 Beaver (471), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Mar 23, 2008
750ml bottle dated 2007, caged and corked. Pours a slightly hazy reddish golden with a big pillowy white head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is pretty subdued - some peppery malts and a little leather and maybe some old metallic fruits.
The flavor is peppery, metallic malts with a little sweet fruitiness and a good sized bitter alcoholic finish. The mouthfeel is on the thin side but pretty smooth
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Overall, it’s just an odd combination of flavors and doesn’t work for me.
nearbeer (1199), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 18, 2008 750 ml, 07 vintage. Slight fog on this copper beer with a large sticky head. Cobwebs of lace all over the glass. Orange, caramel and earthy tea leaf-honeycomb aroma. Initial taste is same as the aroma, but turns to lightly peppery oak on the finish. Peat smoke and oak aftertaste is nice. Medium-heavy body is mostly smooth, slightly watery and well-balanced between dry and sweet. Not super complex, but well-built and very tasty.
gunhaver (610), Tampa, Florida, USA
Aug 13, 2008 ’07 bottle, courtesy Ibrew2or3. Pours a murky caramel color, with a thick head and creamy lacing. Nose is smoky, with caramel, slight touch of vanilla and just malty overall. Flavor is oak, smoky, caramel, slick soft malts, some distant roast. Very smooth, and the smoke works well here.
fishingnet (800), Brandon, Florida, USA
Aug 10, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Gillard. Pours a hazy orange with a one finger light tan head that leaves some spotty lacing. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, a hint of smoke, and oak. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness and smooth alcohol. Very good.
HughConway (259), USA
Aug 5, 2008 Bottle. Pours brown with thick creamy white head. Roast malt aroma. Taste is roast, oakey, maybe some hops. Feels young.
bager (2027), Copenhagen N, Denmark
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle. Hazy and brown in colour with a white head. Roasted, woody, berries, bread, nice dryness, light smoked, some sweetness, oak and a smoked finish. Quite nice.
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