 EddieG (163), Palos Heights, Illinois, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 2, 2004 Strong Ale, Barley Wine, IIPA the line blur. This is most akin to SN Bigfoot and Ole’ Vrusty is a great sort of way. I like my big beers young, raw and in your face. This has it and then some. The aroma is sweet and raison-like. Beiustiful crimson hue lead to a thing lacey white head that maintains throughout the beer. Resinous and sweet, with a dried fruit backbone. Residual sweetness is perfectly balanced by the onslaught of hop flavor, aroma and bitterness. C hop spredominate. Right up my alley and if you dig big hoppy barley wimes, you get into this one.
ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 6, 2004 2004 GTM. Wonderful flavor. Handheld voice recorder issues preventing a more thorough analysis. Definite will seek out to try again.
cb (809), Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 11, 2004 Perfect addition of woody character to just slightly tame the amazing hoppy character. Added a new dimension of caramel, vanilla and a touch of smoke. Soft nose for such a high amount of IBUs.
Cornfield (4966), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 8, 2004 Updated: Jul 4, 2005FOBAB 2004: (It was spelled Alphanaut in the program.) Tasted much like the great Dreadnaught, but the oak aging seemed to blunt the bitterness, but not the flavor, of the hops somewhat. Plenty of piney hopping, a bit of grapefruit and a small reminder that there’s some malt in there. This drank real smoothly... so I sampled it a couple of times. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/events-detail.asp?eve of Barrel Aged Beers, Chicago, IL 11/06/2004<font size=-1>
RAYBOY01 (1864), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 1, 2005 Barrel Aged Festival 04 at Goose Island: Dreadnaught aged in oak barrels. The wood cask mellowed out the ol’ bitter ’Naught, but did not tame it. I loved this stuff and hope to run into it at this years fest.
railcat1 (582), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
May 16, 2006 this was one strong beer caramal taste lots of hops and thick otherwise very good wish they would bring it back
jaymobrown (1360), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 10, 2004 FOBAB 2004: Spicey nose. Some vegetable flavors as well. Mostly dominated by the ever present hops. Slight alcohol burn at the end. Really sticks to the palate. Crazy hop flavors. What you’d expect from FFF.
HumuloneRed (750), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 14, 2004 FOBAB 2004. Very hoppy spicy nose. Pours murky orange with a great head and some lacng. Great hop character with caramel and some vanilla notes. Very nice beer.
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