8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Fľaška zo 100 pív. Vôňa sirupova čokoládovo kavova. Farba čierna s hnedou penou. Chuť čokoládovo bourbonova sladká

9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Finally - Beer #11 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration, and RATING #10,000 itself!!!!! 2017 Vintage Bottle (A Mounted Police Officer on the Horse) Ridiculously dark brown coloured body, almost an oily black coloured body without much transparency at all (some at the edges when tilted) and a nice three centimetre tall rich light brown and deep tan head on top that stays afloat for a while and leaves a nice lace on the side as it fades. Aroma of very strong chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, oatmeal, molasses, alcohol and the strongest here - maple syrup (just as it should be) with a great finish of warm alcohol and sugars in the nose - very strong smelling, indeed. Full-bodied; Rich, super sweet and decadent maple syrup, woodsie, bourbon and roasted malt notes dominate up front with a lot of residual sugars from pitted fruits, molasses and toffee with a pungent malt backbone that really brings out the oats and grainy notes with some slight nutty and woodsie flavours, but the roasted oatmeal and rich coffee notes really penetrate the sugars here with a nice balance to bring out the strong sugars at the end and some alcohol warmth at the finale to make this FEEL nice as well. Aftertaste is super potent and rich a lot of alcohol, a ton of roasted malts and oatmeal here, but the pitted fruits, cream, coffee, molasses and especially maple syrup sweetness notes are the strongest on the end, which they should be for the style and for how long this has been aged. Overall, a great beer of course and one that should be sampled if you can get your hands on it (it seems much easier than when I bought this one originally [this is my original bottle, but I have many in my cellar right now] from the store) and especially to buy a couple and age some of them for a longer period of time (in optimal conditions, of course), as I have another bottle from this same purchase that I might have in another 5 or 10 years on a special occasion. Great to sample of course and as a Michigander and as someone who loves real Maple Syrup, this was only fitting to have as my BEER #10,000 and for such a special occasion after aging it for almost six years myself. Great to sample and while I like writing so much for each beer, this one finally ushers in a change for me to simplify my ratings entirely and post much less 'wordie' ratings and verbose typings as I have been doing for my FIRST 10,000! I sampled this 75 cL bottle as Beer #11 (BEER #10000 itself!) [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from The Food Emporium (randomly was able to find this crazy hard-to-find (at the time) stash in New York, New York on 02-December-2017 for US$35,99 (I didn't care how much it was at the time - I was so happy that I found it in the first place!), bottled in 2017 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-May-2023.

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Aged incredibly well! Choclately, coffee is in your face, great beer

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0.355l, trade with Camons, huge thanks, René! Vintage 2017. Black, opaque. AROMA- roasted malts, maple syrup, cocoa nibs, pleasant alcohol. FLAVOR- sweet, slightly bitter, chocolate, cocoa, touch of coffee, really lots of maple syrup. Full bodied. Too much maple syrup, too sweet for me.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Aroma: Roasted malt with manke syrup. Flavour: Sweet roasted malt with syrup, chocolate and notes of coffee. Aftertaste is fairly sweet with some bitterness. Colour: Black with a light brown head. From: Bottle @ SuperVin webshop.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

19th February 2022, 5oz pour on a flight in The Brewhouse, San Juan Capistrano. 2018 version. Black body, beige head. What a lovely drink, chocolate, coffee and maple syrup flavours all blending together with a rich bourbon, boozy underbelly.