 swanmann (309), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 The bottle pours rich honey color with sticky off white head, settling soon into a blotchy sheet. As it warms nice aroma of figs and caramel, alcohol and bread crust. Very evident burn in the taste, plus mild roasted bitterness and sweetness, like an orange danish; spicy like black pepper or cardamom. It’s a bit syrupy, with yeast very present, sparking a medium complexity that warms slowly.
scrizzz (1325), kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 23, 2008 Some candied sugar, some ripe plum aroma. Clear dark almond, thinner more temporary head than I expected. Though this was bottled in February, it’s still a bit hot and thin and features brown sugar, dried fig and raisin. Lacks the complexity so often found in what Belgians find their way out here. It’s a good beer with no flaws, though no peaks either.
rocbyter (925), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 22, 2008 Light fruity malt aroma. Cloudy darkish orange color with a small tan head. Sweet beginning with a mild cider and hop finish.
PilsnerPeter (2653), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 20, 2008 Tap at Barcade’s 4th Anniversary Party: Hazy deep copper pour with an off-white ring of head. The aroma is decent with fruity notes of apricot, orangey citruses and fig. The body has thick and sticky carbonation. Sweet flavor with evident alcohol. Sugary with a honeyish sweetness, sweet candied malts, syrupy citrus and a peppery alcoholic finish. Like many American examples of the style, it’s too sweet with surfaced alcohol flavors and little/no complexities/subtleties.
hillfiiiiire (286), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 10, 2008 Copper color with some floaties going on. Aroma is the caramelizing of sugar as you heat it in a stovepan. Flavor is quite peppery and a mildly annoying hop presence. It all turns out all right though. Finishes dry. Okay beer.
ketchepillar (485), Des Moines/Grinnell, Iowa, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 10, 2008 It’s alright. Malt is rather sweet and sugary-decent. Too much alcohol. Rather harsh. Finishes remarkably dry. Pepper. Lighter fruits.
crowderm (285), Recklinghausen, Germany
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 10, 2008 Dark amber pour, with a lively lingering white head. Aroma is burnt sugar sweet, malt, and strawberries. Flavor is berries, alcohol, pepper and caramel. Pretty intense stuff. The mouthfeel is the standout here - full bodied, yet crisp and clean. Solid overall.
17thfloor (1505), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 6, 2008 Pours a dark amber with a large cola-like head. Fruity spicy yeasty aroma with a bit of alcohol and slight raspberry. Interesting play on Belgian flavors, yeasty with malt that is toasted, slightly burnt and a bit sour, with this unique hard-candy understated sweetness. Burnt toast and raspberry hard-candy finish with some lasting bitter yeast. This stuff is so odd and yea it does remind me a bit of a triple. Very light sticky body with abrasive carbonation. So strange... almost like a "Belgian" ESB or maybe Southern Comfort diluted with Rolling Rock, yup, thats it.
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