 goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 23, 2005 Poured a hazy golden orange. Aroma is thick with sweet fruity malt and a touch of alcohol. Flavor continues with the sweet malt. Finishes up with peppery alcohol and a bitter finish. Like Tom said better than the average indicates but at least it climbed over a 3.
CaptainCougar (5519), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 23, 2005 Pours a hazy golden bronze with very little carbonation and no head. Sweet, lightly hoppy aroma has some alcoholic notes. Body starts sugary malty and sweet with some pleasant complexity but has some peppery hops and alcoholic burn in the finish. This isn’t as bad as its ratings show, but could still probably use some more aging.
Rastacouere (5561), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 7/20 |
Jun 14, 2005 Samichlaus-like fuelic alcohol vapors nose, salty and sweet. The pour is of a hazy yellow color with particularly low carbonation failing to produce a head. Grassy noble hops aroma manage to pierce through the sweetness wall, pairing with the shy thick malt to procure a dusty feel, like old apples and woody pencil shavings. On the tongue, it starts somehow nicely with cookie maltiness that too swiftly develops into a juicy chaos. An alien medley of tooo subdued hops, completely overshadowed by malt syrup. Oxidation traces after just a few months already haunt the aging potential. Dull lifeless flat body, syrupy honeyish and cloying. What purpose does it serve then? This annoys me since I’ve tasted their barleywines in all their glory and they’re among the best. it’s sharply boasting of ethanol retronasal
beerbuzzmontreal (2916), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
May 23, 2005 Interesting aroma of saaz hops with lager malts and caramel. Pours a hazy orange color with a rin of white lace. Flavor of caramel with subdued malt and hops, the flavor feels flat. The body is light to medium, the texture creamy and oily and the carbonation almost flat.
MartinT (5068), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
May 22, 2005 The Lure:
Ubersweet caramel and oranges through which grass blades and herbal resins attempt to push. Alcohol is obvious, but isn’t that unpleasant. After all, it is 14% abv.
The Festivities:
The low carbonation does not do justice to the malts’ interplay, and renders them near-lifeless. Honey laces muddled oranges and barley wine-like caramel malts succeed in creating a deeper interest. Alcohol isn’t too apparent thankfully. This one could have been a lot more interesting with a little more liveliness in the body/carbonation, but for now it falls short of my expectations for a Newport Storm. The ’02 was so good!!
Transcendence:
Arriving on the scene of a long deserted brewery to find the remnants of a possibly once interesting concoction. Thrilling, yet your imagination is doing most of the work I’m afraid.
OldGrowth (1426), North Carolina, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 13, 2005 Bottle, from Julio’s. Good nose, caramel, buttescotch, whiskey, honey, some kinda orange/lemon zest, some fig/date, cider. First pour just a tad hazy brownish orange color, second pour significantly hazier, no head. Bitter flavors, same as aromas, more of the whiskey, carmelized sugar, hints of thinner body, lite creamy mouthfeel, little to no carbonation, Sour bitter finish. Good brew, warming. Maybe another tear to mellow a bit more. Lost a couple points for the flat factor. Still packs a punch
Sickboy282 (1100), San Diego, California, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 7, 2005 Pours a alight amber hue with a small head. Aromas of pears with a sour, grasssy nose. Flavors of caramel, honey, with a light biterness.
Vac (2394), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 29, 2005 Pours with a orange-amber body topped by a thin head with little lacing. The aroma and flavor are slightly sweet and herbal with a touch of candy sugar and a nice bitter background. Full bodied, smooth and warming.
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