7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Mine had no year or bottle # A.C.D. on the cap. 9.7 oz bottle. A straight into the glass pour produced a small diminishing head on this deep brown, ruby highlighted beer. Strong sweet aroma that carries some notes of chocolate covered cherries, caramel and a hint of smoke. The flavor picks right up with the chocolate covered cherries and has a lemony finish to it. Some licorice in there too. Very thick and syrupy body make this a definite sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2004
at 21:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Very black colour, NO head. Aroma totally like sherry. Sweet... liquorice... bitter... salty... Very good effort. I thought I’d never say this, but there may be too much flavour in this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2004
at 19:33
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
An amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet caramelic and quite hoppy. The flavor is slightly sour (probably because of the low ABV) with notes of caramel leading up to a dry end.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2004
at 16:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask. OK hop aroma, grassy and piney. Almost clear grey/chestnut colour. Small creamy head. The flavour is nice and hoppy. Hop aromatic, grassy and piney. Medium bitterness, quite nice, not rough. Low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2004
at 17:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
An opaque unclear brown beer with no head. The aroma is fruity with notes of sweet prunes. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, prunes, and licorice while the body is thin.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2004
at 17:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear orange color, short off-white head. Aroma is very dry hopped. Bitter and crisp taste. Dry palate.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2004
at 07:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled, 275ml bottle, alc. 8.1%
Drinking Christmas ale in August was ... interesting. Dark nut brown. Brown head with big bubbles. Clove, prunes - a kind of pudding aroma. Low carbonation. Spicey with bitter aftertaste: hints of clove and cinnamon. Some alcoholic kick in the middle reveals high ABV. Similar to George Cale Christmas Ale but not so yeasty. (6/4/4/2/10 2.6).
Re-rate in 2006, bottle, most likely 2002 vintage. Dark muddy brown, small tan head. Toffeish, light oxidation in the aroma. Wineous, full bodied, toffeish flavor. (7/4/8/4/16 3.9)
Re-rated in 2007, same batch than previous ones
Sherry-like outstandingly drinkable liquerish palate. Raisins. prunes and dark bread. (8/4/8/4/16 4.0)
Drinking Christmas ale in August was ... interesting. Dark nut brown. Brown head with big bubbles. Clove, prunes - a kind of pudding aroma. Low carbonation. Spicey with bitter aftertaste: hints of clove and cinnamon. Some alcoholic kick in the middle reveals high ABV. Similar to George Cale Christmas Ale but not so yeasty. (6/4/4/2/10 2.6).
Re-rate in 2006, bottle, most likely 2002 vintage. Dark muddy brown, small tan head. Toffeish, light oxidation in the aroma. Wineous, full bodied, toffeish flavor. (7/4/8/4/16 3.9)
Re-rated in 2007, same batch than previous ones
Sherry-like outstandingly drinkable liquerish palate. Raisins. prunes and dark bread. (8/4/8/4/16 4.0)
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2004
at 13:08
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A dark orange beer with a small head. It has next to no aroma, but the aroma that is there is very sour - almost like stomach acid. The flavor cask flat with notes of lemon, peach, and with the special wheat sourness before a dry hoppy end sets in. This tastes like a wheat beer mixed with a bitter - is that a new class of beer? on my palate the mixing of styles doesn’t come out well.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2004
at 05:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at the GA 14% gathering. Thanks to TheBeerCellar2 for bringing it! This poured a very small head that quickly disappeared. Molasses in the aroma. Flavor of soy sauce and raisins with a dry, chalky, sticky, palate. Heavy and overpowering.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2004
at 21:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Slightly sweet. Quite distinct liquorice flavour. Also a hint of nuttiness which I dont find suits this style very well. On the other hand it doesnt bother me too much.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jun 2004
at 04:38