grimreeser (797), Minnesota, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Mar 20, 2008 Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of caramel, some toastiness and toffee, slightly woody. Nice sweetness, some breadiness comes though in the finish. Whoohooo, you left me a good one Moli!! guyinchicago (528), marengo, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 2, 2008 Updated: Apr 30, 2009Medium to dark brown orange red hue, with aromatics of roasted, carmaliezed malts alittle bitter sweet that ends dry. pours with a small head that dimishes quickly over all I have yet to drink a brew form this brewer that i haven’t liked. agreat american dopplebock. fight for your right to drink real beer scraff (1942), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Mar 2, 2008 Dark brown, light tan creamy head. Sweet brown sugar and cherry aromas ride on soft smoked toffee cream-like tones. Sweet caramel bread and dark fruit flavors dominate from start to finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, malty sweet finish. Thanks for sharing, argo0! ubamartian (155), Watertown, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 | Mar 1, 2008 Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toffee, buttersotch. Taste, way too much malt, duh, has a bitter flavor from something I couldn’t identify, but I didn’t feel it was the hops. Almost like the malts went south. I had to choke this one down, and chase it with a glass of Sprecher root beer... Now that would be a better combination... :)
argo0 (6907), Washington DC, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Feb 28, 2008 (22oz "Reserve" bottle) Small beige head atop hazy cola brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel/butterscotch, plum/raisin, light cherry, toffee, smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, some caramel/bread, raisin, light smoke. Medium body, low carbonation. ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Feb 28, 2008 Sweet burnt maple and oily wood in the nose, with some light amaretto and almond notes and a light bit of ash. Sweet and sticky plums and nuts greet the tongue, along with a delayed ashy wood flavor, some almonds, some grains, and it finishes a little bit boring and plain overall, with a chalky aftertaste. Good, but not great. kmweaver (2465), Sebastopol, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Feb 27, 2008 22oz bottle, courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! Pours a dark, reddish-brown tea color; light tan head with patchy lacing. Lots of chewy dried caramel and dried fruits in the aroma; pleasant, clean dried caramel character throughout. Medium-to-full, chewy mouthfeel: lots of dried caramel and dark fruits; another solid, tasty lager from Sprecher, following the Black Bavarian. Bready, sweet caramel. Medium finish, showing dried caramel and breadiness. ryan (1778), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Feb 27, 2008 Courtesy of argo0. Clear brown body with a tiny beige head. The nose is cherry/berry, toffee and raisins. The flavor is moderately sweet with plums, cherry, caramel, figs and toffee. Medium/full body is a bit thin with moderate carbonation.
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