8.1

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

2016 bottle from trade. Deep brown porter pour, a bit of fizz that's gone swiftly. Nose of sweet chocolate and cherry. Taste carries just a light chocolate note, and there's some vanilla, too. Would be astounding with some time in a bourbon barrel, but this is just fine. Mouthfeel is kind of light for a 10% abv beer. But there's some fine prickly effervescence, that's held up incredibly for an almost 10-year old big bottle. Warming alcohol slips in there after a while. Great high-end beer from a brewery that we keep thinking MIGHT return.

7

RB score3.22

5

UM, I GUESS I DRANK THIS AT WORLD OF BEER?

7.8

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

OMT 2023 Advent Calendar Day 16 - Old turd you've been looking for an excuse to get out of the cellar (…but it may be awesome).

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Murky bronze with a medium sized foamy head. Tangy and sweet with raspberry, wine and a hint of medicine. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Pale yellow with an enormous foamy white head. Tart tangy with salt, lime and a bit of passion fruit. Medium finish. Light bodied and very overcarbonated.

6.5

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

So I had this beer in 2022, no ratings since 2018, it looks like this beer was produced in 2017. The label does not have a bottling date, but does have a copyright on the artwork dated 2017. So I guess it doesn't hold up super well after 5 years. And I know where to get like 6 or 7 bottles if you want them because the beer store near me only seems to sell old out of date shit. I had hoped this one might hold up, but not quite. But based on some of the last ratings, which weren't overly descriptive, mine seems more complex. First is that it has a very interesting note redolent of barrel funk and cherry pits, slight cheesiness. No coffee. Flavor starts with a bit of funk/tart, sweet at the middle, then empty, then a rising weird bitterness. Papery, sherry-like, in the aftertaste. That's the age showing. I managed to drink the whole 750, mainly because I didn't want to waste it and wanted to get a little drunk, but if it was a drainpour, I would have drainpoured. It wasn't. I feel like this might have hit an interesting peak after 2-3 years, it had an nice funkiness and complexity, but the sherry notes really tell the story of oxidation.

7

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

On tap at GTOM. Pours a cloudy yellow with small white head. The aroma is grapefruit, salt, wheat. Thin body, grapefruit juice, salty, light tartness, very good.

7

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

On tap at GTOM. Pours a cloudy yellow orange with frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong passionfruit and dank. Medium body, juicy, passionfruit, melon, pine, light bitterness, very good.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at GTOM. Pours a hazy yellow with frothy white head. The aroma is strong guava, lemon zest, wheat. Thin body, very tart, citrus, guava, very good.