6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Dickinsonbeer, thanks! Pinkish red color, cloudy. Leathery aroma with cherry and marzipan. Sweetish flavor with cherry and marzipan. There is some sourness present. Not too sweet, and you can smell and taste the brett. The cherry character is not very outspoken, like in a matured oude kriek. Good.

8

Old tick. Great beer.

8

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

Bottle drunk on 12/30/13. Sick of looking at this beer, time to drink it. No idea why I still have this thing. 7 years old and still a wonderful appearance. Thin beige head is quick to recede, typical to style. Carbonation still seems appropriate and the color is a beautiful deep amber, mostly clear due to the sediment all falling out of solution and creating a very thick layer on the bottom of the bottle. Aroma improves significantly in the first three to four minutes. Not that it’s bad to start. Chocolate covered raspberries and brown sugar give way to rich madeira and balsamic vinegar notes, clearing some of the chocolate/fruity sweetness away.
Rich, multi-layered flavor profile seems to have held up beautifully. I’m getting a strong German chocolate cake-like note (light fudge and vanilla, tons of coconut). Surprised it’s this sweet still after all this time, but by no means is it cloying. Mouthfeel is nearly flawless. No thinning or wateriness; the carbonation still tight and helpful in dispersing the maltiness. Great beer here, wonder what it tasted like fresh. Must have been very powerful. Lots of barrel-character but none of the astringency and no sign of the alcohol. I could stand a little bit more sourness and maybe a touch less on the coconut/vanilla barrel character, but hard to complain.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 oz. bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a filthy reddish brown with a small beige head. Nose is full of tart cherries, apple cider vinegar, oak barrels and subtle notes of vanilla. Flavour is much the same, bringing out loads of apple cider vinegar, fairly tart cherries, accentuated beautifully by the oak barrels, which provides a lovely wood and vanilla quality to it. Mouthfeel is vinegary, but also fairly thick, with all notes in great balance. This beer has aged beautifully over the 6+ years. Really well-balanced, with not too extreme tartness. Reminds me of the amazing Cuvee de Tomme by Lost Abbey, though not as complex. All in all, excellent stuff.

7.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

HUGE thanks to CaptainCougar for sharing this. Pours a clear amber color with no head. Tart aroma with earthy notes, citrus, must, caramel malts and slight vegetal notes. The taste is sweet malts, citrus, earthy, musty and herbal notes. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.

7

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

2006 bottle courtesy of ryan, thanks! Muddy brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of sour chestnuts. Taste is sour and slightly acetic plums, dates and raisins. Interesting.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear matt medium orange amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, oxidide, tart berry, cherry, sweet something ? ive sayed vanilla - Charlotte say no ! light wood, light soured mild ! Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, cherries, lacto, dry, woody. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. Initial is did not like the aroma - it was to much oxidide but after a bit of time it did like the aroma so it charged from 7 to 8 .. [20110909]

8.8

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

Bottle @ home, courtesy of Glouglouburp. Very cloudy, red-brown appearance with a tan head. Spicy, almost cinnamon-like, moderately sour, bready brown ale nose. Really an intriguing, inviting aroma. Silky, velvety mouth feel. Moderately tart, oaky, light vanilla, cherry-cranberry-raspberry, somewhat spicy (nutmeg, cinnamon), brown ale flavor. Mostly a tart, fruity brown ale with some sourness on the finish. Excellent beer and very smooth. Very similar to the 2010 version but a touch stronger of flavor.

8

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

trade with madvike&hbmason-12oz bottle-pours a thin retaining tan head with trailing lace and hazy copper color. Aroma is rich medium malt-caramel, secondary spice hops, some raisin. Taste is tart cherry/raisin, secondary medium malt-caramel, spice hops. Slightly syrupy mouth feel.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared with drowland. Pours dark deep muddy brown. Nose of plum, wet wood, sour fruit and raisin. Taste of caramelized spiced candy apple, cherry tart, pie crust, cinnamon and nutmeg.