 Maverick34 (716), New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 22, 2008 Draft at blind tiger. Malt, hops,pretty nutty. Not super fascinating but not awful.
golubj (1290), Sunnyvale, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 18, 2008 Draft at Blind Tiger. Aroma is of english malt, some hops giving it a dryness. The flavor is the same, typical of the style, but could have been more flavorful.
alexanderj (2280), Chino Hills, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 18, 2008 On tap at the Blind Tiger. This one was not overly great, but not terrible either. Flavor had alot of the characteristics of the style, they were just not all that great tasting. Not too much in the way of hops. Palate was border line watery.
edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 12, 2008 1/12/08: Bottle
Medium brown body. Nutty brown aroma. Sweet malt flavor. Finish is chalky and crisp with a hop bitterness.
thenick (746), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jan 10, 2008 Tap @ Blind Tiger. I have absolutely no idea what happened here....Pours a gorgeous deep ruby with a small and quickly-dissipating head. Aroma is slight hop with caramel and malt thrown in for good measure. Taste is weak hops up front backed up by a weak and watery finish. This was a great disappointment and went absolutely nowhere.
Ughsmash (4076), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 8, 2008 Bottle from Winter 06/07. Poured a really cool shade of coppery amber with a creamy cap of beige head. The aroma picked up lightly-aged caramel, molasses, and dark fruits along with drier herbal and floral hoppage.. warm and welcoming with dusty undertones. The flavor was centered around aged caramel and lesser chocolate, with peppery spicage and dry herbal bitterness.. finished with warm spicy caramel and fruits. Medium-bodied with creamy carbonation across the middle and a fine balance between the sweetness and spiciness. This aged gracefully!
molsonfan9000 (59), geneva, New York, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 pours dark. smell is sweet and hoppy. taste is very hoppy. mouthfeel is slightly crisp. Too hoppy for me, drinkable, but overdone on the hops.
surffisher (196), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 4, 2008 12 ounce bottle, pours slightly hazy burgundy color, with almost no head and resulting lack of lacing. The complex aroma is malty (carmelly, sweet), spicy, and somewhat vegetative with what appear to be noble hops which impart some grape/cherry notes. The taste is tart and bitter and dry throughout - much more aggressively hoppy than the aroma suggests - with light support from sweet caramel malts. Aftertaste is a bit stale. Mouthfeel is medium, carbonation is rather low and the palate is overall a bit astringent with the aggressive hoppiness and spicing. Consistent with another reviewer, I did find that it got significantly smoother as it warmed. Not a bad brew, but a bit on the rough side and not one of my favorite winter warmers.
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