 Strykzone (1483), Wood River, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 26, 2009
This is a date bomb. Dark reddish brown in color. A tan head. Mostly dark fruit in aroma. Flavor again is dates along with cherries. It is musty and dusty. Malt and yeast. Dates reign supreme here. Interesting and unique but an over abundance of those dates.
thegreenrooster (1841), St.louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is sweetness with some dates? brown sugar? Flavor is very sweet with lots of dough and spice. A heavy swallow is followed by some dark fruit and anise. This brewer does weird things and they work in small samples.
robertjm (408), El Cerrito, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Shalom and Happy Chaunukah!! Pours frothy head. Slightly brownish in color. Body looks like cola when held up to light. Filtered. Aroma is hard to describe. Some aromatic "sweetness" from the dates. Nice dopplebock flavor. Slight clove to it. If served in a blind tasting I think people would be hard pressed to tell this had dates as a special ingredient.
satan165 (597), River Grove, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 ruby red pour not unlike a flanders red: translucent dark maroon. aroma is lightly smoky/charred malt element with mystery fruit sweetness. flavor has cola sweetness element paired with dopplebock nutty alcohol note. yeast character adds up to a nearly sour note that actually is complimentary to the ’natural’ style characteristics. palate is slick, while not syrupy it is not standard for the style, interesting. this beer is surprisingly impressive as i have avoided their product (possibly foolishly) for too long.
SDalkoholic (1196), Chula Vista, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 27, 2009 Bottle from a North Park liquor store: Poured with a thick development of fizzy like foam while the liquid was a dense mahogany appearance. In the nose, there is an appetizing olfaction of sweet malts true to a dunkelweizen or doppelbock style, but then the addition of Belgian yeast just makes it that much more superb. The flavor dives even more immensely into the same profile as the aroma. Has a perfect balance between the spicy Belgian yeast used and the rich German malts combined for an easy smooth new hybrid recipe of a beer.
CaptainCougar (5517), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 24, 2009 Bottle: Pours a transparent dark copper amber with a thin coating of frothy off-white head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel malt and fruity dates with a hint of brown sugar and doughy yeast. Starts with decent fullness and well-dissolved effervescence giving way to a sticky caramel sweetness and a drier, semi-tart fruit balance before a chewy bready bittersweet finish. A pretty interesting beer.
halfonit (468), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 Has a deep amber color. Aroma is of sweeter malts, dried fruit, dates, spices, and yeast. Taste is full of sweeter malts, dries fruit, yeast, spices, cloves. Leaves a sweeter aftertaste. Overall not too bad of a brew at all.
phaleslu (536), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 22 oz. bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours a clear dark ruby red with a very small off-white head. Aroma of dates, sweet malts, banana, caramel, vanilla, yeast, and mild spice. Sweet, malty flavor with notes of caramel, dates, vanilla, yeast, banana, and a sprinkle of pepper. Medium bodied, with a syrupy, juicy mouthfeel. Sweet, with warming alcohol as it gets lower. Finish is sweet (no surprise), with caramel and booze. I found this bottle for about $4, and it’s definitely worth a pop for that price.
ante (2955), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 Bottled. Pours out in a clear reddish brown colour with a small bubbly tan-coloured head. Malty sweet and clean aroma of toasted malts, caramel, toffee and cream. Medium to full-bodied with notes of burnt caramel, mild spices, fudge and prunes. Clean, almost sterile mouthfeel. Long clean finish of burnt caramel, cocoa-powder and prunes.
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