 ¾ (5009), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 24, 2007 Nose of big, sticky and coarse maraschino cherry and wood malts, but also hoppy and rich and a little overly sweet. Good qualities include some fruit and resinous hops, much like fruit cocktail, and as always Southern Tier executes their recipes flawlessly, but really this just falls into that imperial red/strong ale category that I just don’t really get much out of.
CapFlu (3493), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 1/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 23, 2007 (12oz bottle) Sampled at the Post-Great Canadian Beer Festival 2007 in Victoria on September 8th, 2007. Courtesy of Presario. Red orange body with a strong hop aroma. Great hop base. I love some of these ASA’s in crossing over...
argo0 (7021), Washington DC, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 23, 2007 (22oz bottle, thanks jasonp) Crystal clear amber body topped by medium beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, cherry, chocolate, some berry. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, cherry, some berry, grapefruit, light alcohol. Smooth full body. Not sure how much I genuinely like it, but it is good, and quite unusual.
kmweaver (2501), Sebastopol, California, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 22, 2007 22oz bottle, courtesy of jasonp. Thanks, Jason! Pours a bright, medium orange color; white head with good retention and lacing. Chewy sugar and tea-like malts in the aroma. Rough, dusty and spicy mouthfeel: very rough, very earth, with a light vanilla character poking through and underwhelming hops; slightly toastiness. Medium, sugar and grainy finish. Messy and astringent.
Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Poured from a bomber. Transparent dirty blonde appearance. Aroma of green tea, full malts, some orange, and grapefruit. Predictably lovely. Strange arrangement of tastes. Chocolate grahams, cherry syrup, creamed corn, and almonds; sweet in an unexpected and vaguely salted way. Grass and steamed vegetal tones in a somewhat hot finish. Palate is smooth, and thoroughly bland. Not enough to chew on, and it doesn’t leave much of an impression. Thanks for sharing, Jason!
Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 17, 2007 Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin fast disappearing tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with a sharp hoppy note - especially with notes of grapefruit, combined with a malty note of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel combined with a lighter note of hops - giving it notes of grapefruit, leading to a dry finish - somewhat like eating a grapefruit.
Oakes (8166), Kowloon, Hong Kong
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 15, 2007 Bright orangey-red colour. Loose head. Gorgeous. Aroma is accented towards chocolate and wood. Big and full body, with a thick caramel overtone and pleasantly spicy hops. Very big, very red...I’ve had better examples over the concept but this is a nice brew.
presario (3010), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 11, 2007 Bottle shared at CapFlu’s tasting after GCBF. Reddish beer. Holds a good head. Caramel and alcohol scents. Caramel and alcohol flavour.
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