 Beerlando (2351), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 28, 2008 Courtesy jayMFg. 2006 vintage. Pours a crystal clear, medium golden amber. A small, off-white film forms at the top, evolving to a bubbly center with a thin, foamy edge. Sudsy spots are all that cling to the glass. The aroma showcases a diverse variety of fruits, from sweet white grapes to red apples, pears, and hints of strawberries. Light caramel provides a mild, malty background perfect for the fruity display. Flavors follow suit, with pears emerging as the dominant element. Some grainy notes appear as well. Warm and alcoholic, the medium-plus body is smooth and slightly sticky. This one is good, but it could use a little more time to mellow out.
gunhaver (1043), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 17, 2008 Updated: Jun 4, 20082006, courtesy jayg. Pours a thin copper hue. Looks like a murky syrup of some sort. Wet, thick head, and nice lacing. Aroma is pure bright apples, spicy apricot, honey. Flavor feels "ripe;" plum, wheat, caramel, bubble gum. Soft and sticky, with a smooth finish. Needs time to mellow out a bit and get better.
WeeHeavySD (3041), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Feb 17, 2008 2005 Vintage, Black label served in a riedel snifter shared with my girlfriend Cyn. This has been sitting in the cellar long enough that I have no clue who sent it, so to you I thank you. For some reason I thought this was older than it is, but I’ll live with it. Pour orange with a sediment filled body and a tan head. Nose is sweet with hints of all kinds of intriguing fruits. Taste is full of citrus and all kinds of really crazy interesting flavors. I really like this, its sweet, robust and hard to pin down. My girlfriend made a good observation that I confirmed and after drinking this I found the same thing, there is a really nice sourness here that makes me up my rating. Its yummy sour and full of alch but well hidden.
bitbucket (2036), Kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 12, 2008 750ml. Pours hazy apricot with a fruit and wheat nose. Full body and light carbonation. Sweet nutty taste with a touch of various fruits. Maybe some cookie dough? Nice.
skoisirius (584), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 11, 2008 750 ml, 2006 Vintage. Tried in August ’07 and February ’08. Now having tasted this twice, I can truly say just how amazing this conception is. Pours a cloudy and gentle amberish golden color. Aroma blends a lovely touch of wheat into light essences of fruit and hops. Seems like I pick up some vanilla in there. The flavors have mellowed and blended together so beautifully since it’s bottling. Light flavors of wheat, vanilla, sweet malts, light fruits...heaven in the mouth, all so smooth in the body as well. A light, tiny hop note ends this, but does not kill the other flavors. Find some if you can!
MoDog (927), Griffith, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 14, 2008 Poured from a 750ml bottle (2006 vintage) and served in a snifter. This beer poured a slightly hazy amber color with a thin, lasting beige head. Spotty lacing covered the inside of the glass. The aroma of the beer was made up of bubblegum, bananas, mild caramel, and some earthy yeast notes. The flavor consisted of wheat bread, caramel, light pepper, mild banana notes, cloves, and also some orange peel. Very interesting. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and creamy with a nice amount of slow moving carbonation. Overall, this was a crisp and almost refreshing high gravity brew that was just way to easy to drink. Creative and interesting.
Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 30, 2007 2006 edition. Pours amber with slightly more carbonation than the 2000. Smells of lots of citrus and wildflowers as well as some bananas and clove like character. Tastes citrussy and more sharp than the 2000. Finish yields some minor but present bitterness. Great and unique beer!
after4ever (2809), Brier, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 10, 2007 750, capped. ’06. Thanks, Boboski! This is a dandy one. Slightly hazy creamy-*looking* medium amber. Not sure how a color looks creamy, you’ll just have to pour yourself a glass. Thick moussy light tan head that falls away fairly quickly to a slim rim with light webs of lace. This has the nicest, most inviiting wheat sour nose I’ve yet found--light doughy sourness, almost like a great sourdough. Rich body on the high side of medium with very, very light carb. I don’t know that I buy the brewers’ claim of "caramel, melon, apricot, vanilla, oak, black pepper, and subtle banana." But that comes pretty close to the sweet, lightly wheat-sour blend of citric touches, spices, and malt sugar on the mid-palate here--not saying it’s inaccurate, just not sure that that level of granularity is perceptible here.
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