 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 5, 2009
Bottle. Pours a thick dark amber color with a short-lived tan head. Aroma of thick malts, turned earth, light smoke and sweetness. Nice robust malty backbone with more smoke coming out in the taste, spicy with a moderate alcohol kick on the finish.
altonbrownd (1934), Amsterdam, Netherlands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Bottle from Whole Foods (Bowery/Houston). Nice dark brown body with minimal head. Malty and vanilla nose. Taste of molasses, caramel and dark fruits. Warming towards the finish, with the 11% abv in full evidence. Nice one.
sayravai (3752), Helsinki, Finland
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Clear, very dark amber with a small, tanned head. Aroma of sweetish malt, smoke and tar, grilled sausages, and salt. Flavor is smoky and salty with sweet-caramely malt, and a touch of alcohol. Quite full-bodied with slightly foamy carbonation and some alcohol burn. Interesting, enjoyable, different.
KAggie97 (2469), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Bottle.
Pours a thin, average mahogany with dark highlights (make sense?) and a nose of smoked malt, smoked wood, and a touch of dark fruit. Flavor is a chalky, smoky malt with a quick flourish of alcohol-soaked dark fruit (raisin and plumb) and a faint smoked red wine finish. Average mouthfeel. Borders on being a great beer, but can’t quite jump that hurdle.
beernbourbon (301), chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Pour is dark brown with almost no head. Aroma is malty, only lightly smoky and a touch of juniper and cinnamon. The flavor is mostly rich toffee malt, light peat, and faint clove. The smoke is present too, but not as much as I would have expected. It was a nice beer and I did enjoy it with some smoked meats which made it much nicer.
wetherel (1636), Encinitas, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 500mL bottle from Colorado Springs. Brown color. Low carbonation. Sweet and malty. Slightly oxidized hops. You would think with 30% smoked malt it would be smokey, but the smoke is light. Has age dulled the smokiness? Fairly bitter. Alcohol is well hidden, and yet it is somewhat difficult to drink, kind of medicinal, and yet I drank it anyway.
mjs (1517), Helsinki, Finland
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 (Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured dark brown and hazy with small white head. Aroma contained malts and tar. Palate was full bodied and bit stingy with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, smoke, tar, sweetness, bitterness and lightly chocolate. Aftertaste was smoky and malty.
TBone (6804), Pori, Finland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Bottled (Pikkulintu, batch #400, brewed 211208)
Dark ruby color, small vanishing brown head. Sweetish caramelly nose with some vanilla, peat and smoke. Liquerish palate. Intensive mix of smoke, wood, alcohol, some caramel (adding some context, beer itself is not sweet). Long smokey and alcoholic aftertaste. Full body. Well-brewed smoke barley wine.
pantanap (1358), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 500ml Bottle from Wlv... Pours a semi-dark caramel brown with off-white head... Peaty and smokiness make up the aroma with cocoa and caramel malt... Smoke upfront with a sweetness through the middle.
Finishes somewhat abrasiveness and astringent. That’s enough
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