7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled - probably my rating # 15,000 if I include my backlog. A hazy deep red beer with a huge tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, hops, fruit, and berries. The flavor is sweet malty with a light acidic edge, strong notes of fruit, medium notes of wood, and lighter notes of vanilla and alcohol, leading to a slightly tart finish. The alcohol leaves a burn on the tongue. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2009
at 17:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of pepsican/iowaherkey. Slightly hazy amber golden with a yellowish head. Aroma of caramel, spicy hops and overripe fruit. Medium body with sweet overripe fruit and burned caramel. rather hoppy finish. 290509
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2009
at 12:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of pepsican/iowaherkey. Pours a dark brown with a tint of red and a creamy beige head. Aroma of hard roasted malt and lightly tart cherry, a whiff of butter also. Medium body, hard roasted malt and lightly tart notes of cherry. The finish also has some tartness combined with a solid dryness. fresh. 290509
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2009
at 12:46
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Hazy amber color; medium head. Very nice aroma, the typical American Strong Ale, with a lot of caramel and resiny hops, but this time it’s also extremely creamy,and a bit earthy. Very good body, smooth; the flavor has strong caramel, maybe medium sweet but with strong alcohol (a bit too much), followed by the usual strong hopping, quite resiny, and with some bitter oranges; there is also a touch of vegetables, not pleasant but hidden by the rest. There is something a bit confusing here, but overall it’s a very good beer.
Hazy amber color; medium head. Very nice aroma, the typical American Strong Ale, with a lot of caramel and resiny hops, but this time it’s also extremely creamy,and a bit earthy. Very good body, smooth; the flavor has strong caramel, maybe medium sweet but with strong alcohol (a bit too much), followed by the usual strong hopping, quite resiny, and with some bitter oranges; there is also a touch of vegetables, not pleasant but hidden by the rest. There is something a bit confusing here, but overall it’s a very good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2009
at 16:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Dark color, mahogany with ruby shades; medium creamy head. The aroma is very nice, clearly it has Bourbon vanilla, persistent, with sweet nuts, ending with an impression of cinnamon and fudge. Unfortunately the flavor shows, for me, some flaws: unwanted sourness, chocolate flavor, the sweetness is gone, some mou (fudge) candy trace, quite harsh final (medium sourness mixed with partially roasted malts). Confused.
I had to fairly adjust the score after the tasting, as it was not mentioned that it was a cherry beer. Originally: 8-4-5-3-11.
Dark color, mahogany with ruby shades; medium creamy head. The aroma is very nice, clearly it has Bourbon vanilla, persistent, with sweet nuts, ending with an impression of cinnamon and fudge. Unfortunately the flavor shows, for me, some flaws: unwanted sourness, chocolate flavor, the sweetness is gone, some mou (fudge) candy trace, quite harsh final (medium sourness mixed with partially roasted malts). Confused.
I had to fairly adjust the score after the tasting, as it was not mentioned that it was a cherry beer. Originally: 8-4-5-3-11.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2009
at 16:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at Ft Wayne tasting - Pours black with a tan head. It smells of dark roast malt and chocolate. There’s a big roast malt flavor with ample chocolate character. It’s a sweet beer with a little bitterness showing up in the finish of this full bodied brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2009
at 22:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From bottle, blind #27. Pours cloudy dark amber with a small off-white head. Dry wooden hoppy aroma. Dry wooden, dense fruity and acidic to citric fruity flavoured. Bitter and acidic flavoured into a lasting dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2009
at 19:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From bottle, blind #26. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Fruity and slight wineous aroma, subdued hoppy. Fruity and light roasted to vague sulphorish flavoured. Light dry wooden and fruity into a lasting mixed impression into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2009
at 19:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown colour. Thick head. Rich coffee nose with dark choclate. Fairly heavy with both vanilla bean and coffee bean. Sweetish in the finish veers this towards vanilla latte territory and that’s not going to work for me. The underlying quality of the ingredients and production is evident but the profile of the beer is simply not to my taste.
Tried
on 08 May 2009
at 13:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at DLD ...Deep water ... big coffee nose ... smooth roast ... light bitter ... coffee front ... load and loads of cofeee ... quite hoppy ... just a bit too much
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2009
at 07:48