 ryan (1706), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Jun 4, 2008
Clear dark amber body with a small white head that quickly fades. The nose is overly sweet and fruity, not a good start. There also a bit of a medicinal quality that doesn’t help either. Not surprisingly, the beer is grossly oversweet, virtually unhopped with lots of characteristics of stressed yeast. Finishes with medicine and minerals. Medium/full body is sticky and thins out on the finish due to obviously excessive filtering. Avoid.
illidurit (393), Santa Cruz, California, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle courtesy of wagenvolks. Poured into a snifter. Dark brown but not opaque. Reddish highlights with light. Modest tan head with little retention or lacing.
Aromas of toffee/molasses, peat, and overripe dark fruits. Some perfumey alcohol as well.
Sweet flavor profile, with molasses and caramel dominating the front of the palate. This quickly washes into a medicinal finish that’s equal parts licorice, peat, and cough syrup.
This beer is surprisingly thin on the palate. Not really enough richness to hold up the flavors. Carbonation is rather high, finish is evaporatively short with an astringent quality. There’s a pleasant warming sensation in the chest as well.
Dogbrick (2217), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Thanks to Rogueone for sharing a 2007 bottle. This brew is a hazed brownish-amber color with a minimal light beige head that disappears relatively fast. Thin rings of lacing. Peat malt and sweet caramel in the nose. Rich, sweet body with flavors of earthy malt, caramel, toffee and a touch of alcohol smoldering in the background. The finish is sweet caramel malt with a lingering smoked malt aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
gunhaver (610), Tampa, Florida, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Bottle, courtesy Santa. Pours a dark reddish brown, with a big carbonated yellowish tan-colored head, creamy lacing. Mostly caramel in the nose, some roasted chocolate notes, almost like toffee, sweet, somewhat muted though. Dry roasted flavors, cereal, oats, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, sweet. Spicy finish. Interesting take on the style, but very tasty, warming. Nice bite on it.
Hank1980 (347), Athens, Georgia, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Firkin at Trappeze, 7/23. This was supposedly the first cask ever from Duck-Rabbit, and it was pretty nice. It poured a clear amber. Aroma was malty, fruity, and sweet. Taste was also fruity, sweet, with a bit of alcohol. Finish was sweet, a little bitter. Mouth was full and sticky. Pretty nice.
PhillyBeer2112 (1840), Orange Park, Florida, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Thanks Santa! Huge aroma, loaded with sugary toffee bready malts, and deep persimmon and date fruitiness. Just very bready. Appealing dark red color, purplish tinge, thin layer of fine bubbled head, short lived. Modest lacing. Very heady in the mouth, with alcohol and fruit swirling over the palate and sending wafts of retronasal aromas back up. Finish is burnt sugar, a little grainy on the sides provides some complexity, with a light bitterness to keep it in the realm of balance. Heavy but easy palate. Pretty sweet on the whole.
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