Bottle sample at my 5555th rating tasting at Sar HaMashkaot Ramat Gan. Thanks Oren. Clear red-amber. Aroma of malt, caramel, clove and raisins. Sweet flavor, caramelly, with honey, raisins, plums and a slightly spicy finish. Medium-bodied, slightly alcoholic.

750 ml corked and caged bottle. Aroma consists of cinnamon, dough, dark fruits, dust, cola. Pours a clear deep copper with a long-sustaining thick beige head. Taste is lightly sweet and savory, finishing dry and bitter; alcoholic. Flavors of clove, dark fruit. Foamy mouthfeel, medium body. Pretty good.

On tap @ Avery Sour Fest 2014. Pours an orangish brown appearance with a light tan head. Grape / plum, caramel / toffee, candy sugar aroma. Some light smoke in the flavor with burnt sugar, toffee, and dark fruit / plum / figs. Drinks pretty fine and actually better than a lot of the other garbage at Sour Fest.

Rich deep dark brown coloured body with hints of ruby, violet and crimson all with a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of rich pit fruits, some light smoked grain and a bit of belgian yeast, quite strong. Medium to Full-bodied; Dense pit fruit and stone fruit sweetness in the initial flavour with raisins, figs, prunes and plums all noticeable and a lot of malt throughout with some subdued spiciness and a lot of deep peppery notes from the yeast on the finish. Aftertaste shows a more refined sweetness with the sugars and spices playing out and ending very well, yet still complex. Overall, a surprisingly complex and sweet beer with a great profile and a nice finish. Great to sample and well worth finding to try if you can grab it! I sampled this 75 cl (sam adams style) bottle purchased from Costco in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 02-January-2014 for US$22/3 pack sampled at home here in Washington on 01-June-2014 - thanks Dad for the 3 pack!

Bottle. Cherry cough syrup aroma. Cloudy orange-brown with moderate head. Sweet syrupy cherry and caramel malt flavor. Lightly bitter herbal finish. Rough and not particularly pleasant.

Bottle at WBC Denver, April 11 2014.Clear brown color, no head. Sweet, malty, oak, alcohol, solvents scent. Sweet, malty, metallic taste. Metallic, salty aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.

750 c&c from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours deep ruddy and dark with a creamy beige head. Aroma of mixed dark fruits and berries over treacle. Med + body. Fizzy carb. Flavor is treacle with dark fruits and black berries. It seems spicy in a moderate way, and may even have a touch of chocolate. Quite delicious.

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance has a dark red close to brown colored body with a thin cap of a white foamy head that dies at a nice pace into the body. Lacing is sporadic and tries to cling, but doesn’t and slides at a decent pace.
The smell has some raisin, fig, plum, pear, spiced apple combine through a toasty sort of molasses and some Belgian candied sugariness. There is also a decent earthy spiciness comes into play as well.
The taste is sweet and somewhat spicy through the previously mentioned flavors. There is a nice Belgian yeasty/earthy/spicy yet sweet aftertaste takes hold and guides to a dry finish.
On the palate, she sits about a medium to heavy on the body, not sessionable - more of a sipper. Carbonation is somewhat smooth for the style and is pretty good to me. The alcohol is extremely well hidden.
Overall, this is a good Quad that I would have again, and I could see this one being picked up for my Easter dinner this year.