7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz can purchased as part of a mix a six at K-7 Liquors in Shawnee, Kansas. The pour is a slight haze yellow gold with a three inch foamy white head. Foam falls with nice lace. The aroma is clove, mild phenols, straw and a bit of banana fruit sweet. The taste is wheat grain, lemon, straw and the clove yeast notes. None of the banana transitions to the taste, which was good, made for cleaner flavors. The palate is light bodied with active natural carbonation and the lingering citrus in the finish. Easy drinking, enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2015
at 09:57
7/10
Tried
on 22 Feb 2015
at 17:21
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the brewery - should probably be listed as a belgian strong ale - turbid amber - nose is mostly.remnants of the various barrel.treatments - some wine, a lot of whiskey, some oxidation - flavor is much the same - dusty yeast, spicy phenolics, moderate doughy sweetness, grape must - oxidation and muddled barrel character - some interesting muskiness, especially in the nose, but otherwise watery and indistinct.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2015
at 18:47
4.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
At the brewery - bloody hell, why did I even bother to try this? - it smells.and tastes like a tripel infused with herbs then blended with vodka - there is a lightly pleasant muskiness to the aroma, and there is some interest tropical character in the flavor - other thwn that, heavily sweet, highly alcoholic, and difficult to stomach - seems like one of those beers they made to see if they could/should - they shouldn’t have.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 18:26
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the brewery - pours pitch black - moderate lace - I’ve been meaning to revisit new batches of the base beer and this beer really motivates me - the whiskey barrel makes it a little boozy, but there is a lot of great stuff going on here - nose of brown sugar, tamarind, smoke, raisin, tannic notes - flavor hasa lot of earthy, peaty charactwr from the whiskey - sweet, but with a dry earthy whiskey and smoke quality - bittersweet chocolate - dark fruit - finish is a little hot, but this is fairly.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2015
at 18:09
6.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Taster pour at the brewery, which is more than enough - very sweet and quite.boozy throughout the nose and flavor - there are some notes of plum and treacle that go well with the high sweetness - there is also and nice earthy and.spicy phenolic.profile that punches through the sweetness and booze - finish is barrel (coconut) and sugared plum - okay, but perhaps too big for me.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 17:50
8.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber, bottle #426, release #2, anno 2013 courtesy of and shared with Omgrich. Couleur brune foncée presque noire, col épais et crémeux café au lait tirant sur le moka. Arôme est superbe avec un malté divin le tout sur un whisky restant discret mais efficace et qui apporte sa petite dose de vanille et boisé. Palais est fortement centré sur les malts, ici des notes caramel, chocolaté avec un rappel presque de cacao. Le whisky est présent et ajoute une petite pointe vanillée venant probablement de la vanille et du chêne américain si caractéristique. Le tout est épais et délicieux avec un petit rétro de cassis noirs, malt cara avec une fini note d’amertume et un léger boisé épicé. Mémorable, qui se déguste à l’aise, gagnant en complexité au fil du temps.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 09:11
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber shared by notalush. Poured into St. Bernardus tasting goblet. Thick golden color, no clarity, medium head that fades to a thick lacing, not sticky. Aroma has pear candy esters, not sweet but Belgian and sweet-ish, very restrained and well controlled esters. A grainy/sandy malt crust character, very nice mix. Mouthfeel has a sprinkle that travels through the medium-thick body and really breaks up the big beer. Speaking of big, no boozy at all. Flavor is similar with maybe a citrus (or coriander) hint with smooth esters (similarly controlled). Soft finish with the pear crust again. Really a treat for the style to be this nice in the States.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2015
at 23:43
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Tom. Pours a cloudy copper brown with small off white head. The aroma is candy sugar, wood, rum. Medium mouth with candy sugar, sweet malt, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 17:06
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at River North - turbid purplish red - kind of a mix of american strong and belgian quad - nose is toffee, plum, hazelnut, dusty yeast - flavor starts out with toasty malt, nuts, toffee - then it becomes much more belgian in character - dusty, earthy, moderatly peppery - finish is burnt sugars and lingering earthiness - it opens up a bit as it warms and the rougher malt characteristics are mellowed out - a lot more brown sugar and dark.fruit - stronger peppery yeast character - a grower, especially as it warms, but the malt character is still slightly rough.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2014
at 14:31