 chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Incredibly good and glad I was able to try a bottle (thanks Walt). Pours a dark brown with almost no head. Nice aroma of some dark fruit. Amazingly smooth, and incredible at hiding the 11.5% ABV. Absolutely delicious. Although the bourbon is ranked slightly lower, I think I liked it a little more.
jerohen (1612), Bussum, Netherlands
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 19, 2008 Updated: Nov 15, 2009Dutch tasting session Bunnik. Bottled. Opaque, brown head. Aroma of malts, port, liquorice, really nice. Very complex flavour, again the malts, vanilla, port and who knows what other stuff. This almost does not taste like a beer anymore. I’m stunned, this is absolutely fan-tas-tic. I’d love get my my hands on more of this, but it’s probably impossible to get around here. Thanks for sharing jbrus.
TBone (6741), Pori, Finland
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 19, 2008 Bottled@RBESG Grand Tasting 2008
Dark nut brown color, small tan head. Aroma of vanilla, fruits and whiskey. Whiskey, vanilla, licorice ... some CO2 in the finish. Very liquerish and warming. Lovely, balanced, delicious beer. Beer for slow drinking.
jbrus (4863), Delft, Netherlands
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 19, 2008 Updated: Oct 3, 2009Bottle@DTS. Bourbon and madeira aroma. Opague, light brown fine head, very nice lace. Dried dark fruits, chocolate, vanilla, lots of raisins. Very smooth mouthfeel. What’s there to say? Just unbelievable. Shared my bottle with a couple of ratebeerians. Was I a fool or an angel? :-) NOTE: Had another bottle, vintage 2008. This was bad. It had a vinegar sourness that said: something went wrong in the barrel this time.
thewolf (5727), Kolding, Denmark
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 13, 2008 Bottle @ the RBESG08 Grand Tasting.
[thank you, magic_dave]
Pours deep, redish brown with a great, small, creamy, beige head on top - truly a beauty to behold. Good duration on the head. Aroma has dried fruits, raisins, plums, very vinious, caramel, light chocolate, oak and a subdued tartness. Good hoppiness as well. Oily and fat mouthfeel. Sublime flavour, lots of dried fruits again, vinious and with a greatly balanced hops slap at the end. Truly deserving of its top 50 status.
rickgordon (3297), Göteborg, Sweden
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 12, 2008 Grand Tasting RBESG08.
Dark brown colour with low pale brown head. Fantastic aroma with vanila, coconut, chocolate, violets to name the most prominent. Thick, yet somehow smooth mouthfeel loaded with violets, cocoa, vanilla, wood and a great vineous touch. A very smooth, well balanced complex beer.
t4h2c0 (80), seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 11, 2008 small bottle sample at seattle international beerfest. Up front strong barley wine taste with long lasting boozy aftertaste. Very little head. Beer is very thick and malty, extremely tatsy, almost taste stronger than it really is, definetley one of my favorite beers ever!!!!!!! This beer will knock your socks off!
oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 10, 2008 Bottled. Deep ambery colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some nice wooden and raisiny notes as well as vanilla and fruits. Some slight alcoholic sweetness too. Flavour is very much the same, and in a a perfect balance. As it got a bit warmer also licorice and some slight alcoholic burning notes came through.
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