 mgumby10 (1650), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Jul 14, 2008
Thanks to The Cheeseman for sharing this rare brew. Pours a pretty clear brown color, with a small off white head. Smells of dark fruits, figs, molasses, and caramel malt. The flavor was pretty heavy on the alcohol, and much of the same as far as the nose goes. Nice bitterness is left in the finish to balance out the heavy malt presence. Pretty big and bold in its flavor. Not bad at all.
skortila (2433), Bunnik, Netherlands
Sep 29, 2008 Bottle bought @ Cornelius, Edinburgh. Aroma has a lot of malts, dark fruits, hint of peat/smoke and a hint of honey. Quite unusual. Black coloured with a lastig, off-white head. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter has malts, toffee, rasin/dark fruits, some chocolate. Some raters note figs. Very likely that was what I could not determine when drinking. One bottle left so.. Rerate! ;)
Enjoyable, special beer.
Dogbrick (2266), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Sep 23, 2008 Bottle at Winking Lizard. Dark cola-brown color with a medium thin ivory white head that dissipates slowly. Latticework lacing on the glass. The aroma has some smoke in the background, punctuated by pitted fruits and chocolate malt. Rich body with flavors of plum, figs, malt and molasses. The finish is sweet and chewy with a caramel malt and raisin aftertaste. Very interesting and enjoyable overall.
DragonStout (1183), Orlando, Florida, USA
Sep 12, 2008 Thanx to BeerVirgin for sharing this. Pours a dark cola color with a nice beige lacing head.The nose was og cherry brandy.Flavor was sweet and boozy with the dark fruits coming out.The finish was warming.
MrChopin (206), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Dark brown, small, short-lived beige head. Strong, sugary, malt-heavy nose of prune and alcohol. Flavor is more of the same: sugary malt with fruit and almond. Nice malty barley wine, though I’m not a big fan of the style.
Miksu (1291), Jyväskylä, Finland
Sep 4, 2008 0.33 l bottle, aged one year in a cellar. Dark reddish mahagony color with small head. Sweetish, vinous, toffeish, nutty and tart aroma. Very malty and vinous flavor with toffee, licorice and berries. Soft palate. Excellent rich maltiness with good vinous character.
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