 Beerlando (1271), Orlando, Florida, USA
May 4, 2008
Courtesy SoLan. Pours a clear, reddish-brown, cherry wood color. A frothy beige head leaves minimal amounts of sudsy spotting on the glass. The nose shows tons of sweet toasted caramel, nougat, and toffee, with smoked chocolate malts playing more of a background role. Some nice, earthy, spicy hops add needed balance. The flavor is sweeter than expected, with nougat and caramel really asserting themselves as the dominant components. The earthy hops are there, but seem a bit muted, as does the peaty chocolate malts. Medium-full, syrupy body. Sits a little heavy on the stomach. Decent brew, but I’m left wanting more smoky bitterness.
Angeloregon (1898), Portland, Oregon, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Thanks to Niel Yandow for this taster--Poured a rich hardy deep chestnut-brown body with a healthy tan head. Bold toffee-malty-sweet robust nose. Lots of ingredients. Some molasses, smoked peat, caramel and toffee lingered on the tongue. A bit boozy and pronounced in aftertaste. Great quaffing beer. Loved it!
illidurit (400), 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 (2228), 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 (349), 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.
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