 cgarvieuk (4196), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... Deep amber ... hops and musty fruit ... sweet caramel ... loads od alcohol ... lots of hops ... quite tart hoppy. quite rough
badbeer (433), Iowa, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 23, 2008 Amber color with a white head and bits of lacing. Head quickly recedes to a ring around the glass. Hoppy aroma, like a mixture of pineapple and pickles (strangely); there is also a little bit of oak. Woody taste with sweet caramel that comes through before a pineapple finish. Medium carbonation and body. This was Batch 64. Pretty good, but I wouldn’t go nuts about it.
Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 19, 2008 Updated: Apr 23, 2008Batch 64. Orangish color with huge beige head. Grows a few legs, some spotty lacing. Aroma nice combo of mellow oak tannins, vanilla, honey, and huge malt bill. Flavor much the same. Caramel and toffee up front, oak, vanilla, and honey fade in and out. Some citrus zest in the finish. Silky mouthfeel. In my imagination, this is perfect, next to the fire with a good book.
t4h2c0 (81), seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 17, 2008 Had it on tap at Brouwers Big Wood fes. tWow! Now tihs is complex beer. Not your run of the mill barley wine, if they did not classify it as a barley wine I wouldn’t guess it. There are so many flavors that twist about in your mouth it is very hard to describe. Pours dark orangish with a unrecognizable nose. This on it woth seeking out!!
pepsican (885), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 8, 2008 Pours dark amber with a thin white head. Heavy vanilla flavor with a bit of funk. Flavor is vanilla, caramel, tobacco, wood, hops, and cheese. Finishes smooth, no hint of the abv. Nice. Thanks for sharing mike!
JB175 (1664), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 5, 2008 Batch #64 - thanks to ernest for the bottle! Very nice reddish color (HOTD consistently makes the best looking beers) with a medium head. Aroma has a subtle oakiness to it with some caramel-sugary malts, vanilla, tobacco.....Flavor has a nice caramel/oak balance going on - vanilla, wood, and light hops all play well together, at a level that just surpasses the regular Fred. Fantastic mouthfeel that is not overpowering, but just smooth and wonderful. They took a great beer and added just the right amount of oak to it - not a barrel aged beer, a fine work of art.
fonefan (11640), VestJylland, Denmark
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 5, 2008 Bottle. Medium orange red color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy vintage, fruity - date, wood, toffee, tobac, alcohol. Flavor is heavy to moderate sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. ;o)) (220108)
Maria (6280), Thisted, Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 2, 2008 Dark, copper-red with a small, dense head. The aroma has notes of oak, vanilla, malt, alcohol and a perfumed hint of soap, not unpleasant though. The flavour has sweetness, notes of oak, vanilla, malt, caramel and a slightly dry and citrussy bitterness. My husband adores it. For me the barrel notes are a bit too dominant, and I miss the nice and complex fruity notes from the "normal" version. But it’s a very nice beer, that much I do admit!
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