 BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 9, 2004 Tap @ The Freakin’ Frog in Las Vegas
Dark brown color, well retentive head & spotty lacing. Fresh hops & cocoa aroma. Notes of figs, plums, raisins, etc. Tastes mildly hopped with a low amount of residual sweetness like maple syrup. Astringent finish. Very tasty anniversary.
muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 8, 2004 22 oz bottle. Deep maple with a huge off-almond head. Nose toasty, toffee-coffee, a bit sharp and not at all sweet. Lovely mouthfeel, juicy and just a bit syrupy but not overdone; low carbonation. Bitter chocolate and a bit of toffee in the flavor, acid, and a sour cherry-orange character dominant in the middle; strongly, strongly bitter and dry finish. Not something I’d drink often as the bitterness isn’t moderated by fruit or sugar, but interesting and challenging.
TheBeerGod (3169), Newport News, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 8, 2004 Pours a gorgeous garnet with nearly no head, save the whitish ring around the circumference of the glass. Nose is a rich roasted malt, light cocoa, wood, faint alcohol, and light vanilla. Taste is big malts with a definite woody presence. The alcohol comes out more here too. Light cocoa, light spice, faint caramel, and a timid hop profile. Body is medium full and a bit chewier than expected. The finish is more roasted malts with a tad more bitterness and a slight notion of alcohol with faint wood notes. GOOD beer! Got to get more of this!
temporrari (327), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 7, 2004 Updated: Dec 6, 2005This is an odd brew. Not sure what to say about it. It’s pretty good. Falls short of being really great. There is some porter like roastiness in the flavor and aroma, but it’s balanced with, as the Commercial Description states, vanillia and maybe some rum, except without the burn of alcohol you’d get with rum. Really there’s no alcohol at all in the flavor. I’ve seen others call this an imperial brown ale and I’d mostly agree with that. It’s very, very unique. I’d drink it again.
Lots of coffee bean flavor has developed in this brew. I think I like it better now than I did when it was fresh.
Mangino (1027), Mississippi, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 7, 2004 Updated: Dec 21, 2004 Pours a dark red wine color, small off-white head. Aroma is spices, cinnamon and nutmeg, also fruit and hops. FLavor is hops, cherries, and spices mentioned above, alcohol also just slightly detectable. Very full palate-appeasing, very tasty brew! Thanks to SpringsLicker, who rocks!
cherr (162), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 6, 2004 I had this beer out of a bottle. The beer has minimal smell. It is dark, a bit like a porter. The taste is a bit strong on the malt side, not much hops to balance. Overall, not the characteristic stone taste. OK at best.
Crosling (1856), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Oct 4, 2004 Mahogany.
Aroma of mainly malt (mixed nuts, burnt bread, tar, coffee and caramel), yeast, spices (ginger) and a hint of hops (algae and green plants). Easy to describe, but dull as hell.
This is a muddled, cloying, malt driven mess in a bottle. It really is. Dry, roasted and toasted malts with hints of coffee, vanilla and brown sugar. The finish is rather alcoholic (bourbon), has a well established hop presense and is pretty annoyingly bitter.
Unfinishable.
notalush (2687), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 2, 2004 An interesting concoction indeed - the closest style I could compare it to would be an English Strong Ale, in color, aroma and flavor - dark red/brown with a slight tan head, aroma and flavor dominated by roastiness, some chocolate, nut and caramel - all the ESA elements are there - but other characteristics defy that classification - the aroma has subtle notes of vanilla and bourbon, and the flavor contains some of those vanilla hints, with touches of spiced rum (perhaps the "spiced" aspect comes from the hops) - top that off with a smokiness much like a scottish ale, and you have one unique and tasty brew.
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