Subsidiaries
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks to MRomero548 for this one. Opaque black pour with a deep tan head. Aroma is sweet malt with some roast and a bit of chocolate. The palate is smooth, delivering a well balanced flavor that has some roasty bitterness, sweet malt and maybe s touch of smoke. This is probably at it’s peak, age wise, but certainly not done yet.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2005
at 09:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark blackish beer with a nice rich cocoa head. Roasty malt aroma with some chocolate. Full roasty, chocolate, coffee, and some licorice flavors. Rich, velvety mouthfeel. Lingering roastiness in the aftertaste. Very well put together, but for expected a little more oomph to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2005
at 15:40
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Dark reddish-brown colour. Dull, no head. aroma of chocolate, nuts, woody/earthy hops. The palate is smooth - a little oily even - with nuts, chocolate and hints of smoke, too. The finish is peanutty and sweet. It has some okay elements, but the package simply is not compelling. Heavy on the Stone yeast, too, also not so compelling (for me, anyway).
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 23:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Paid $6.22 for a 22-ozer. Light golden with a large head. Bubblegummy aroma... smells a bit oversweet. Flavor is a lot less sweet than the aroma, and is very pleasant. Flavors include apricot, cinnamon, banana, lime, pine, and other inserted spices. Very nice flavor!
Tried
on 05 Jan 2005
at 21:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
8th anniversary: August 2004. Paid $6.25 for a 22oz bottle that I’m drinking out of my 22-oz sampling tulip glass. Pours dark brown, with a small, but frothy tan head. Not that impressive of a smell: sweet malty aroma, but it’s not earthshattering, or even that strong. Flavor is thick and rich: has liquor accents utop sweet malts, with a hint of a licorice flavor. Good, but doesn’t stand out as that "special" special beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2004
at 01:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Citrus hop aroma. Rich red-amber color with a big off-white creamy head. Light body - could use more malt backing. Citrus hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2004
at 12:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden bronze, thin head. Chewy, resiny aroma with oatmeal cookie dough. Deep resiny hop palate with that tongue-scraping bitterness that extends past the taste threshold. Rich malts in the finish with alcoholic warmth. I’ve had too many beers like this.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2004
at 12:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Red brown ale with copper hues, no head. Sweet funky earthy aroma, almost smell the farm. Sweet caramel malt with raisins, and roasted coffee beans. Light alcohol burn and vanilla. Oily mouthfeel. rich bodied. Well balanced. Nov. 28 2004. Bought at CJ’s in Potsdam, NY.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2004
at 22:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Light black with thick off white head. Light hops and smoked peat aroma. Sweet malt chocolate and smoked nuts with crisp mouthfeel. Rather complex body. Summer 2004.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2004
at 21:53
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Hazy blonde colour with a thin white head that doesn’t last long at all. Aroma of coriander seed & curacao-some meat and mushrooms too-pretty gross. Medium-bodied; Coriander seed freshness in the taste is the most noticeable. This beer is not a tripel at all, more so of a white, but not a well-crafted beer. Aftertaste is not good, i’d rather have any other beer at this point in time, even a brown or an amber. This was truly dissapointing and probably the worst beer of the night, altogether. Thanks to Jeffin for bringing this 65 cL bottle-a treat for everyone! I sampled this 65 cL bottle at the November RB party at Founder’s in Alexandria, Virginia on 20-November-2004.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2004
at 22:28