 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 21, 2009 Pours a deep brown with light tan head. Aroma of malts, candy sugar, dried fruit. Similar taste, with a strong smoky, boozy finihsh. Very thick, almost chewy. Belly is warming up as I type this.
Butters (1652), Virginia, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 21, 2009 Shared during some monday night football with curly, scottyp, and barrios. Thanks Lithy! Pours a very dark brown with thin layer of light brown head. Nose of dark berries, figs, anise. Flavor is very smokey, but like a husky smoke, not clean, with chocolate spices. A bit boozy, but not unpleasant. Extremely unique brew, but I’m not certain how much I actually enjoy it. Like the description suggests, I imagine this would go very well with a cigar.
Barrios (858), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 21, 2009 Pours a fizzy tan head with a brown body. Aromas of dark bread and molasses. Flavors of dark bread, molasses, roasted, smoke, alcohol, ripe fruit. Some bitter cocoa and black, tannic tea on the finish. Complex. Every sip I taste something new.
Macadem (103), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 19, 2009 Nose of black licorice, fresh hops, plum, soya sauce, raspberry and blackberry. Pours very dark brown with almost no head. Very rich flavor of apricot, prune, carmelized sugar and toffee. Delicious. It is a bit boozy, but not overpoweringly so, it has a nice warming.
ultracake (35), salem, Oregon, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 15, 2009 12 oz batch 74, poured with no head, there was a hiss when i opened the bottle but not a lot of carbonation. feels heavy in my mouth but leaves it feeling dry, very sweet.
changeup45 (792), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 11, 2009 Updated: Sep 24, 2009Batch 72. Bottle received as an extra in a trade with mkade8883. Thanks Matt! Deep brown color, looking damn near black in the glass, and pours with a nice fluffy tan-stone colored head. A thin foam of retention. The aroma is campfire smoke, roast, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit. Incredible nose and depth. The flavors are all over the place: tobacco, licorice, roast, tree bark, charcoal, chocolate, leather, finishing with a dash of piney hops. Chewy and quite peppery. My goodness. Interesting and very complex. Unlike anything I’ve ever had. A treat.
highibus (432), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 10, 2009 Pours fairly deep dark chestnut brown into my Stone Old Guardian glass. Huge aroma of plum wine and utter sweetness. Very deep aroma. Small tan head dissapates, but returns with a quick swirl. Flavor is rich dark fruit and chewy malt. Flavor is so rich and deep I could probably come up with a new flavor every sip. Chewy body but not overly thick. Just stellar body and sweet finish with a kiss of some hops. Beautiful beer.
thenick (746), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 10, 2009 Bottle - WOW. Pours a deep brown with a large tan head. Aroma is malt, cocoa, and a lot of dark fruit (plum, raisin, etc). Taste is dark fruit up front into a wonderful cocoa and malt finish that masked the alcohol so well - I could also detect some woody spice, perhaps pepper. A sublime smoky characteristic imbued the entire beer with life and uniqueness I’ve seen few times before. I happened upon this at my favorite beer store and figured I’d try a new brewery - I’ll be trying a lot more from these guys. Home run.
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