RBSG07. From 75 cL bottle. Pours deep amber to brown. Aroma of dried raisin, no sweetness. Flavour is sweet and alcohol with a nice raisin flavour. Finish is sweet going dry.

750 ml bottle. Maybe I had higher expectations than I should have had because I was trying a Lost Abbey ale, but this one left me wanting. Though this beer is not meant to be as complex as its Belgian cousins, it was mostly one-dimensional and that one dimension was not all that enjoyable. Cloudy yellow-golden body with a fizzy, small, white head. Aroma is grainy with a hint of lacquer-like yeast. The flavor is moderately sweet and harshly bitter with a light astringency on top of that. Lively carbonation and a medium body.

Bottle on 07/18/2009. Dark brown body with a medium frothy tan head. Light tart aroma with lots of molassas and caramel. Sweet, tart flavor, lots of spice, with some allspice and clove. Medium full body with moderately high carbonation. 7/4/8/3/16 - 3.8 06/28/2007: RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Hazy dark amber body with a small white head. Heavy spice aroma. Sweet caramel and molassas flavor with a heavy spice ending. 8/3/8/3/16 - 3.8

RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Hazy dark amber body with a small white head. Sweet caramel and molassas aroma. Sweet spiced molassas and caramel flavor.

Bottle: Poured a medium yellow color ale with a big foamy white head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma of medium sweet malt with a distinctive yeast presence. Taste is dominated by medium sweet malt with some bread and yeast notes and a slightly dry finish. Body is about average with some great carbonation. Interesting but lacking some character to make this truly interesting and I cannot see this beer aging well.

This was good. I wasn’t sure what it was while drinking it. Light, sweet hops in the aroma with citrus. Flavor has lemon, pine, and is fairly dry and moderately hopped. It is well hopped for the style, and seems to rely on hops rather than spices for flavor. Cloudy gold color. Thanks to Badgerben for sharing.

750 ml cork and wire shared with JoeMcPhee at the Blind Tiger, I am so glad someone was around to help me with this piece of crap-ola. Actually the cork smelled really good. Poured with a small head that quickly fades away, which makes the beer look really still. Actually looks like slightly dark cola with similar light edges. Cannot see through the beer but it looks thin, a la soda. Aroma is strong with chocolate, molasses, burnt bitterness, and alcoholic prunes. As it warms up syrupy barleywine aspects come out as well. At first the aroma is cool and you think to yourself there is a lot of life in this beer. Then, its like, well, this aroma is strong but it’s crappy and all out of balance. Then you are like, damn... Taste is cherry alcohol and sweet brown sugar, pretty much a strong, boozy, sweet beer. Overall, could be cool but as keep drinking it, the thin ass body and the over the top flavors really start to suck. And by the end, I was just trying to get my money’s worth out of this damn bottle. This has all the pitfalls of American Quads, too much overpowering flavor with no substance behind it. Worst US Quad, EVER! You know, I don’t even like the label.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of IrishBoy. Slightly hazy golden with a small, off-white head. Fruity and spicy nose. Medium body with very fruity notes, lightly sweet malt and perhaps a touch of honey. The finish though is dominated by a brutal and very astringent bitterness which is far from pleasant. 180607

Bottle pours a deep redish brown with a small sandy comored head. Tons of rich ripe pitted fruit, plums brown sugar and a little spiciness. Flavor was a bit of a let down. Slightly roasted dark pitted fruits aain, some tof the raisons the lable claims and a nice slightly sour bite. Medium bodies and a dry finish. Thanks Jordan.