Stoudts Anniversary

Formerly brewed at Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Dunkler Bock
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Another of my first cellared bottles finally being cracked. Pours a kind of cherry-wood color with a small, off-white head. Sweet carmel and apple nose. Flavors are carmel, apples (but not carmelized apples), a little banana, and some subtle clove hints. Too smooth.

750ml Bottle - Vintage 2/28/0? (last digit is illegible). Thanks to The_Beer_God for sending this one my way.

This is a beer that has eluded me for a very long time. It has been on my wish list from about the 2nd month I was on the site; finally I get to remove it.

Deep mysterious murky swamp water body with a dense (and noisy) large-particled tan head. Lace is good but not outstanding. The sweet fruity aroma permeates the air from the moment the crown is breached. Digging down into the dark fruit sweetness (mainly raisin) is balanced by yeast, tobacco, light alcohol, and some light phenol. The flavor is chewy, loaded with raisins and some astringent yeast. Lasting flavors carry one sip well into the next. Caramel sweetness coats the mouth. Light alcohol warmth and some tingly carbonation round the package out. A really nice beer! I hope they bring this one back.

Bottle. Thanks to jsquire for sharing. Small tan head that was mostly lasting, sparse lacing, fine-large sized bubbles, opaque, and a reddish brown hue. Aroma was malty, sweet and some notes of apple. Swee, malty, caramel, and apple flavor. Smooth palate. Medium body. Very quaffable.

Thanks to Jsquire for sharing this at his house. Brownish/red color with a tan head. Sweet fruits, and apple sauce aroma. Appley carmely malty taste with a bit of bitterness. Not too bad.

This beer pours with dark red/mahagony color when held up to the light. The head was a thin, off white foam. there is an enticing nose of dark, malty sweetness. Complex flavors of dark dried fruit, apples with caramel sweetness. Very nice beer.

2001 Vintage. Brown, with hint of amber when held to the light. A small lid of tight tan bubbled that completely covers the glass when tinted. Toasted bread with mild toffee and hints of licorice and raisins. thick and rick feel with just enough zip to not let it get stuck on the tongue. While not teeming with complexity, it is a malt mavens marvel. Mild caramel, mild fruit (blackberries come to mind), toffee later in the quaff, and just enough bitterness in the end to keep it honest once again. Noting the age, there is a touch of oxidation, which is easily forgivable. The linger is sublime, with a continuance of lightly toasted malt begging to be remembered, and this is one I shall remember. Thanks to beerslayer for sending this my way. This rivals may imports in this style.

I dont really know how to follow up these two great ratings of this beer. As a college student and having this be my 200th rating before the the "legal" age of 21, i only hope to gain enough klnowlege from these great posts to come back and rerate all my beers again once i have gained the appropriate palate and first hand experiance.

2003 bottle thanks to JCW!! Pours with an absolutely incredible amount of foamy beige head which is very long lasting. Medium-dark olive brown color with some orange hues and an almost purple tone to it. Murky and bottle conditioned. Aroma has a ton of unmalted roasted barley in it which provides a huge dose of vinousness and rich barley flavor. Notes of plums, figs and grapes. Flavor. Wow, this is a day-after beer if I’ve ever had one. What I mean is that it becomes a much better beer after it has been opened and allowed to sit out overnight, at least in my experience. Right when opened, it is so highly carbonated that the carbonation disrupts the body and does not allow the oily, rich, cohesive body to be appreciated. After it has mellowed, however, this beer is divine. Copious amounts of barley give it a very vinous flavor; tons of rich barley notes, concord grapes and bocky wininess. Starts out with a dry, earthy, dusty yeastiness and progresses in to the rich roasted barley body, which is lightly sweet and has a dose of bitter noble hops. The hops impart flavor moreso than bitterness, but the beer is not overly sweet to begin with so it needs little balancing bitterness. Transitions in to a smooth dark chocolate flavor and finally finishes with a strong dose of bocky wininess. Caramel malt lingers lightly in the background throughout. Fantastic dunkel, and I’m very appreciative of John for sending this. I will certainly be buying this when it comes out next Spring.