 changeup45 (802), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 27, 2009
Batch 73. Bottle from scrizz. This pours out really thick, a golden-amber color and a huge khacki head with a ton of it staying on top. Gobs of lacing left on the glass. The aroma shows piney hops, caramel, toffee, dark fruits and a strong maple scent. There’s also a floral presence in the nose that quickly takes a back seat. The flavors are all over the place. This requires more than a few sips to rate. At first I didn’t think it was overly complex but there’s so much more to this the further I work through the bottle. On one hand, the flavors are rather hoppy with spiciness and a fruity zest. Then the next sip will be quite sugary showing lots of brown sugar and maple with some plum character and even molasses. There’s just a lot going on and overall there’s the right amount of bitter hops to counter the sweet flavors. A great beer. Thanks Clint! I look forward to the wood aged version.
mesperon (151), Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Batch 77
Hazy orange with tons of sediment. Huge pillowy head that never completely goes away, tons of bubbly lace. Very sweet bready, grapefruity and peachy aroma - but relatively light. Very thick and fluffy feel, high carbonation. Slight alcoholy bite to start, with citrussy bitterness. Goes into sweet bready, peachy, and then ends in a little bit of a grassy hop bite. Yeast adds a little funk throughout the palate and some phenol notes. Great complex beer, alcohol is definitely evident - lots of pepper in the finish, but not overwhelming.
bvc (346), Kenmore, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 25, 2009 12oz capped, batch 9. Opens with very faint sound of carbonation. Pours much darker in color than other, newer, batches of Fred I have had. Crystal clear light amber/toffee with a golden tint to it. Basically still carbonation with just a few singular bubbles around the edges of my glass. Nose is sweet with malty toffee, caramel and honey. Also a good amount of breadiness with moderate signs of oxidation...white port, a touch of leather and faint tobacco leaf. Some earthiness in there as well...like some pine, cedar and damp hay. Feels somewhat thin at first due to basically no carbonation, but as it makes it way around my palate it becomes slightly syrupy and sticky. Tobacco, sweet candied dark fruit, honey, biscuity up front and in the middle. More of the white port comes out toward the end as well as the tobacco notes. This beer is nothing like it is when fresh and I am not sure where this beer hits the ’sweet spot’ for me, but I am learning. Listed over on HotD as being bottled 7-1-98...pretty damn amazing really. Alan makes kick ass beer!
shrubber85 (2995), Wallhalben, Germany
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 23, 2009 Bottle. Peach, malt and peppery alcohol aroma. Orange amber color with gigantic head and nice lacing. Sweet orange/peach, light barley malt flavor - alcohol and white pepper finish. Great beer.
mastabass666 (94), California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Pours a hazy orange brown, with a great, lacy head. Aroma is sweet malt and spicy hops, cedar. Flavor-peppery rye, blood orange, alcohol, sweet and lively. Aftertaste is well balanced hops, a perfect juxtaposition to the fruity malty sweetness.
abemorsten (181), Randaberg, Norway
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Clear orange body topped by a creamy tanned head. Aroma is mostly nice too with light alcohol molasses and fresh tobacco. Some sweet dough in there as well. Flavor is heavy sweet and yeasty. Moderately bitter. Medium to full body; soft and syrupy mouth feel.
This was some heavy shit, man! Maybe a re-rate candidate on a less comprehensive night.
(Bottle, courtesy of tarjei 12.12.2009)
altonbrownd (1962), Amsterdam, Netherlands
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Bottle from Whole Foods (Houston/Bowery) NYC. Bold amber body with thin, hoppy top. Malty and barly nose. Nice and warm toasty taste, with sweet fruits, molasses and caramel. Very taste and warms towards the end. High ABV noticeable at the end.
tokyogoat (576), San Diego, California, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Poured an extremely overcarbonated golden yellow.
Nose was slightly hoppy and dirty. Odd spicy scents.
Taste was bad, I checked with brewer to see if batch was infected but was confirmed it wasnt. Bottle tasted terrible. Gross off flavors, slightly tart, fair amount of honey flavor, tastes like old spice cabinet.
WabashMan (817), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 An interesting BW, in that it was neither as hoppy in its flavors nor as dominated by alcohol in either the nose or taste, despite being heavily hopped and high in ABV.
|
Statistics
Find This Beer (Want/Have)