Subsidiaries
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to droopy49 for this one! A hazy orange/amber body under a huge, creamy, off-white head. Light malt and citrus hop aroma. Very fruity. Moderately bitter with a good malt support. Smooth medium body. I could drink a bunch of these.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2006
at 07:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0.5L bottle with flip cap. Pours completely black with big tight bubbled head. Aroma of sweet molasses, toffee and burnt malts. Flavor is several layers of malts. I taste chocolate malts, dark roasted malts, a hint of black patent burnt malts and some sweeter caramel malts. Some molasses and toffee sweetness hits about midway. Some coffee and vanilla notes enter before the sipping experience ends.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2006
at 21:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a low off-white head. Slight grapefruit/pine aroma. Fresh grapefruit/pine flavor with good caramel backing and decent bitterness (though it fades quickly). Medium bodies. Good balance. Nice hop flavor but could be better with more bittering.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2006
at 16:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pours a hazy medium amber with a small but sticky head and lacing. Aroma is a sweet dark malty flavor. reminecent of a barlywine. Flavor is also rather malty, brown sugar, raisons and the notes of the bourbon barrell that it was aged in. Softly carbonated and a very nice full smooth palate. Thanks Jordan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2006
at 21:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nose shows dark fruits, roasty malts, and a little smoke. Transparent dark brown with no head; flavor is of semi-tart dark fruit with some malt, and virtually no carbonation. No where near as good as the barrel-aged Barleywine or even the 15th Aniversary lager. Like the others, though, the alcohol is well covered. 11/11/06 Draft at the Bistro BABF Much better than the bottled version having sat in the oak longer ABV 11.75% Nose of caramel, oak and dark friut; brown with a small tan head; flavor caramel, oak dark friuts and alcohol finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2006
at 19:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Bronze beer with an off-white head. Big fruity tangerine/grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit flavor with tangerine sweetness and a nice caramel backing. Great IPA balance. Easy to drink, but not light bodied. Lingering bitterness. More caramel than others of the Summit IPA competition.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2006
at 10:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Brown beer with no head. Vanilla and bourbon aroma with some sweet malt. Vanilla, oak, and some fruitiness with malt backing. Bourbon not overpowering - still gives the most character, but doesn’t dominate. Nice. Hides alcohol well. Low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2006
at 15:49
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Rich mahogony color with no head. Rich malt aroma with chocolate and fruit. Brandy slightly noticeable. Malty, cherry, chocolate, brandy flavor that lingers. Slight alcohol warming, but well hidden. Flavor melds together very nicely. I just wish the bottle was bigger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2006
at 18:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to beastiefan2k for bringing this to the NYRBG - quite a dry, roasty and "traditional" kind of imperial, more like some of the better British examples (which is odd and refreshing coming from a California brewery) - roasty and woody, quite dry throughout, with some faint vinous notes coming through in the finish - touches of bakers chocolate - a tad thin at the end, but otherwise good.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2006
at 18:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Tever. Cellared for a few weeks and fridged for 30 minutes. Little 6oz nip poured into a small glass. Poured a dark ruby red with visible carbonation. Can only see through the beer when you put it opposite a light. Medium head that quickly dissipated into a thick lacing. Aroma is strong and nothing like a Lager. This means I may enjoy it actualy. Smell is more like a doppelbock. Strong doopelbock-malt aroma with hints of bourbon/oak underneath that. Alcohol - particularly the bourbon - present in the aroma. Taste is subdued for something this strong. Definite bourbon/oak taste - interesting but a bit of a turn off as well. Some meatiness (not smoke) in there as well. Leaves an oak-y cola like aftertaste. Definite burn in the throat, HOT. Low bitterness. This is one of the more oak present beers I have had (this and Avery Samuels). Whoever thought of making a Lager that may need to age, what will they think of next?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2006
at 23:28