4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Had the pleasure of sampling this at the 1/27/2008 Pittsburgh ratebeer.com gathering and festival upstairs, Sharp Edge Creekhouse. It will be a long time, if ever I am invited again and I see a spread of bottles like I did there - ever again. I am not good enough for the beers that were that we sampled! For example, how about this beer, from the manager himself, mtoast. Smells a little sweet and fruity, somewhat like wine at times. Slightly hazy pale yellow with decent lacing. Barely any carbonation. Fairly strong with alky but it seem to have less than the 7.7% listed here. Overall rather strong, shows confidence in it’s personality. After a while this stuff really gets to the back of the throat, in a good way of course.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2008
at 19:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of nicolascage. Slightly hazy, reddish brown with a creamy, light brown head. Vinous and complex aroma of dried fruit and port. Quite full-bodied with very sweet caramel flavours, some overripe fruit, vanilla and sherry. A little low in carbonation and a very subdued bitternes. This really is like fluid candy. Very delicious indeed. 191207
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2007
at 07:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
750mL bottle shared by Jimmack. Lots of talk that his has gone downhill too much but fortunately this is a bottle Jimmack has kept in his basement all this time and doing rather fine. It has seems to already reached its apex but still a very enjoyable brew.
Aroma is full on thick aged biscuit maltiness. Then some faint wild touches and a bit of grape skin. But definitely feels old. Taste is a bit mineral with faint wild/sour touches again and a sweet pear flavor. The color is a completely murky golden, cannot see through it. Probably the 2nd best HW Saison holding up at this point.
Aroma is full on thick aged biscuit maltiness. Then some faint wild touches and a bit of grape skin. But definitely feels old. Taste is a bit mineral with faint wild/sour touches again and a sweet pear flavor. The color is a completely murky golden, cannot see through it. Probably the 2nd best HW Saison holding up at this point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2007
at 11:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From bottle, no 19 at Papsoes blindtasting. Pours hazy brown to light orange and with a fully diminshed white head. Berry fruity aroma into a whiskey like aroma. Flavour is quite sweet and dried fruity. Almost syrup like feel and flavour. Ends with a lingering sweet fruity tone. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2007
at 14:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. An unclear amber beer with an orange-tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of wood and vanilla with an underlying acidity. The flavor is sweet wooy with notes of prunes, over ripe fruit, vanilla, and some hops, leading to a dry finish with some acidity showing up. The alcohol burns slightly in the throat. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2007
at 15:56
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting: Poured copper color with off white head. The aroma is fruit and spice. The taste was a sour tingley fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2007
at 15:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting
Cloudy dark amber-red color. Strong oaky aroma, mellow, with sweet tobacco. Sweet brew, with an interesting woody and vanilla flavor, full malty, with a light sourness that I have to understand if it’s nice or disturbing. Inprecise, but overall, deeply pleasant for me.
Cloudy dark amber-red color. Strong oaky aroma, mellow, with sweet tobacco. Sweet brew, with an interesting woody and vanilla flavor, full malty, with a light sourness that I have to understand if it’s nice or disturbing. Inprecise, but overall, deeply pleasant for me.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2007
at 06:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting ... Copper brown colour ... odd not unpleasent fruity high hop nose ... fizzy fruity little tart fruit hint of lemon and apples.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2007
at 05:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of pineypower. Hazy, amber golden with a lively, beige head leaving some laces. Very sweet vanilla and bourbon notes. Quite a full body, a little low in carbonation, but rather high in extremely sweet and sugary caramel notes. Lots of bourbon in the finish, but absolutely no bitterness. The sweetness is a bit overwhelming making this a bit out of balance, but it’s still a lovely beer. 301107
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2007
at 14:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of Degarth. It pours very dark with explosive tan head. Good size aroma of sour berries, sweet berries, tartness and mild funk. The taste is lively with sweet berry fruitiness, a mild sour note and mild tartness. Beyond midway I get faint oxidation that doesn’t interfere at all with the experience. There’s also mild red wine fruitiness and tannin tartness.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2007
at 22:00