 Sammy (4049), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 9, 2009 On tap at Hopcat. Medium golden colour with off white head. Coconut taste from barreling, and very bitter. Aroma is malty.
41cubs (145), , New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 9, 2009 This has the potential to be a great one and in my opinion it has to be allowed to mature for a bit to reach it’s potential. High points; smokey, scotchy, rich butter cream, bitter sweet hop resin in the aroma and flavor. Low points; all way out in front and clumsy with the big flavors and the raw wood and alcohol show through a bit too much. Great brewer, I think it’s gonna be a great beer. I’ll snag another and sit on it. Thanks Great Divide. 2009 22 oz.
Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Tarnished copper hue with a thin head. French vanilla oak dominates the nose with a touch of hop spice and some caramel malt. Certainly complex. A firm hop bitterness grips the palate as waves of sweet malt and fresh oak shavings cascade. Round sweetish finish with some hop cleaning power. Overall, strange. The nose is huge oak, and seems to define the entire effort. Hops don’t show hugely in the nose or the mouthfeel. A tasty beer for certain, although I would like to see the oak a little more restrained. 15th plays well into the pantheon of aged, strong ales from Great Divide. Not so much to their wonderful portfolio of hoppiness.
zathrus13 (1310), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Bottle. Pours orange, with a white head. Aroma is hops, malt, caramel, and wood. Flavor is hops, caramel, wood, and malt. Different, and nice.
djtimeless (177), Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Updated: Aug 16, 2009Pours out clear amber with lots of creamy head. Taste is malty and hoppy with wood. Flavors of sweet malt with buttered toast and citrus pine. All smoothed over by the big wood flavor. Great stuff. Smooth and balanced.
TampaBrew (866), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Bottle from Marwise. Poured orange. Nose is plastic, citrus, rubber, buttered popcorn, piney hops. Flavor is sweet malt, wood, butter, toasted malt and caramel. Then i trailed off into something about plastic again, but notes were drunk.
buzzoven (333), Japan
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 Oboy, what a surprise! Found this big bomber at the most under-the-radar beer stop in the world: Sam’s in Durham, NC. Kept this bottle in the fridge and popped it open after a Friday night pizza dinner. Resiny smell of floral, buttery hops filled the room as I started the pour. The colour was a hazey mahoghany copper orange in the glass. Taste had tons of smokey, sticky hop tones in it. Strong bourbon and whiskey notes were also evident in the finish along with a healthy dose of vanilla.
redlight (1492), Winter Park, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 22 oz bottle. Citrus and pine with oak and vanilla on the nose. Pours golden amber with a thick white head. Mellow hops, hints of citrus and pine with big oak and caramel flavors, the wood definitely dominates the flavor, malty, oaky with a pine resin finish. The flavor also has some chocolate in there as well with some toasty nutty flavors as well. Not bad.
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