 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 13, 2009 Dark brown pour with a thin brown head. Smells roasty, dark fruits, and cocoa. Nice. This has some potential. Flavor is roasted malts and molasses, along with a light amount of vinous fruits. Some faded hops too. Not bad. A little thin on the tail and some brash abv remnants. I’m sensing it was better a year ago...
pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
May 4, 2009 Dark brown/black, no head. Aroma is toffee, lightly roasty, chocolate, alcohol. Taste is mainly toffee, light alcohol, lightly roasty, caramel.
holdenn (1445), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 17, 2009 750 bottle from a trade with growler. Thanks! Pours a dark brown black with a tan thin ring that fades to to an opaque black stillness. The oxidized notes rise off strong at first but they mellow over a few minutes from soy to chocolate and a rich oakiness. Soy flavors fade to chocolate and bourbon. Bitter and roasty with a slight sugarry sweetness. Thin smooth body finishes watery and dry. After the initial oxidation, this one significantly improved. Decent beer.
xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 16, 2009 Bottle thanks to Holdenn. Dark brown, almost black wiht small almost non exisstent brown head. Aroma is bourbon, soy, vanilla, port, roast, dryer. Sweeter bourbon flavor with alc, vanilla, cherry, port, roasted malt. Medium to thin, watery. Oxidized and boozy, but not bad, doesn’t take away from it too much.
drewbeerme (2306), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 5, 2009 750ml bottle, thanks to holdenn. pours dark brown with no head. nose of soy, port wine, dark fruit, and smoke. flavors are dusty oxidation, smoke, alcohol, chocolate. watery feel, did improve as it sat.
alexsdad06 (1106), Ohio, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 10, 2009 750 ml bottle courtesy of alldaydrinker tasted with one year of age. Pours black with no head and no sign of carbonation. The aroma was sweet molasses and toffee, dark fruits, vinous, and light roast. The flavor had only mild sweetness which was surprising based on the nose. Other flavors were slight roast, chocolate syrup, tart, prunes, and alcohol that grows as it warms. Thin for the style.
Rciesla (3810), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours a brown liquid and finishes as a black body with a tan caramel head. Light chocolate sweetness, licorice, dark fruits, vinous qualities, and boozy maple chocolate. Good brew.
Sammy (4057), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 26, 2008 Not too complex, this light bodied anniversary beer did not deliver on a blend of seven hops or seven malts. Little carbonation and no head. It was corked and stored well.The smell and taste of dark chocolate, it was soya salty and not too sweet. Dark colour.
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