ReaperAle Ritual Dark Ale

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: American Strong Ale
Davis, California USA

Bottle. Thanks Secret Santa! This beer pours to a really dark brown with a creamy tan head. The aroma is huge. Dates, red apple skin, lots of roasted malts. Mostly chocolate. The flavor is roasted chocolate malts, figs, raw vanilla cookie dough. The palate is quite good. Rich, creamy, full, alcohol. 8, 4, 8, 4, 16 = 4.0

Re-rate of a bottle at Green Flash per Chuck. The beer pours to a dark cola body with a thin white head. The flavor is fruity yet malty. The fruits are really light and fit well. The aroma is a light grapefruit, deep malts. The palate is medium bodied, cola-ish. Chuck, the brewmaster, says it has changed in the bottle since I last tried it. I agree. 7, 3, 8, 3, 14 = 3.5
I’ll keep my fresh rating.

Pours a deep brown hue with a frothy tan head. Aromas of hops( pine), chocolate, spices (cinnamon, clove) and some toffee. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied. Initially thick, and frothy, but goes down smooth. Nice sweetness that isn’t overbearing and flavors of chocolate, caramel, and a little tobbacco. This is a very nice surprise.

Thanks to egajdzis. Pours a dark red amber with a medium size tan head that laces nicely. Aroma is darker fruits, caramel and some roastiness. Flavor is some alcohol up front roasted malts and chocolate.

Bottle shared thanks to egajdzis. Poured a dark reddish-brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of light chocolate, a little smoky, and verly lightly nutty. Tastes of chocolate, and roasted malts. I also had a harder time nailing down exactly what it was that I was smelling and tasting.

Thanks to egajdzis for this... Appears a dark brown red with a small tan cap that slowly fades. Smell is sweet, faint malt with a hint of nuts, chocolate, and lime. Taste is sweet, roasty, rich syrup, chocolate...very hard to place. Mouthfeel is slightly chewy and roasty with bitterness.

Draught at Liars’ Club, San Diego. Dark brown with ruby highlights, and a wispy tan head that left some nice lacing. Very nice roasty/nutty/smoky character in both aroma and flavour. Finish is well hopped, but not to the point of obnoxiousness. Nice stuff, very enjoyable.

Poured a reddish brown color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, caramel malts, smoke, and citrus. Taste of roast, and light smoke, dried fruits, dry bitter finish, and light alcohol as well.

Bottle. Murky dark brown. Very dark red around the edges where minimal light is allowed through. Small tan head. Nose is malty and lightly hopped. Some earthy hops, faded pine, cocoa, dark fruits (raisins, figs, light hints of prunes), and light hints of chocolate and coffee. Taste is sweet and hoppy. Lots of sweet malts, ripe fruits (honeydew, light tangerine, cantaloupe, prunes), light pine, cold decaf coffee, and chocolate. The balance on this is rather nice. Body is medium but not as rich or thick as hoped. There is a bit of bitterness lingering on this. Finish and the aftertaste bring forth much more fruit and hops. Lingering coffee, notes and dark chocolate along with light earthiness and sweet malts. Not bad at all, but lacking a bit of umph.