 hopdog (5601), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 7, 2009
12oz bottle. Poured a deeper reddish/amberish color with a large sized off white head. Cloudy with lots of bigger floaters. Aromas of caramel, yeasty, floral, and breadiness. Tastes of caramel, earthy, toffee, and some citrus.
Tmoney99 (4749), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 Bottle from Kingdom Liquors.
Poured hazy reddish brown color with a large frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy toaste3d malt, nuts, earthy aroma. Moderate to heavy slick texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy biitersweet flavor to medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration.
My expectations where met with a good complex beer.
boFNjackson (1303), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 Bottle... Poured a hazy, deep, amberish/ruby with tons of floating sediment and a thick, off-white head. Aroma esters, brown sugars, sweet & floral hops, and some grains. Came off boozier than the 8.6%. Like a mild American barleywine. Thick palate, that coated the mouth nicely. A little bit of hops that balanced the rich, malty and caramel flavors. Citrusy and peppery with a spiced, malt finish.
Braudog (3767), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 15, 2009 Bottle. Deep muddy reddish-brown with a decent head. The aroma is crammed full of promise -- a big caramel monster. Into the breach I dive and do indeed end up the recipient of a gigantic caramel-malt brew, laced with a toasty edge. American brewers have taken to applying the "Imperial" tag to just about anything -- for once, this deserves it. (#3741, 11/15/2009)
bvc (291), Kenmore, Washington, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 10, 2009 12oz twist off bottle. Pours a deep, slightly murky, dark amber brown with a light white head. Nose is big on sweet bread malt, caramel, hints of pine and earthiness and a touch of soap. Some sharper bitterness up front then into sweet caramel malt finishing with a good amount of bitter pine on the end. Fairly earthy throughout and really out of balance.
BBB63 (4232), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 8, 2009 Bottle and served in GI IPA tulip: Deep hazy reddish brown with a frothy off white head and very good lace. The aroma has notes of high alpha resiny and citric hops, crystal and toasty malts, pepper and clove, touch of walnut, and earthy esters. The taste is initially sweet malts but the hop bitterness and acidity come forth quickly. Supported by a hop spice kick and mineral water, finish is a touch alcoholic. The mouth feel is medium to full-bodied, aggressive and lively, chalky resiny finish. All told a fine brew but seems to favor the hops and booze a bit too much.
kp (8396), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 7, 2009
Name: Double Dread
Date: September 22, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Belmont Station, Portland
Appearance: muddy dark red, fine beige head, heavy lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, touch of candy sweetness, lots of earthyness, nice citrus, hint of pine
Flavor: big bitter earthy flavor, just a hint of the caramel sweetness, light bready character, long bitter finish
Overall: the beer is big and agressive, but needs some of the caramel sweetness from the aroma to balance it out
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+ /4
thornecb (1779), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 5, 2009 Pours deep amber into a snifter. Beige head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet caramel and resin aromas. Sweet and full with syrupy caramel and nuts with a lasting grapefruit and pine hop finish.
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