8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark ruby colour. Nice, light brown head. Spicy aroma. The flavour is spicy, very spicy. Lots of nutmeg and cardamom. Gets Porter-like in the finish.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2002
at 12:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cloudy orange color, with short quickly dying head. Fruity, sour yeasty aroma. Flavor of sour yeast, sweet malts and dry bitter hops. Bitter hops remain in the dry palate.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2002
at 05:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Mahogany colour, little head. Hoppy, spicy aroma, rich on nutmeg. Rather sweet, but with clean malt profile and notes of chocoalate. Thorouhgly pleasant and complex with lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2002
at 08:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Very dark brown; aroma of ginger, toffee, spruce, nutmeg; intense flavour like eating a tree - acrid pine resin coats your mouth - molasses and thick dark malts also present. Interesting, but unbalanced
Tried
on 21 Dec 2002
at 11:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours out leaving no head, and barely any lacing, but has a nice red color, and signature aroma that I've come to expect from the better barley wines (malts and fruits shooting up into the sinus cavities). The flavor has a bit too much hop presence for this style of beer, and the malty sweetness is a tiny bit lacking. The body, too, seems a bit thin and lacking in some respect. The finish doesn't last very long, and the last thing you taste is the hops, which I don't enjoy in this style. I expected more. It's alright, but there are much better, and for this price, I probably won't buy this again.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2002
at 18:41
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Faint sweet nose. Very clean dry taste.Would be fine on a hot day...........
Tried
on 18 Dec 2002
at 18:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cloudy brown color, with small head. Strong aroma, fruity, malty, bit sourness. Nice malty taste, slightly alcholic. However, palate is quite bad, sour bitter alcoholic, bit metallic even.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2002
at 11:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Comments amber with immense tan head. Great balance. Good malt Mouthcoating quality
Tried
on 25 Nov 2002
at 14:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
1988 version deep amber, large tan head.Small intense bead. spiced nose, spiced malt taste with a tart finish.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2002
at 09:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
One of my favorites. Great hop profile......................................
Tried
on 22 Nov 2002
at 15:18