 ChainGangGuy (2568), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 9, 2008 Appearance: Pours a slightly hazy, dark reddish-brown body with a slim ring of white bubbles.
Smell: Rich, complex maltiness smelling of chocolate, caramel, roast, and syrup-coated nuts along with a modicum of dried dark fruitiness and splash of spiced rum.
Taste: Dark maltiness tasting of burnt toast spread with dark caramel and chocolate. Raisiny, vinous fruitiness. Faint touch of alcohol. Rather subtle hop character yielding on a light spicy bitterness. Taste of rum raisin on the finish. Hints of maple syrup and bittering herbs in the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-low, fine carbonation.
Drinkability: A satisfying, malty brew that delivers both on taste and complexity, but still remains fairly easy to drink. Jacobite’s up next!
DarkBeer (47), Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2008 Oh, how I love this beer. Pours dark brown, and you’ll want a glass that traps the aroma and concentrates it. The head lasts a while. The body is superb and malty, and there is something woody in the taste. Very malty. A bit vinous in the back end of the swallow, and a lingering aftertaste that’s nicely bitter. A superb brew.
NachlamSie (1642), Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours an apparently clear dark brown with a nice, even, lasting whitish head. The aroma is fruity with hints of apples and berries. In the background I get hints of wood and very tame European hop bitterness. The flavor is very woody in a pleasing way. It doesn’t seem like sweet Bourbon or like bitter hops, but just a pleasing, even wooden flavor. The finish brings out tame hints at strawberries and a modest bitterness. Far away vinous notes are detected. I actually liked this one quite well. I was more excited about the Jacobite, but this one is perhaps more to my liking.
iammarc (193), Inverness, Scotland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 28, 2008 Bottle, 33cl, Harrods London. Great tasting beer, with a strong hit. Quite a medium thin drinking but with an oakey aspect.
Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 27, 2008 330ml bottle. Deep brown with a ruby tinge, it has a seductive aroma of rich dark fruits and caramel malts. The taste doesn’t disappoint, with warming alcohol helping spread the flavour to the corners of your mouth. It’s not too heavy and suprisingly easy to drink. A good strong ale that goes well with cheese.
gary07734 (406), Tyne & Wear, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 27, 2008 Pour into trappist glass deep red/brown/black with a dissapearing tan head.
Smell alcohol, malt, apples, raisens, very nice.
Taste is raisens, wood, medium alcohol finish, nice medium body. Very nice, wood comes through more as it warms up and it becomes a little cloying.
mikkopen (264), Oulu, Finland
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 27, 2008 330 ml bottle. Dark ruby brown colour, tiny white head that disappears quickly. Aroma of raisins and caramel. Nuts, dark fruits, vanilla and sweet malts in the flavour. Medium body, minimal carbonation.
Snojerk321 (1990), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 18, 2008 11.2oz bottle from BevMo La Mesa. Pours a clear deep brown with a minimal off white head. Dark fruits and molasses on the nose, same for the flavor.
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