 walleye (882), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 7, 2007 got this in a trade a while ago forgot who with but thank you. poured brown wit a light tan head. aroma, chocolate, prunes, and other dark fruits, alcohol, malt, brown sugar, some hops. flavor chocolate cover dark fruits, malts, molasses, a hint of cherries, cloves, alcohol, licorice, a little coffee. good beer would like to have a couple more bottles of this one
Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 4, 2009 Given that my birthday is 5/5 this was a great beer to keep for a while. Had this beer sitting in my fridge since just after I turned 22, 4 years ago. Great color, nice deep mahogany with good lacing and perfect light ivory head. Great oaky head with nice hop overtones. Awesome taste, oak with a nice hint of spice. would be a bit better with a bit of honey. A very smooth ending. Great beer.
ultraspank (866), Dublin, Ohio, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 2/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 4, 2005 I didn’t have the patience to wait until 12/12/12...I had to snarf this one last night. To my credit, it has sat in my fridge for almost 60 days, so that’s something I guess. Nose of caramel, butterscotch, pecan pie, rum, and berries. Pours a cloudy cola with ruby highlights. The head and lacing can only be described as pathetic. The brew has an overpowering start of huge chocolatey malt. The warm alcoholic middle has low acidity. The long full bitter finish is very satisfying. Nice complexity, almost perfect balance. The full body is dry and lively with a finish that feels astringent.
richlikebeer (832), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 25, 2005 bottle courtesy of mkobes at the jimmack invitational. body is a deep dark brown, not opaque, but almost porter-like in its coloring, along with a thick creamy head. aroma is very spicy, with some clove and cinnamon along with caramel malts. flavors matched the aroma, with some yeastiness, and a rather bittter hop tail. that tail translates into the aftertaste, which instead of being sweet and malty, is citrusy and hoppy, something i was not anticipating in a belgian. i look forward to aging a bottle of this, hopfully it will smooth out.
drismyhero (815), Tacoma, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 2, 2007 7/22/05 - I sure hope some kind establishment (Bottleworks) will hang on to all of these so I can taste them after they’ve matured a bit, I just lack the foresight. Strong yeast as always but a bit more sour/bready than dry. The Belgian yeast lacks much depth while still young, but a very nice balance.
angrypirate06 (800), Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 21, 2009 Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Dark brown pour. Aroma is caramel, bready malts, syrup, pancakes. Flavor is pancakes, caramel, sweet malts. Nice thick palate.
hellomynameis (794), Mayer, Minnesota, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 5, 2006 I quite enjoyed this one. Has that red/amber/orange like colour that seems to be previlant amongst west coats beers. Pretty tall fluffy coarse head that was mostly white. Nice belgian yesty aroma that gives of the cursory dark fruits and lets slide some spice. Mostly, I noticed the advertised clove (my nose isn’t too good). I liked how this tickled my tongue with its lively carbonation. This wasn’t quite thick and chewy, but had a good body to it. Sweet flavours with some caramel, a bit of roast. Certianly there are dark malts in here, with some more spice notes
padrefan98 (788), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 30, 2008 On tap at the Stone Winter Storm 2008. Dark with some chocolate and malts in the flavor. Very good.
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