 Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Mar 17, 2005 Updated: May 12, 2007
(Bottle 25 cl) I believe a lot of ratebeerians are missing the point when they slash this beer by judging it by "traditional" beer-standards. This is a beer in it’s own league and not really to be compared to anything else apart from a very few other extreme beers of this world. I’ve had this beer in my fridge for years, perhaps 4-5 years, so I reckon it’s the ’97 vintage. Comes in a cute and cool small, blue bottle with a port-like cork. Black as tar, absolutely NO carbonation. Port-nose and an impressive raisiny aroma. The raisins continue all the way through the beer together with hints of other dried fruits like figs, dates etc. Molasses, malt and an underlying dry hop-character. Sweet and MEGA fullbodied. Gives absolutely no associations to beer - this is Port! To those who tastes soy sauce I recommend a tastebud-transplant. What a pity this is retired.
sebletitje (258), Tampa, Florida, USA
Aug 28, 2008 1997 bottle, found in a store in Berlin.
The excitement of tasting this oldie quickly turned in a nasty adventure.
Pours a thick oily black liquid with no head, flat.
Aroma of bitter chocolate with soy notes, almost like mapple sirup. The aroma quickly engulfed the small room.
Taste was a different story. While the first sip reflected a surprise, the rest became very hard to swallow. I never managed to finish the glass.
Taste is of soya lightly bitter, but with hidden notes of sweetness.
This is a bottle you want to share with 2-3 friends and probably won’t want to drink again.
We rinsed the bottle and it was actually a blue bottle. The inside was coated with thick black chunck of the beer that had accumulated on the glass over time.
arjoseph (538), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 27, 2008 1994 vintage, purchased at Discount in Milwaukee. 1.5 oz. poured into my GABF 2007 connoisseur’s tasting glass. Leaves a yellow-brown film on the side of the glass and the same type of "tears" you’d see in mead or wine; otherwise, brown black with no head. Smell belies dark prunish notes underneath dusty wood, grapey alcohol, and a hint of vanilla every third whiff. Wasn’t expecting the initial tang of sourness that definitely reminds of soy sauce, or it persisting in the finish, and I’m not sure I like it. Not as syrupy as I expected either, the texture is very smooth. Finish coats the mouth and lasts forever, but I’m not sure that’s a good thing. Really, not as sweet as you’d expect; I guess it’s been sitting in the bottle for 14 years, so what they hey. Burnt acrid flavors on the end after the tang dissipates, maybe a little bit of licorice too. It will be interesting to see how the open bottle changes over time. Sometimes wines "open up" with exposure to air, maybe this will too. At least the alcohol is mostly hidden.
shintriad (675), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 25, 2008 Yikes. Pour an unceremonious oily black. Soy, prune, port in the nose, and a sourish, charred, raisiny flavour to it...not sure if I like this or not. Mostly not.
IDunno19 (22), Ames, Iowa, USA
Aug 19, 2008 And I think I’m being generous with this one. The only reason I’d rate it this low is because this truly is a knock you out, poison everyone in the room, sipping beer. Not for the faint at heart and don’t expect to drink it twice. Good strong cultural experience though.
pik5el (40), Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Eff me. This is not what i expected. Pours like motor oil. Nose of a bunch of dead and moldy dark fruits... maybe plums, hell I don’t know. There could be anything in there. It looks like that freaky thing that ate Tasha Yar in TNG. WTF, man! Is that frickin’ soy sauce I taste? cause that is NOT cool. Soy sauce + beer = nastiness, game over Sam. Time to chug and forget.
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