 holdenn (1159), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 29, 2008 4/25/08 12 oz bottle with the white label. Big thanks to drewbeerme for sharing this rare treat. Pours clear orange with a beige head. Nose is oxidized and sweet with lots of caramels, cherries, and malts. Aged malt and alcohol flavors. Cherries, charred wood. Sweet and a little grassy from faded hops. Finishes charred and bitter. A good beer to start off this great DLD weekend.
pantanap (781), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 27, 2008 12oz bottle. thanks to andrew for sharing this gem.... pours amber red, semi-transparent with small white suspended particles throughout. topped off with a thin non-persisting off-white head.... aroma of sweet, chewy caramel and dark fruit with some faded hops.... flavor was very smooth overall, sweet sugary dark fruity malt with a good sense of hops remaining. very nicely balanced and well aged for a 3 year old brew.
drewbeerme (1837), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 25, 2008 12oz, pours hazy red with small off white head. aged 3 years. aroma has grapefruit and citrus hop notes. still pretty dang hoppy some aged tobacco malty aromas too. flavors are still very hoppy, citrus, piney, smooth caramel and tobacco notes. alcohol is well hidden. extremely tasty and isn’t showing signs of it going down hill anytime soon.
Storm (2683), Amager, Denmark
Nov 18, 2007 Bottle. Reddish amber colour with a nice little creamy head. Wonderful hoppy aroma with a huge caramel notes. Great flavour of hops, citrus, melon and with a strong malty caramel notes, Very wonderful endeed.
beerhandy (195), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Oct 24, 2007 I haven’t been rating lately, I been drinking good beer but not putting the experience on paper or computer. So I grabbed this gem and decided to rate it. This beer has been taunting me for a year now and I always thought I would save it for some of my beer geek friends or similar special occasion. So a Tuesday night right after work “cocktail” seemed special enough.
I went ahead and opened it up poured up half in a 8 ounce brandy snifter thinking of clever descriptions of the smells I was getting with the pour- butterscotch, vanilla, apricot fruitiness and alcohol. It was too cold which made it seem a bit syrupy, the white head didn’t linger, and the color was tawny with a definite haze that cleared as it warmed.
The taste was a big hop bite up front; I was shocked that the hop character was so noticeable on a beer with that much age, big malty middle and some sweetness in the finish. As the beer warmed the sweetness moved to the front and a smooth bitterness to the back. I concur with previous descriptions of its “chewiness” for this bottle was a meal. So save your bottle for some friends and enjoy an ounce or two. I was struggling to get through a full twelve ounces but was pleased with characteristics similar to liquid Valium upon finishing it.
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