2008 Planet Beers: Venus
Midnight Sun Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.34
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P2 = 2nd planet from The (Midnight) Sun
Venus—goddess of love and beauty—exudes grace and voluptuousness. Indulgent with lush dark malts and sensuous star anise, VENUS is decadent and divine in body and spirit. Leisure lounging in French oak Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks results in a lovely liquid feast of fabulously luxurious flavors.
LOGISTICS LOG:
designed to out shine the others. brewed with lush dark malts. cameo appearance by rising star anise. fermented using bodacious Belgian yeast. very brief aging in stainless tank followed by a long leisure lounge in French oak Cabernet Savignon barrels.
Availability:
AK - draft and 22-oz bottles (limited release begins 11/14/2008)
Venus—goddess of love and beauty—exudes grace and voluptuousness. Indulgent with lush dark malts and sensuous star anise, VENUS is decadent and divine in body and spirit. Leisure lounging in French oak Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks results in a lovely liquid feast of fabulously luxurious flavors.
LOGISTICS LOG:
designed to out shine the others. brewed with lush dark malts. cameo appearance by rising star anise. fermented using bodacious Belgian yeast. very brief aging in stainless tank followed by a long leisure lounge in French oak Cabernet Savignon barrels.
Availability:
AK - draft and 22-oz bottles (limited release begins 11/14/2008)
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to the wizard. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is oak, brown sugar, fig, booze. Medium body, dark fruit, caramel, oak, boozy finish, a bit oxidized but still very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2017
at 18:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Ryan for sharing at Anchorage tasting: Poured a caramel color with tan beige head. Aroma is sticky with malt caramel. Taste is sticky molasses and caramel. This thing has held up amazing over the years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2016
at 14:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz. bottle, sent from BrewtopiaofPJ (thanks a lot, Mark), pours a deep dark mahogany / dark brown with a fairly large foamy beige head. Aroma of red wine barrels, alcohol and dark fruits - very boozy, vinous and complex. Flavour brings out loads of raisins, red wine, caramel and booze. Very raisin-y, with quite a bit of sweet caramel and moderate red wine notes. The near-15% is incredibly well-concealed. It is a big cloyingly sweet, but very well-rounded nevertheless. Drinkable in small doses. Good stuff, but highly overrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2013
at 21:34
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
19th November 2011
Opaque black beer with a big pale tan head. he head imparts an amazingly vibrant treacle toffee! Palate is smooth and semi dry. Dark toffee malt cream with lovely red wine on top, it’s mellow and fruity. Semi dry finish. Delightful! Different and full of flavour.
Opaque black beer with a big pale tan head. he head imparts an amazingly vibrant treacle toffee! Palate is smooth and semi dry. Dark toffee malt cream with lovely red wine on top, it’s mellow and fruity. Semi dry finish. Delightful! Different and full of flavour.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2013
at 03:45
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Had this at the 2011 Pittsburgh Ratebeer Christmas Eve Eve Tasting. Big thanks to Mr Chopin for this very unique and valuable beer. Big cream soda looking pour with a big head. Weird aroma, very sweet-ish for lack of a better descriptor. Taste is wew, quite alky and certainly holds its own on letting you know its 14%, perhaps more. Over the top in more than beer personality. Did I say alky is present? Once again Kevin kicks my ass in a tasting and now I would do well to forget about trying any other beer. MY TASTE BUDS ARE FRIED! Please Kevin, get me a gallon of water to cleanse my cheapie lager loven’ palate! Can this really be called beer? This wanna bee quad, like most american quads, leaves something to be desired when compared to the real refined beldgy quads such as Het Kapittel Watou Abt.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2011
at 14:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate chocolate malt, licorice - konfekt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100912]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2010
at 00:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy mahogany with a large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel, figs, prunes and plums. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, yeast, caramel, nuts, figs, prunes and drying hops. Warming alcohol towards the finish.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 13:07