 tiggmtl (4178), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nov 23, 2004
Sugary sweet malt aroma with some minor DMS. Opaque brown-tan with thin, white, fully-diminishing head. Flavour doesn’t live up to the promise of the aroma. Some sweetness, light sourness, some DMS. Seems fairly simple. Medium-light body. Bottle sampled with DYCSoccer17, MartinT, muzzlehatch, Omhper and Rastacouere.
anders37 (2727), Malmö, Sweden
Mar 9, 2008 Bottle, Vintage 2002. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a spicy malty dark fruit aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty chocolate flavor with hints of dark fruit and caramel. Has a long malty chocolate and dark fruit finish.
oh6gdx (6331), Vaasa, Finland
Feb 25, 2008 Bottled (2002 vintage, thanks omhper!). Dark brown colour with small brown bubbly head. Aroma is malts, with caramel, nuts and some alcohol. Also some slight not-too-sweet Madeiranotes. Flavour is big bready malts balanced up with caramel, raisins and alcohol. Aftertaste has some signs of roastyness and dark dry fruits. Ages well. Rich tonguetickling carbonation.
Maria (4321), Thisted, Denmark
Jan 4, 2008 Dark brown with a nice, but quickly disappearing head, but it leaves a nice lace. The aroma is malty with notes of dark rum, caramel and harsh walnuts. The mouthfeel is round and warm from the alcohol. The flavour is sweetish and very complex, it has a lot of roasted malt, cheap rum (like the red Hansen), candy sugar, caramel, nuts and alcohol. I find the overall impression somewhat chemical and IMO it’s not an abby ale. (Old rating)
thewolf (3951), Kolding, Denmark
Dec 11, 2007 Bottle. [thank you, omhper!]
My 2,100th rating!!
[Vintage 2002]
Pours a muddy brownish red with a fizzy yellowish head. It quickly disappears, but there are hundreds of bubbles reaching for the surface, making a thin film stay for quite some time. Aroma is deeply fruity, lots of raisins, deep roasted caramel, barnyard, slight oxidation. Light and lively mouthfeel. Flavour is really great. I can really taste the aging, but it is nowhere near bad. Wonderful balance. There is some fruity sourness mixed with a lot of caramel, dark fruity sweetness. Plums, raisins, cherries, roasted, liqourice, barnyard. Wonderfully aged.
KnutAlbert (2312), Oslo, Norway
Sep 3, 2007 Bottle at RBESG 2007, 2002 vintage.
Ots of dried fruit here, cherries and raisins. Vinous. Sweet and sour. A beer that has aged very well.
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