Kosmyk Charlie Y2K Catastrophe Ale - Central Waters Brewing Company

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A well-crafted barleywine, a little helpful cellaring by Derek. Good barleywine aroma. Ruby with lace. The taste is dry and woody, particularly so in the finish. A touch of bourbon, a touch of chocolate. Does not seem like 10%. Satisfying above-average barlywine.Nice balance.

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2008 03:52:50 | More by northyorksammy

BuckeyeNation

Iowa

3.78/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Electric orange with a near equal amount of candy apple red. What a stunning color! A fine yeasty haze and few bubbles can be seen within the body of the barleywine. Something has to be sustaining the pearlescent cap of milkshake creamy foam. What a great look.

The aroma puts the brakes on the proceedings, while easily avoiding a head-on collison. It's nice and fruity, earthier than most, and betrays more than a hint of alcohol. A double digit ABV is notoriously hard to bury without a trace, although some breweries manage to do it.

My first thought was that this big brew could use more time in the cellar. Without a 'bottled on' date, it's impossible to know, but I'm thinking that it's from 2007. While there is a list of months along the side of the label, none of them are notched. Without a year, what good is the month?

The alcohol should continue to fade as Charlie loses his slight starting chill, but it probably won't disappear completely. That's okay, since barleywines need to retain some surliness or they wouldn't be barleywines. The biggest reason that more rest would be good is because the flavors need time to meld more completely.

The flavor profile includes candied orange peel soaked in white rum, cherry pipe tobacco, caramel, and a leafy woodsiness. With less heat, this would be an immensely enjoyable ale. Maybe it's the alcohol talking, but the flavor score just got bumped up.

The mouthfeel is a bit thin for the style. The solvent-like nature of the unmasked alcohol isn't helping. Despite the 'All Quiet on the Carbonation Front' look of things, there are enough fine bubbles to keep the beer energized to the appropriate degree.

Central Waters Kosmyk Charlie's Y2K Catastrophe Ale is anything but a catastrophe (much like Y2K itself). Don't let my impatience to drink it dissuade you from buying it. Just don't make the mistake of drinking it before it's ready.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2008 15:17:54 | More by BuckeyeNation

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.15/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

thick brown, though you can see some light through it, no head and a nice lace top it off. Smell is hopped for sure, but with a subtle sugary undertone, and a hint of alcohol too. Taste is not very strong at all. There is the natural piney hoppness you would expect from a barley wine, but not too strong, there is also a sugary, nuttiness about it as well. The alcohol is there, and that keeps this a sipper. It is actually nicely carbonated, and not harsh going down, has the warm feeling on the way. Overall this was a good brew, I would not mind having another and certainly kept me warm this evening.

Serving type: bottle

07-17-2011 04:50:30 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

3.8/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Thanks for sharing this one, Mark.

A: The beer pours a cloudy dark amber color with a finger of off-white head.

S: Nice sweet nose with plenty of toffee and caramel, maybe a bit of brown sugar. Sweet and toasted bread with only a mild citrus hop note. Slight notes of oxidation, too.

T: As with the aroma, plenty of sweet, sugar notes. Caramel, toffee, and brown sugar are prominent. There's a bit more citrus, particularly grapefruit, with some light pine bitterness.

M: Medium bodied with a medium carbonation.

O: Not as good as the world famous Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, but still pretty nice.

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2011 05:22:37 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

4.43/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Reviewed from notes.

Poured into a snifter. Color is amber with some reddish hues throughout. Slight head and a bit of lacing. Nose is really quite nice with cherries, dark fruits, citrus, plum skin, and some sweet bread. Taste is cherries, sweet malt, hints of booze, and a thy amount of citrus zest. Good feel with excellent drinkability. It's no surprise that BBBW has such a fantastic base.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2010 16:20:31 | More by Thorpe429

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.8/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a clear, garnet-hued body topped by a scant, off-white head.

Smell: Sweetish, toasted caramel, oranges, and juiced plums with a few boozey hints and more than a few hints of wood.

Taste: Toasted caramel maltiness that's sweet, baby, even candyishly so. More of that wood from the aroma. Faint plum fruitiness. Hint of orange liqueur. Medium-high hop bitterness. Warming bittersweet finish.

Mouthfeel: Not quite a medium-full body. Medium carbonation.

