma of chocolate, booze, oak, dark fruit, and bourbon. Taste of oak, chocolate, caramel, alcohol. Very nice.
puzzl (2579), New York, New York, USA
Jun 14, 2009 Bottled, I think FlacoAlto sent this to me nearly 2 years ago. Mostly blackish pour with a light foam ring that remains in the glass. The aroma is rich, sweet, uncompromisingly and shamelessly malty, with biscuity notes and unmistakable expressions of Thin Mints. Smooth, clean, rich flavor, the hops that once ruled in the unblended base beers now rest, giving a nice, spicy, zesty and lightly bitter kick to a minty-sweet brew. Perfectly silky carbonation. A touch of oxidation gives this light sherry notes without ever making it metallic or too old tasting. This has aged very well.
hellbilly (1502), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Mar 30, 2009 bottle shared by boltz7555 side by side with 11 and 12.
rather unattractive and murky looking mahogany brown with no head whatsoever.
bourbon hits the sniffer first and hard... followed by woody vanilla, a little smoke, brown sugar and a nice tobacco shop.
mmm.... the flavor is so soft and mellow. it is rather reminiscent of the aroma plus loads of oaky vanilla, grain and roasty malt powder. it finishes up dry and quite tannic to kill any remaining sweetness. the body is medium to full/medium and has some body, substance and texture to it. best of the three... 8/4/8/4/17/4.1
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