 blankboy (3201), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 19, 2006 Updated: Mar 20, 2006Bottle. Pours a clear bubbly dark ruby-brown with a small lasting off-white head. Sweet malty aroma with dark fruit, vanilla, brown sugar, spices, yeast and alcohol. Flavour’s also quite sweet and a little boozy with some mild oak, spices and a bitter finish. Needs more hops in my opinion and it’s a bit unbalanced. I’m not crazy about the aftertaste either. Medium to full bodied. This is decent but it’s hard to drink a whole bomber of this on my own, it’s pretty sweet. Not one of my favourite Stone beers.
entertheiceman (242), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 14, 2006 Quite good, like the 03 version on sterioids. This will probably age very similiar. Deep ruby color, fruity nose malt, grapes and alcohol. Taste is dark fruits, and maty merlot along with liquor. Finish has is a lingering sweet and bitter at the same time thing going on. The flavors are all over the place and aging may do this one some good. That said, this beer is great right now and it remains to be seen if aging will blend the flavors well or take it’s character away ala the ’03 VE.
GregClow (2495), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 13, 2006 Bottle from Whole Foods, San Diego - shared with tupalev, jerc & HogTownHarry. Dark brown with a moderately sized tan head. Nice aroma - dark grapes, yeast, burnt sugar, spice and a bit of alcohol. Flavour - an unexpected bit of coffee off the top, followed by some spiciness (nutmeg?), licorice, some roast and smoke. Interesting, and a nice way to start another of our fantastic tasting sessions.
bu11zeye (5442), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 13, 2006 (Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of cocoa, cereal, nuts, licorice, raisins, and toasted malts. Flavor of toasted malt, oatmeal, mild hops, and molasses.
ehhdayton (1113), USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 9, 2006 The aroma is at first very malty, but then aromas of roasted malt, spice, fruit, and hops come through. Flavor is a mixture of chocolate, spice, dark fruit, and a touch of earthiness. The color is a dark brown with reddish hues.
RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 7, 2006 This beer offers a healthy aroma consisting of dates, molasses, raisins, and barley. It is a rich mahogany colored solution that only has a smidgen of a cashew colored head. This moderately thick beer is very sweet and rich. The flavor is an infusion of caramel, dates, molasses, almonds, and wheat. A nice sweet date flavor is left lingering on the palate.
tupalev (2611), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 28, 2006 Bottle shared with GregClow, Jerc, Hogtown Harry, and Blankboy, Greg’s bottle. Nice sweet malty aroma with a little spiciness. And what I like to call "Belgian Booze". Decent sweet alcohol taste. Actually, this thing becomes way too damn sweet. And the alcohol kicks in as well. What started out as (wow, am I about to sing an REO Speedwagon lyric?...no) a nice Belgian Strong has turned into a sweet boozy monster. Tick and syrupy, slightly bitter finish, with even a little roast/smoke in the finish. This just became way too unbalanced for me.
bethmatt0421 (318), Covington, Kentucky, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 26, 2006 Pours a dark brown, with an amber hue. A thick rocky head, that eventually thins out to a sheet, but leaving the glass still frothy. Extremely malty palate, thick mouthfeel, very smooth. Aroma is floral with a chocolate, and even roasty scents all mixed together, strangely. Flavor is difficult to dissect. Chocolates, lingering hop spice. In the end, it leaves you feeling warm in the chest, and throat, and the high alcohol content is balanced nicely throughout. A very enjoyable brew and, very impressive. Just another great brew from the boys at Stone.
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