 beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 20, 2007
Pours a dark brown to settle black with only a low glow at the bottom when up to a strong light. Impressive for a brown as its body is semmingly more like a big Ol’ stout. Same as the head, big, lush, and foamy with the cast of tan that speaks of milk chocolate. Tons of cob webby sheeting lace coats the glass with immense sticking power.
Firmly set aroma of rum soaked chocolate. Traces of prune, vanilla, and cardamom. Quite a warm and heated dominance for the most part.
Big thick flavors eat into a warmth of cherry rum right off the bat. Calms down after a few more sips.Slight chocolate tone carries it through as it rides one very silky smooth warming of rummy dark fruits. Small portions of prune, raisin, cherry, and fig are buried under a blanket of warming chocolatey booze. Bold, heavy lasting chocolatey finish with a nip of hops and spice lingering of cardamom and anise. Borderline Imperial stout likeness here. Hard to fathom this is to be styled as a Brown. Its quite heavy.
Yeah, what I just said. Heavy, huge, thick, lush, warm, creamy, soothingly smooth with a nice smattering of spice and hops in the finish. The warmth is evident but not overpowering. Get your belly and throat ready as this stuff sits like a stone quite quick.
Be that as it may, this sucker drinks way too fuckin easy for 11%and is one wholesomely yummy treat for a Brown. If indeed this is suppose to be a Brown. I swear I’ve had some Imperial Stouts that are very close in comparison. Which is an impressive thought indeed. He’Brew Eleven is more like a Thirteen...what does that mean, I don’t know. Its damn good, how’s that!
PJClarke (709), London, Greater London, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Tap @ The He’Brew Bash at the Blind Tiger NYC. I was fricking wasted by the end so some of these rates might be a bit odd. I noted this had more head than Jewbelation 12. Sweet malt and rum and raisin on the nose. Coffee in the mouth.
sigma23 (236), , Maine, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 pours a massive dlack with medium tan head. aroma is heavy with sweet malts and alcohol. drinks with some sweet chocolate, thick burnt malts, soy, and booze. very thick and rich. could hold off for another year.
daleharshman (202), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 18, 2009 Bomber from Holiday Wine Cellar. I enjoyed reading the notes on the bottle, especially the Spinal Tap reference. Pours very dark brown with only thin layer of beige head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits, light chocolate, and some alcohol. Complex flavor of sweet and slightly burnt malts, caramel, some fruits (cherry, raisin), tobacco, creamy chocolate, light coffee, tingling bourbon. Velvety mouthfeel and warming alcohol. The hops must have mellowed with the age. It’s nicely sweet, reminiscent of a good barley wine.
sebletitje (1986), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 7, 2009 courtesy of retorp
Pours dark brown, off-white head.
Aroma is malty, light caramel nose, brown sugar and roast with some hints of hops.
Flavor, abv is definitely present though not overpowering, still keeps a nice hoppy bouquet even two years later.
Balanced with a nice malty palate, hitns of dark fruits, grapefruit and sweetness.
bvc (336), Kenmore, Washington, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 2, 2009 Draft at Brouwer’s. Dark brown, basically with tight thin tan nitro looking head. Roasty, dark cherry, blueberry, chocolate and tobacco. Light body with subtle carb going on. Not really flat per se, but again tastes like it is off of nitro. Thin and slightly tart. Roasty and some oxidation showing. Tobacco, chocolate, cherry, cranberries. Smooth for 11%, but this one is a bit all over the place.
Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 24, 2009 Pours dark brow with a light brown head. Smells of chocolate, resiny, spicy. Tastes sweet and roasty with an earthy element on the finish.
madmitch76 (645), , Essex, England
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 20th April 2008
Opaque black beer with a frothy brown head. Sillky smooth with bags of malt depth and a chocolate undertone. Fairly hoppy finish which is dry. Mad beer but very drinkable!
zvikar (433), Tel-Aviv, Israel
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 19, 2009 @Freaktoberfest from bottle, my last drink at that evening, pours almost black with a small brown head, refreshing aroma with some malt sweetness and some lambicish notes, flavors of caramel, vanilla, borbon, herbs and a bitter salty finish, complex and medium to full bodied. Great
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