Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange to brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and slight fruity. Sweet, dark and roasted malty flavoured. Sweet and dark malty into the finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle: Poured a dark porter with a super huge medium brown foamy head with super great retention and lacing – almost to the point where I am wondering if something is wrong. Aroma of sour roasted malt is not very enticing and smells like an infection. Taste is way too sour or style. Unfortunately this one is infected and I will have to re-rate at some point in time.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle @Jimmack Invitational thanks joeec5–pours a light tan ring for a head and dark copper color. Aroma is dark fruit, sweet medium/dark malt. Taste is dark fruit-cherry, sweet medium/dark malt, some earthy hops, alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Jimmack’s invitational. Pours brown. Nose and taste of figs, dates, raisins, brown sugars and molasses. Very sweet and delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Another bottle shared by the great footbalm, thanks again
Appearance: Pours clear mahogany with no head or lacing
Aroma: Caramel, dark malts and fruits
Taste: Hot alcohols, sweet malts, dark fruits
A decent Barley wine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Bottle at home ... black ... huge brown foam head ... slightly sour roast malt ... little chocolate nose .... over fizzy ... definite sourness ... has the bottle turned ... i certainly think so ... some roast malt ... some chocolate but ruined by sourness... bugger
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle on 10/18/2009 Fairly clear mahogany color with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet fruity and sugary aroma with some caramelized notes. Dry fruity malt flavor, some caramelization and molasses hints. Medium full body with moderately high carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Color is glowing red with medium clarity. Aroma is all that shitty kriek aroma that turned into vomit, just amateur nigh on the nose. Flavor has less of that vomit and just cherry candy that is a bit spiky. The vomit lingers in the aftertaste, but not badly. Eh, this was not impressive for my first General Lafayette beer. It has a long way to go to mimic anything related to a traditional lambic.
On tap in a real pint glass at Mugs Ale House
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On cask at Friday the Firkenteenth at the Grey Lodge Pub. Translucent purple, brown with zero head. Mild aroma, almost non descript. Flavor is sweet, malty, candy sugar with the pale malts mostly shining through. Thin, watery finish. Too thin in the nose, flavor and finish. Don’t know what the General pulled from his cellar to blend but maybe he should find something better next time.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
bottle, pours black with a tall brown head. Roasty cocoa nib nose. Sour roasted maltand milk chocolate flavors. Not bad, but I think the heavy carbonation hurts a little.