 SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 9, 2009 Bottle: Poured a reddish brown with no head. Aroma is woodsy, liquorice, and fruit. Taste is winey, sweet liquorice, and the oak still presents just enough bitterness to make this balanced. Very enjoyable!
bitbucket (2034), Kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 26, 2009 Sweet caramel and nut nose with a soft and round taste of nuts, figs, spice and caramel. Medium body and minimal carbonation.
patrick767 (2033), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 21, 2009 2006 bottle - Pours dark brown with a big, thick tan head. The aorma is of caramel malt, vanilla, and some spice. This brew has a very sweet taste of toasted caramel malt, vanilla, and spice. It has a medium to full body and is easy to drink for all that alcohol. The 10% abv is mostly buried. It’s an excellent brew. I wouldn’t mind it a little less sweet.
sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 17, 2008 Shared at Cleveland tasting 3/15 Thanks Mike, Bottle: Pours a murky brown with a tan head. Aroma, toasted notes, dark fruits, oak, some booze. Flavor, fruits, yeast, sweet caramel, molasses, some woody notes. Very good beer.
radiomgb (2000), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 4, 2008 Dark brown in colour with a thin beige coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is malty, light alcohol, maple, plums, dark fruits, lightly sweet. The flavour is of oak, some maple sweetness, quite malty, plums, raisins, figs, toffee. Sweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes lingering, malty and sweet.
Very good stuff, good balance, very well hidden alcohol. I just purchased a case of this beer, wise investment. This should age very well over the next couple of years.
330ml bottle obtained in a trade with henrikb, thanks Henrik.
Opened on March 25, 2008.
Vintage 2005.
DaSilky1 (1990), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 Brown color with whispy head. Cherry malt nose with hints of time and booze. Sophisticated cherry accented malt flavor profile with a touch of iron. For an 05, there’s still a solid dose of bitterness. Enjoyable but not mind bending.
fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jun 28, 2008 Bottle shared with toncatcher. The guy is great for finding these good beers. Sweet aromas of cherry and wood. Flavors were similar with more sweet fruit and touches of oak barrel. Some yeasty finishing flavors and touches of sweet malty caramel. Such a good beer.
scraff (1943), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Courtesy of ygtbsm94. Thanks for sharing, Brad! Dark brown, creamy light tan head. Rich oaked plum and spiced port aromas ride a brown sugar wave throughout. Dark spiced fruitiness and wood gain a touch of metallic’s upon reaching room temperature. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dark fruit finish. Nice, but seems like it spent more time in the wood than truly necessary…
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