 tupalev (2285), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 25, 2008
Bottle shared with Greg Clow, Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, and Jerc, courtesy of Blankboy. Sweet, some alcohol, some molasses in aroma. Dark brown bosy with a dent sized brown’ish head. Taste - sharp hops 9still), alcohol, very sweet. More hops in finish. Good strong sweet ale that is aging quite nicely.
blklab2007 (528), Connecticut, USA
Aug 3, 2008 750 bottle corked and caged pours a chewy caramel brown color with a two finger tan head that had good retention. aroma has dark malt, plumb, figs, light alcohol, and some funky yeast. mouth feel is medium thin with lots of fizzy carbonation.flavor has chewy malts, plenty of sweetness, dark fruit, and nice funky damp yeasty notes. spice picks up as does the sweetness that borders on syrupy at points. super chewy and spiced up. this has aged well so far.
LilBeerDoctor (442), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with a thick tan head. Aroma strongly of squash and sourness. Flavor is kind of odd: sour oakiness, soda-like, earthiness. Didn’t taste boozy, but it had that effect. Odd is the best way to describe it and I wasn’t much of a fan.
fredandboboflo (440), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Bottle. Aroma of dark fruits, some wood, some soda. Flavor all soda, sickly sweet. Heavy sweetness. Odd, biting carbonation reflected in large-bubbled lacing. Absolutely no hops present to balance the sweetness, and so much soda. Felt more like a rum and coke to me. A struggle to finish 12-14 oz.
zug4abby (284), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 10, 2008 Can’t remember who to thank for this bottle...sorry! Pours a rich brown color, quite opaque as well. Head is tan and thin with a modest amount of lacing. Aroma is rich with lots of raisin and dark fruit tones. Very slight toasted malt note as well. Flavor is very rich with lots of dark fruit and malt. Very nicely balanced with a great palate feel! Slight warm notes in the back of the throat. I really, really like this beer! It’s very delicious in every aspect!
HogTownHarry (3175), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle (750ml). Shared by blankboy with GregClow, jerc and tupalev. Hazy deep ruby with a solid fizzy-foamy pancake batter tan head (4+). Sweet dry leafy malt aroma, mid-level alcohol, a hint of wood resin, lots of lush dry spice over sweet malt. Slightly nutty sweet caramel malt flavour, some vanilla and black cherry, very spicy and yeasty. Syrupy mouthfeel, oddly only average of body, spicy-bitter and alcoholic in the finish - really, really good - the components have really interpenetrated smoothly.
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