 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Name: Bare Tree
Date: 03/19/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2000
hazy dark yellow, whispy white head, light lace, sweet wine aroma, creamy body, big mellow malt flavor, sweet fruit character, hint of tart, well balanced
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
May 29, 2002 Tan/amber, hazy, big head; nose - fruit, spices (ginger, mace), malts (cookie dough). Complex palate - chocolate, plums, apples, black pepper, hot from the oven biscuits. Warm, firm, complex.
argo0 (7006), Washington DC, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 29, 2003 Minimal head atop an opaque copper body, fair amount of sediment. Aroma is richly sweet, fruity (peach, apricot, orange), liqueur, dough. Taste is more subdued, but still pretty big -- malty, medium sweet, caramel, fruity (pear, orange, pineapple). Wheat is mostly noticed in the lighter alcohol feel. Finish is alcohol and fruity sour. Fairly full body, not much carbonation left at this point in the aging process.
Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 16, 2005 Bottle-conditioned. Orange body. Nice off-white head. Nice alcoholic wheat aroma, reminiscent of alesmith weizenbock in its sweetness. Peaty malt lets grassy notes shine through. It smells somehow airy, all about malt and slight yeast, very vinous at that. Very well integrated. Surprisingly the most interesting of the 3 bare trees which were part of a vertical. Has held up admiringly well. Airy mouthfeel still has plenty of carbonation to accompany the medium body. Rich minty alcohol, wheat, bready yeast and weird cork-like flavours seem to be horsing from a style to the other in perfect freedom and unity. Notes of banana, peach, plums, candy. Great creation.
CaptainCougar (5530), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 9, 2003 Medium copper color with a thin white small bubbled head. Aroma is sweet and caramely. Mild mellow flavor with some wheat character finishes soft and bitter. Very smooth, but not as much wheat character as the 2001. The age has mellowed this perhaps too much.
JorisPPattyn (5192), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 21, 2004 Fully hazy orange-amber; slim orangeish rim. Bit oxydized nose, biscuit, aromas as from sweet (homemade) fruit wine. Very liqueurish taste, fruity and estery. Citrus-like finish, sweet and thick but not cloying. Oranges on liqueur, orange/mango chutney, dried mango meat (amchur). Very full-bodied, slick, oily mouthfeel, nearly chewy. Alcohol creeps in with a vengeance. Superb variation on - euhh, they say Barley Wine, could be Weizen Bock, could be Belgian Strong - anything. Most impressive I find that it is quite (dangerously) drinkable - until warming up. Ought to be served in a cooler as, indeed, white wine.
MartinT (5075), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 24, 2003 Updated: Jan 17, 2005A yeasty Grand Marnier with sweet peach sauce leanings...An ostentatious caramel with chocolate impulses roams unchallenged...Classy yet artisanal, this weizenbock/scotch ale cross sometimes seems to have better aging capacities than the 2001...But sometimes different bottles reveal the contrary...
Cletus (5059), Connecticut, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 30, 2007 Bottle consumed last night with some friends. Pours amber with a fizzy diminishing head. Aroma yields lots of clementines, some pine, lots of sweetness. Tastes fruity with a nice familiar wheat like backdrop. It’s lost its edge, but was still very enjoyable. I wish I had another bottle.
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