 mspindler (351), Alta Loma, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle at Hophead22s tasting. Pours a dark reddish brown with a light tan head. Aroma is dusty caramel, old hops, slight alcohol and vanilla. Flavor is caramel, vanilla, citrus, some alcohol, and a bitter finish. Full bodied and chewy with moderate carbonation.
JW77 (10), USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Opened this one when we opened a full FW10-13 vertical. This has aged amazingly. Very dark brown color. Smells of tons of oak, bourbon, some vanilla, and sugars. The wonderful taste of malt and barrel just wonderful, vanilla, caramel and brown sugar.
JoeTheYounger (293), California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Bottle at Hophead22 tasting. Aroma was caramel hops and wood and bourbon. Taste was sweet like a barley wine with some hop presence. Appearance was dark brown with tiny head. Pallet was medium and very smooth. Overall very good stuff.
Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 22oz bottle. Rating #166. Dark brown/red pour with very little head. This had a light hop aroma as the dominant aroma really, had a few dark malts in the background. A little boozy still actually and still a decent hop bite left there, this is still holding up pretty damn good. (1098)
daknole (3025), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 Thanks to JW77 for this rare treat as we opened a full FW10-13 vertical! This one has aged wonderfully. dark brown pour. Caramel, bourbon, brown sugar, syrup and wood aroma. Flavor is sweet and boozy. Tons of vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, honey and wood. Damn this is great!
yobdoog (1509), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
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 (2017), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
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 (715), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
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
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