 mattmc1973 (313), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 2, 2009 Bottle, shared it with Bret Kuhnhenn at Kuhnhenn’s 10th anniversary party. Poured into a snifter, red-brown with a creamy off-white head, that was mostly lasting. Aroma was heavy sweet malt, dark bread and yeasty dough, and dark fruits (raisin, dates). Tasted quite sweet, with lots of doughy malt and fruit, finished creamy. Fizzy and creamy mouthfeel, with slight alcohol burn. Great beer.
Marsiblursi (1659), Göteborg, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 (Bottle) Pours deep dark mahogany with a small nougat coloured head. The aroma holds concentrated notes of dark dried fruits like raisins and prunes, chocolate/cocoa, caramel and dark toffee-ish malt, brown sugar, banana esters, cloves, nut shells, over ripe cherries and light black pepper. The flavour is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of dark fruits like raisins and prunes, dark caramel, dark toffee, grapes, white/black pepper and banana bubblegum. The mouthfeel is smooth and light sticky with a soft carbonation. Too much warming alcohol on the finish. Light tart and alcohol wood-dry ending. Medium to full bodied.
boamr (138), Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 Pours dark brown with little head. Smell of carmel and a little brown sugar and raisins. Taste is raisin at first then finishes off with a chocolate carmel taste and a little warming.
beerchugger (307), Colorado, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 24, 2009 Pours a deep near opaque brown color with a thin tan head forming. The head lasts and the aroma is of rich fresh baked cookies. In fact, the cookie aroma is very strong and dominating, but does allow some of the more subtle aromas of chocolate and a hint of sweet fruits like plums to come through. Very plumy taste witha bit of a side note of sweet chocolate. This finish is that of deep dark fruits, sweet, yet rich, and heavy on the palate. This is just slightly bitter with a huge accent on delicate sweet rich fruity malts. An absolutely beautiful beer full with complexity!
larsga (2992), Oslo, Norway
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 21, 2009 Small white head. Hazy dark brown body. Herbal licorice bubblegum and eucalyptus aroma with chocolate notes. Dry-sweetish chocolatey toffee and marzipan taste with earthy alcohol notes. Hot, yet mild and rounded mouthfeel. Dry wooden alcohol and chocolate aftertaste. Nice, mild, drinkable. (Oslo beer junta tasting.)
deft (79), Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 19, 2009 Sampled from gnoff & ekstedt at Haket 2009-02-18. Cloudy brown with some darker tan head. Sweet aroma, caramel, a bit roasted. Very rich, nice complexity. Taste is also sweet, dark fruit, brown sugar, some roasted malt, some hard bread. Nice thickness, warming alcohol.
Pinball (3000), Allerød, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 18, 2009 1.pt 9.4floz bottle at home, going to watch sarah conner cronicles now ;-).
Dark brown, small yellow head.
aroma of raisins, cola nut, alc, spices, wooden notes as if it had been on wood, cellary and mouldy notes. sweetness like marcipan. interesting aroma, the dryness, fruitiness and mouldy notes almost resembles red wine, but overall it’s definetly a beer.
flavor is licorice, spices, coffee, roasted grains. very powerfull with flavors that hide the alc well, or rather overshadows the alc. reminds me more of some sort of agressively brewed imperial dobbelbock mixed with quad, than a belgian quad. one of the heaviest beers i can remember to have tasted.
italarican (170), Astoria, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jul 17, 2009 Pours dark brown with a pronounced amber hue with puffy, airy khaki head. The head stayed prominent for quite a while. Perhaps the travel from CA to NY shook it up a bit. Aroma of prunes, caramel, malt, a bit of strawberry. Flavors of caramel, fig, malt, and raisin. I’m surprised that no flavors really stand out or are particularly intense. Moderately strong alcohol feel throughout, and the finish is alcohol, bitterness, and a touch of caramel. I was expecting a lot more. Surprisingly forgettable.
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