 drfabulous (1254), Columbia, Missouri, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 30, 2007 Sweet. Very strong taste of caramel. Almost candy like. A bit too sweet for me,though. Not a winter I’ve returned to since that first tasting....but I might if it hits our shelves this year.
Beer2000 (1825), Kristiansand, Norway
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 28, 2007 500ml bottle @ Cardinal. Nut brown body with a small beige head. Aroma is fruity, caramel malt and dry fruit. Flavor is a balanced mix of what to find in the aroma. Harmonious malty sweetness, distinct bitterness and warming alcohol. Nice.
FatPhil (3480), Espoo, Finland
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 28, 2007 550ml bottle (Porvoo Harvest/Dark Beer Festival 2007)
ruddy oak colour, thin head. vanilla oaky aroma, nutty woody taste.very mellow but forceful oaky woody and nuttiness. excellent warming ale.
sayravai (3752), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 26, 2007 (Bottled) Clear, darkish amber with a small, but lasting head. Fruity, sweetish-toffee-malty aroma with slight graininess and some hops. Grainy-malty, sweetish flavor with fruity strawberry, and a warming, but not disturbing alcohol feel. Medium-bodied, soft-carbonated palate. A quite nice winter warmer with lots of fresh fruit. Nothing that special flavorwise, though.
DaMenace123 (251), Houston, Texas, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 19, 2007 Copper pour with good head and lacing. Aroma is malty and some fruit. Flavor is mostly roasted malt, a bit plain and watery mouth.
bbbrew (183), Washington DC, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 19, 2007 bottle. $2 a four pack at trader joes. 2006-2007. nice amber pour minial head with fine lacing. sweet and malty, very drinkable. nice beer.
yngwie (4974), Kristiansand, Norway
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 19, 2007 Bottle.Clear, copper body with a quite nice, beige head on top. The nose is quite sugary and malty, with some dried fruits, and a little fruity hoppiness. And I almost forgot the caramel. The beer should have a fuller mouthfeel I think, as it is a winter seasonal, but it’s far from being watery. There are roasted flavors, as well as notes of dried fruits, a nice crisp bitterness and a wee metallic touch. Quite sweet too. There is a little warming feeling towards the end, and it finishes with some sweetness, bitterness and that little metallic touch. The beer is quite nice, fortunately not in those clear bottles Samuel Adams seems to love, and I’m quite sure it is more suited as a food pairing than as a night cap. (071019)
badlizard (2356), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 18, 2007 500 ml Bottle from La Bodega. Light brown with a fizzy white head. Faint malty aroma. Faint malty taste with some slightly bready notes. Not great.
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