 danielcurtis81 (900), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 22, 2008 Bottle. Batch number 70. Pours a rich brown. Very tobacco-like on the nose. Very sweet in flavor. Very rich, chocolate, raisin, and dark dried fruit flavors. Finish is smoky like a cigar. Very different ale but a really really good.
Hawksfan17 (717), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 20, 2008 Pours dark brown with a mocha head. Rich dark chocolate aroma. Sweet, rich, and strong are all appropriate to describe this complex flavor. Little bit of smoke on the end there.
sneagrams3 (1756), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 19, 2008 Tasted 9/16/08. 12oz bottle. Pitch with a brown hue. Beige ring of head. Coffee and cola aromas.with hints of rum raisins and dark berries. Toffee note and a woody smokey quality. Full bodied with a big palate and big alcohol. Smokey flavors. Sticky malts and mild effervescence. Great to have, but not too often.
bleeng (597), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 15, 2008 Bottle thanks to TexasJeep at the Houston Sept. RB tasting. Dark brown with a small head. Nose is chocolates and fruit. Taste comes out as chocolates, sweetness, nicely hopped. Body is a bit thin but the alcohol is very subdued. Nice drinking beer.
MrChopin (642), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 14, 2008 Updated: May 25, 2009Batch #71. Pours sepia/purple, shimmering in the light, but I get no head at all save for a light layer of bubbles. Nose is a fantastic balance of dark fruit, brown sugar, smoke, raisins, slight alcohol. Chocolate, plum, caramel, smoke, and a little alcohol inhabit the flavor. Fresh, piney hop hides in the aftertaste to finish rounding it off. Full bodied and very smooth, this would be perfect for cold autumn days, though it’s still great even at 75F and 90% humidity.
Batch #43 thanks to the Cleveland crew. Double-fisted this with Darkness ’08, and there is no comparison. At nearly 9.5 years, this is amazingly complex. The sugary chocolate malts and fruit have been preserved, but the hops are replaced by an amazing smoke quality, nearing an Islay single malt, probably Ardbeg given the smoke strength. Utterly superb.
Bullit (1374), Glasgow, Scotland
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 13, 2008 Bottle, courtesy of Noize. Dark brown colour, off-white bubbly small head. Very good aroma of raisins, figs, and red frutis. Flavour: black fruits, raisins, malts, and tones of bourbon. Excellent!
HomeBrewHawk (277), De Soto, Kansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 13, 2008 Thanks Dansting. 12oz. bottle, Batch 71. Bottle conditioned. Served in a snifter. Poured a deep amber/brown with little carbonation. Huge malty aroma. Lots of molasses, raisiny fruit, and some hops, along with a little alcohol. Full bodied with a fantastic malt complexity. More molasses. Rich mouthfeel. Long dry finish with some hop bitterness. Tasty.
durhambeer (1214), Durham, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 7, 2008 Bottle. Definitely a dessert beer, and it took me awhile to warm up to it (as it warmed up, actually). Should be served cellar temp, for sure. Dark, dark brown pour with huge billowy tan head. Dark chocolate hit my nose first, then a good bit of smoky/peaty aromas. Later, more figs, plums, raisins, and dates on the palate. Bit of licorice as well. Very malty and roasty but also a bit of hop presence. Tasty, and better as it warms.
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