Butters (1653), Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Dec 21, 2008 2007 bottle. Pours a brilliantly clear with fair white head. Sweet burning vanilla alcohol aroma. Nice warming sensation. Good for a novelty, but too expensive. Reminds me of a high alc. hurricane alobar (1051), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Dec 19, 2008 Golden amber color with a thin white head, Aroma of honey and fruit with some alcohol. Taste is sweet with honey and some fruit. Bit of a hot edge.Thic ksipping beer. blutt59 (2182), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 19, 2008 bottle, light golden color, still head, aroma has a lot of honey, melon and apple notes, flavor is cooked apple, more melon and fruity floral finish Ober (1235), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Dec 8, 2008 A clear amber colored beer, with a small beige head. It disappears quickly. The aroma of caramel, sweet malt and fruits. And alcohol. The taste is sweet, burny alcohol, spicey some pepper. There are notes of porto. The aftertaste is burney and a little bitter. scrizzz (1338), kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 4, 2008 Honeycomb aroma with alcohol heat like a barleywine, light clear amber. Incredibly complex: pine, honey, orange syrup, sunshine and happiness. Thickest Helles I have ever met, more approachable and with more distinct flavors than the more popular cousin. TomDecapolis (3218), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Dec 1, 2008 2007 Bottle. Pours a mostly translucent golden with orange notes and a medium bubbly/creamy white head that left lacing. Aroma of sweet malts, tropical fruits, vanilla, melons, apple and light grainy notes. Overall sweet and syrupy aroma...but in a good way. Flavor of green apples, honey, sweet syrupy malt, light grainy notes, light alchol burn, tropical fruits, grapes...and yeah sweet. I enjoyed this one...but was a bit sweet and malty. Toffee/toasted malt burps. larsga (3000), Oslo, Norway
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Dec 1, 2008 Small offwhite head. Light amber body. Deep fruity straw, malt and alcohol aroma. Deep intense malty strawberry and alcohol taste with straw and caramel notes. Smooth, round mouthfeel. Some alcohol heat. Bitter straw and malts aftertaste with alcohol and strawberry notes. Very nice and rounded, dangerously easily drinkable. (0.33l bottle from gr0ve.) krysztofar (344), belleville, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Nov 30, 2008 11.2 thanks jim! vibrant bronze color. low carbonation. quickly vanishing head. Aroma is vanilla cream melons and strong berry fruit. strawberries? intensely sweet start. high alcohol is noticed but mostly in the body and texture. finish is actually quite clean. light hop bitterness. a little sticky, but not what i would call cloying. spicy finish is perfect.
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