 Taverner (863), San Ramon, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 21, 2008 Excellent, excellent BSA. Aroma is sesame, raisins, and Merlot wine. The nose is that chocolatey sesame malt. Flavor is black currants and raisns, with a slight note of bretts in there. Finish is a mellow, oily slick mouthfeel, but no aftertaste.
fidel (976), Livermore, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 31, 2008 Dark brown, smooth, Dark fruits, chocolate, malty, alcohol, slight coffee, slight yeasty.
Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 30, 2008 Tap at the brewery. A really good beer. Poured a dark brown, with not much of a head. Smelled real fruity, but of dark dried fruit, real seductive. Slightly bitter taste to it, but that went away and it turned really smooth with some alcohol warmth to it.
pantanap (1363), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 30, 2008 750ml bottle (first batch)....pours a lively dark chocolate brown with a medium foamy light tan head.....musty dark fruits (raisins and figs), chocolate, and a little booze.... flavors start off with dark fruits and sweet malt then quickly sours up which lingers on the palate for a bit. mouthfeel was creamy and smooth. in general though, i don’t think it all came together almost to the point of saying that the brett didn’t mesh well after aging for awhile.
masonjer (564), Holt, Michigan, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 28, 2008 Thanks to Cquiroga for giving me the chance to try this. I believe this bottle had at least a year on it, which I think would affect the overall brett character. Poured dark brown. Aroma was dark fruits and mustiness. Taste was prunes, raisins, other fruit, chocolate, and a very interesting musty finish. This was quite different and I really dug it. The brett added the slightest touch of musty funk. Nice.
thickfreakness (130), AUSTIN, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle received in trade from last years batch. Pours a ruby brown color with a small head and spotty lacing. Smell is chocolate, raisin, rosemary, the slightest funk, alcohol and dark fruit. Taste is similar with lots of yeasty chocolate flavor, rosemary, raisins, and hardly any barnyard or funk flavors. The alcohol was actually really well hidden in the taste. A very interesting beer that I can only really describe as savory. I wish I has cooked something up with rosemary prior to cracking this one open.
Praetorian (86), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 Dark brown in color with an average sized, light brown head with minimal-no lacing. The aroma is of yeast and rasins with a hint of chocolate. The flavor is of dark fruits and brandy with notes of coffee grounds and chocolate. Starts somewhat sweet and finishes bitter. The texture is syrupy. The second half of the bottle was much yeastier than the first; watch out for the dregs. Overall i’d say its a very enjoyable, well balanced beer with a very complex and aggressive flavor. Good, but not quite my style.
Crosling (1854), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 5, 2008 Updated: Sep 27, 2008Wow, haven’t rated this beauty. Pour is a very dark brown with a perfectly forming head of a very light tan. The head is airy, frothy, well developed and very pure and authentic...very Belgian. Perfect appearance because it looks Belgian. Nose is very expressive and lively and mainly shows the spicing (ginger, pumpkin, allspice), but it also hints of raisins, dark fruits, wildness and Belgian yeast. Flavor is very well balanced with all the elements working well together. Spicing is still the dominant factor, but the flavor still gives hints of raisins, dark fruits, herbs and yeast. Like it quite a bit, but it has aged slow. RERATE!!!!!!!&# 2008 Batch. Incredible improvement on an already great beer. This new batch is really, really terrific.
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