 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
Sep 22, 2009 ( 187ml bottle, 14% abv version ) Pours a clear golden body with a spare white head. Strong aroma of paint thinner, light fruity notes, and rubbing alcohol. Flavor of cheap watered down whisky, caramel, blackberries, raspberries, vinegar, and light funkiness. Hot!
Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Aug 15, 2009 Bottle 18,7 cl. Pours a clear amber with hardly any head. Lightly tart aroma with notes of fruit and cork. Medium body, overripe fruit, caramel, wood, mould, cork and acetone flavours. Dry, lightly tart finish with lots of alcohol and biting acetone. 110709
SamGamgee (1396), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
Jul 25, 2009 187ml bottle at the brewery during RBSG09. Gold with a small head. Harsh nail polish remover aroma. Flavor of sour apple skins and nail polish remover. Just a nasty dose of chemicals and alcohol. I respect the experiment, but it definitely didn’t work.
yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Jul 23, 2009 18.7 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with no head. Dry phenolic and acetone aroma. Wooden and phenolic to acetone dry flavoured. Distinct malty note. Fruity and acetone flavoured finish. This is getting closer to salad vinegar than beer.
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Jul 19, 2009
Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, scant head, still
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma, lots of fusel alcohols, hot and peppery
Flavor: hot and alcoholic flavor, caramel sweetness, lots of funk with a growing sourness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *4
illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
Jul 14, 2009 RBSG09 bottle at the brewpub. Bright orange/gold color with no head. Fusel alcohol aroma, turpentine, boozy fruits, phenols. And hey, whaddya know, the flavor is pretty much the same. Sweet and boozy and chemical. Basically Marin bottled a chemistry lab experiment gone wrong.
JohnC (2227), Mission Viejo, California, USA
Jul 13, 2009 On tap at Marin brewpub during the 2009 RBSG visit there.
Clear copper pour, the flavors I got were sherry and some alcohol.
beerguy101 (3861), Newark, California, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Tasted on tap at the Bistro Barrel Aged Beer Festival on 11/15/2008. This barleywine/wheatwine pours a medium orange gold color from the tap. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is strange to say the least, I mostly got acetone and diesel, then some funk and must. A medium bodied barleywine/wheatwine. The malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are earthy. Kind of funky and musty, but the acetone aroma is not in the flavor. The palate is strange, kind of thin with an alcohol after bite. Not sure I can get past the aroma on this one. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is tart with and alcohol bite.
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