MattAddis (7), Portland, Oregon, USA
does not count  Sep 13, 2009 Dark brown golden color on the pour. Slight sweet aroma compliments the hops. Flavorful sip full of hops and bitter finish.
 DalzAle (476), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
Sep 11, 2009 Bottle. Dark brown/orange pour with very little carbonation. Aroma was sweet caramelly malts and some nice hops. Flavor was tin/copper and burnt sugar while finishing with a little hop bite. Ok beer, but was really hoping for something more out of this one.
Macadem (100), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Aug 31, 2009 Pours a deep red with a frothy off white head, Big hops on the nose, a bit of caramel, and possibly black berries? Lots of flavor of roasted malts and a slight bitterness. Tasty.
Savvy1982 (303), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Aug 31, 2009 Bottle, with many thanks once again to bitbucket. Pours a very very dark red, medium-depth but persistent beige head, nice, sticky lacing. Nose is hops, fruit, caramel grains and mat. Hops and big toffeeish malt are immediately present on the palate, big, heavy, moderately sweet, and a bit boozy throughout. Basically an APA or Bitter on steroids. An interesting effort, worth tasting, if it wasn’t 800 miles away, worth trying again.
dirt55 (150), Washington, USA
Aug 27, 2009 Bottled, pours deep amber/ruby with tan head, huge hop aroma with fruity alcohol notes, nice alcohol spice with roasted hints and hop bitters on palate, very nice
greenhorn1 (458), Mission Viejo, California, USA
Aug 23, 2009 22 oz bottle. Pours dark amber with a very slight red hue. Big foamy head with a ton of lacing. Aroma of subtle maltiness. Flavor is mainly sweet malt, with some roastiness, and some hop bitterness in the background. Not much of a finish, some bitterness that disappears quickly. Very rich. Not as complex and full bodied as I would expect for a strong ale. Regardless, still a decent beer.
llcooldave (309), San Antonio, Texas, USA
Aug 23, 2009 Sweet malt aroma with a touch of licorice & clove. Slightly cloudy reddish amber in appearance. Flavor is basically a straight up malt taste with a hoppy eucalyptus aftertaste. Overall, not too bad... a decent effort.
danielcurtis81 (879), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 16, 2009 22 oz bomber I picked up from my Seattle trip. Pours a deep and rich red hued brown. Big frothy light brown head. Beer is full of tight small bubbles. Nose is full of rich sweet malts, cinnamon, toast dark malts, brown sugar. Flavors do not follow through with the great nose. Very malt, hops are muted in flavor but still have a medium bitterness to the mouth. Alcohol is not well hidden. Some wood notes too. A pretty good beer.
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