 ClarkVV (3547), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 16, 2004 Updated: Jan 5, 2005
On draught in 2004, brewed in 2003. Pours a murky brown very dark with some dark orange and even some auburn hues. Muddy looking, very hazy with a huge yellowish/creamy head. Very appealing. The aroma is magnificent as well, big dark fruit (raspberries, prunes, black cherries). Chocolate and some lovely english style hops. Light brown sugar hints. Flavor tastes much like the aroma, starts out soft, warm, velvety and has a lovely rich sweet brown sugar tasting malt. This develops in to some ripe fruit complemented by some lightly bitter hops. Chocolate, cherries, prunes, caramel all come to mind. Full body, very low carbonation. Finish has a touch of dry barley flavor and though the brewer thought this was more like a barleywine, I actually thought this was a tremendously done old ale, just bigger and more flavorful than say Old Peculiar or Goose Island X-Mas. What really ties it to this category is that bittersweet taste right as it finishes; a fruity, yet dry yeastiness, just slightly sour. Perfect! An Imperial Old Ale?? Haha, perhaps.
Beerman6686 (654), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Poured a cloudy murky brown color with a small off white head. Aroma was a lot of caramel, dark fruits. Flavor was really complex, caramel, dates,figs, chocolate, sweet malts and alcohol.
thickfreakness (53), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Thanks to kmweaver for this bottle. Not sure of the vintage but the label is different from the one pictured here. Pours a dark, ruby-tinged brown with a half inch of light brown head that lasts for a bit and leaves some decent lacing. Burnt caramel, rum-soaked figs and raisins, more alcohol and sweet fresh fruit smell. Taste is much of the same with dark caramel, figs, raisins, other fruit and a distinct hop bite in the finish. This one is big, syrupy and smooth. The alcohol is well hidden behind the intense flavors present here. A great old ale.
xmarcnolanx (636), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
Aug 15, 2008 WOW.
Tap GTMW 2008
A few samples. The only beer I had more than one sample of at the fest.
Sweet fruit, dark caramel, some higher alcohol.
My notes say: Like gummy bears on crack.
This beer is very sweet and cloying in a totally pleasurable way.
I love this beer.
tennisjoel (716), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Sampled at the Great Taste of the Midwest 2008. Port like flavors. Cherries, vanilla, toffee. Dessert like beer, very rich and inviting. Like Rosie’s Old Ale, but a little more of a hop bite, which I prefer. Really excellent and well crafted beer here.
thegreenrooster (1480), St.louis, Missouri, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Pour is a dark brown with almost no head at all. Aroma is lots of brown sugar and a candy apple. Flavor is a dark fruit with some brown sugar and molasses. Tasty and easy to drink with no notice of the alcohol.
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