Drinkability: Not as graceful as some of the finer examples of the style, but overall it's not a bad lil' barleywine.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2008 22:18:50 | More by ChainGangGuy

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

4.3/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

2006. Slightly hazy. Deep auburn headed towards chestnut color. Huge rocky head of light tan. Excellent retention and lacing. Aroma is malty. Very sweetly caramelish. Toffeeish... do I detect some mild buttery diacetyl under there? Nice. There's a touch of yeasty mineralish character as well. Citrusy hops come through once the head subsides a little bit. In the mouth it's full bodied with an initial zestiness on the tongue. Once warm, however, it becomes more dextrinous and creamy. The flavor is aggressive. Lots of hops and bitterness atop the sweet caramel malt base. Citrusy and piney. Sweet malt combines and softens the citrus. There's some orange, grapefruit, and pineapple. The bitterness is dense, and cuts through the sweet malt with a piney-hop chainsaw before it even gets mid-palate. Rough edges, but cooling, and refreshing. It finishes mainly dry, and piney, with a cooling, minty edge - although there is still a thin strand of sticky caramel left behind. A caramel-coated pinecone! In conclusion... some like it rough! And if that's the case this one's a rarin' ta go! - and I mean that in a good way. I can only assume that that's the way this was intended to be. Soft, sweet caramel and then BAM!!! piney-juicy PUNCH! Nice!!! But for those who like it a bit more rounded you'll need a year or two in the cellar on this one. I enjoyed it, sip by sip, with my feet propped in front of the fire... ah, err, space heater ;)

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2007 03:59:20 | More by NeroFiddled

Mora2000

Texas

4.22/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to exiled for sharing this bottle.

Pours a dark red color with a tan head. The aroma is dark fruit, caramel malt, sugar and some alcohol. The flavor is caramel, toffee, brown sugar, alcohol and dark fruit. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2010 03:40:19 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

4.2/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Poured out a clear, reddish orange color with a small, white, foamy head. It left some patchy lace.

S - It smelled sweet and malty with some nice floral notes.

T - It tasted rich and sweet. Nice caramel malt flavors with a nice hoppy, bitter kick. It had some subtle dried fruit flavors with a warm alcohol taste.

M - It was soft and smooth with a fairl y sharp finish. A medium bodied beer with a warm boozy presence.

D - This is a very good barleywine. It had some nice complex flavors.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2009 01:09:39 | More by zeff80

MasterSki

Illinois

4.15/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Grabbed a few of these in Kenosha - shared with the wife in matching FOBAB pint glasses.

A - I managed to get a half-finger's worth of tan foam that actually lingered for a bit. Negligible lacing over a slightly murky raisin brown color. This is about as good as it gets for a high-gravity barleywine.

S - Maple syrup, caramel, red licorice, raisin, smoke, wood, vanilla - really complex collection of malts in here. This is fresh, so there is still a mild amount of citrusy hops (although nowhere on the level of something like 3F Behemoth). Maybe a touch of alcohol esters in there.

T - Again, lots of caramel, maple syrup, raisins, brown sugar, etc. The citrus hop notes I detected in the smell are mostly gone, with maybe the tiniest bit lingering in the aftertaste. Alcohol is well-hidden. The taste is good, but not as wonderfully complex as the smell.

M - Big and sticky - full-bodied but not overly heavy. There's some tingle on the upper lip, but I think it's from the high ABV and not the carbonation - in any case it complements the wood and smoke notes in the smell. Some nice warming sensations.

D - One of these is plenty - it's a sipper to be sure. That being said I did find myself reaching for the glass pretty frequently.

Worth seeking out - the base beer for the Bourbon Barrel Barleywine stands up quite well on its own.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2009 05:54:56 | More by MasterSki

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

4.16/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured out as a nice amber color with a decent white head on top. The smell of the beer is malty with a hoppy aroma. The taste is also loaded with toasted caramel malt and hops. It's piney with a sweetness in the background. The mouthfeel is smooth, nicely carbonated and slick. Overall this beer is pretty damn good. Very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2013 04:26:34 | More by Knapp85

emerge077

Illinois

4.15/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Looks very nice pouring into a wide-mouthed chalice. A husky brown-amber tone, capped by a half-inch of tan foam. Dense and creamy, with an outcropping of larger bubbles from a high-altitude pour.

Sweet toffee, leafy hops, an undisclosed herb or berry. While it's still cool, there's not much indication of the booze. As it warms, it becomes more prevalent.

Inital toffee caramel sweetness, that segues into seriously bitter hops. Dryness rides out into a long finish. More herbal than pine, juicy, not too fruity though. Some peaty smoke and toasted malt comes out in the aftertaste. Mild astringency for such a huge behemoth of a Barleywine. It doesn't become cloying, but it does deserve to be sipped very slowly. One and done, a nice nightcap.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2007 04:00:27 | More by emerge077

jwc215

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks to Wasatch for this!

Pours orangeish amber with some rose hues and a thin off-white head that becomes wispy. Some lacing sticks.

The smell is of toffee, brown sugar, tropical fruits - esp. mango - with pine/resin. There's a touch of bitter cocoa and some plum. Complex and inviting.

