5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
2003 bottle. Pours with a small, off-white head covering an amber body with lots of particles. Some lacing from the head. Aroma of port, fruits, some spiceyness, and lots of oxidized hops. Taste is oxidized, sour, over the hill with lingering bitter rasins. Too old, but I was expecting it, eventhough I bought it from a Whole Foods on the day that I drank it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2008
at 18:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle (2005 vintage). Getting the plastic off the cap area proved to be the first major hurdle... then realizing that I didn’t have a cork screw on me... the things I don’t do for this \"hobby.\" As I finally wear down the bottles resistance, I find a murky brown with a bit of fizzy carbonation and dank and sour aromas. At this point I’m wondering if it will be more like a sour or an old ale. After first sip, I have to say that this is a rather unique ale. Flavors swirl back and forth between sweet and stickymalts and sour apples and acidic vinegar. Interesting, but I’m not sold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2008
at 21:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[2005 vintage] Hazy amber with no head. Sweet fruity aroma with vinious notes. Sweet and womewhat oxydized flavor with notes of ripe fruits, port and caramel.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 07:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Re-rate, bottle, 2002 vintage, BBE Jun 2007, at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-03-12) Port wine red and hazy. Hardly any head. Raisin and malts in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate with hardly any carbonation. Malts, mämmi, raisin and light bitterness in taste. Malty and dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2008
at 02:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Vintage 2002. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small fast disappearing off-white head. Sweet malty dark fruit aroma with some earthy hints. Sweetish malty dark fruit dlavor with some vinous hints and also some earthy tones. Long malty dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2008
at 10:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Brewed in 2005. Vinous dark fruit aroma. Dark hazy amber color with no head at all. Full in body with essentially no carbonation. Flavor is a bit flat, then dark fruit, fortified wine, and something grape. Makes the mouth go strange. It’s very tasty. Something like brandy cask wood comes forth. There’s a paperishness towards the finish. Could be old cherry notes. So glad Fullers hasn’t "retired" this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2008
at 20:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (2003 version). Nice head with medium duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are dark fruits with notes of caramel and quite vinous too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2008
at 16:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, licorice, sweet, malt. Flavour is sweet, alcohol, vinegar, sour, licorice. Too much vinegar in the body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2008
at 06:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Christian Firtal, 5000 Odense, Denmark. Clear medium to dark amber color with a samll, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (260108)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2008
at 03:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. A quite dark golden, clear bear without head. Nice oxidized nose with alcohol and sweetness. Port as well? Sweet, slightly vinegary flavor, proving that oxidation can be good, but it’s too sourish/vinegary in the finish. Medium body. A complex, lovely oxidized beer. Suspect it’s even better fresh, though. (080118)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2008
at 14:23