The taste is of caramel/toffee with a tropical fruitiness - mango, esp. and pine. There is a rum-like fruity booziness to it. A slight roast and a bitterness give the sweetness balance.

The body is silky, but on the thinner/more carbonated side of the style.

Despite abv, this drinks very well. Nice fruity/slightly piney touch, along with the caramel/toffee, that lingers. A very enjoyable, solidly American, Barleywine.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2009 23:08:08 | More by jwc215

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I'm pretty sure this beer isn't retired, but anyways. It's a very mellow barleywine, more English in inspiration, but there's a American kick to the hops. The grassy, spicy hops actually are almost an aftertaste, but still standout from the hops. The malt are slight with a vanilla-oak taste, not much fruit. Worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2007 05:46:06 | More by tempest

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Tangfoot and the I Want That BIF for this bottle.

A: The barleywine is an amber brown color with little, if any, haziness. An off-white (barely) head blankets the ale but doesn't lace.

S: The aroma is a potent mix of big grains and hops. I've had the ale for over a year but the bitterness is still remarkable.

T: The malt profile is thick, strong and unabashed. Caramel and bread, both concentrated, create a heavy flavor. Matched with the malt profile is a heavy hop mix. The grains take on a ripe fruit flavor mixed with brown sugar at times.

M: The mouthfeel is full, a delicious barleywine that has a nice sweetness.

D: The barleywine is big, so big that more than one bottle could be dangerous. I have one bottle left that I'm saving for a horizontal tasting with the barrel-aged version.

Serving type: bottle

11-02-2008 22:29:21 | More by akorsak

barleywinefiend

Washington

4.18/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured a deep amber color with good carbonation and a tannish head. Nose is lighter with lots of sugar, moalsses and fruits. Taste is very syrupy and malty, chewy which is good, very good. This is a serious bwine indeed. Dried fruits, caramel, molasses, brown sugar. Mouthfeel is thick and coating, warming and hearty with lots of sweetness. Drinkability is good.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2009 23:28:29 | More by barleywinefiend

rhoadsrage

Illinois

3.83/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

(Served in a tulip glass)

A- This beer has an auburn red clear body but it is a bit dense. There is a gentle carbonation of tiny bubbles that are still visible. The thin little tan head last a good while and leaves a set of sticky rings on the glass after each sip.

S- This beer has a slight medicinal cough syrup smell with an alcohol smell with some toasted malt notes in the background.

T- The spicy alcohol taste blends with some toasted malt flavors and some slightly sweet caramel malt hints. This flavor is quickly cut off by the big alcohol finish.

M- There is a medium-full mouthfeel with an alcohol heat that really increases as this beer warms.

D- I'm surprised this beer is this old, the alcohol dominates the malt flavors. The alcohol is not really fusel but it is pretty bitey.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2007 22:33:26 | More by rhoadsrage

Wasatch

Utah

4.35/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks goes out to brdc for this brew.

Poured into a tulip a cool looking golden cherry amber color, very nice carbonation, nice creamy one-finger off-white head, some nice little islands and sticky lacing follows. The nose is malty, cherry, plums, figs, and some caramel. The taste is slighlty sweet, malty, very nice tones of cherries/plums/figs, with some nice caramel. Medium body, a complex brew. This one goes down pretty smooth/easy. The alcohol is hidden very well, be careful, lol Very drinkable, another tasty brew from CW. Thanks Daniel.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2008 02:58:33 | More by Wasatch

jlindros

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Got this beauty thanks to KeefB. No date on the bottle.

Pours a creamy rich head, frothy, that fades slowly, leaving an outline lacing. The beer lets just a little light through, with a very dark rosy maroon brown, almost a burnt sienna color.

Nose brings plenty of barleywine aromas, lots of malts, lots of malted barley! Seems like some sweetness too, a little maple and hints of molasses, syrupy aromas. Malts include dark heavy crystal, some light roast, and the faintest hint of smoke. Light fruits, with a little raisin and plum, and hints of booze. A light hint of earthy chewy hops in the background as well.

Taste brings more of the same, with lots of malts to start, loaded with malted barley! Slight juicy flavors, little fruit again. Malts include dark crystal, little roast, a little toffee, caramel, maple, a little molasses, and even a little creamy. It's pretty sweet too, with just a hint of warming booze, which builds as it warms. Slightly chewy malt flavor too. I even get a bit of berry flavor. A candy flavor too. Some light bitterness, some light earthy hops, but not a lot. The finish leaves a sticky mouth coating, with hints of warming booze and still pretty sweet. Some lingering malty flavors, and a little fruit as well.

Mouth is fairly heavier bodied, syrupy, and decent carbonation.

The drinkability is a little lower, although it drinks well for 10%, but with some of the sticky syrupy feels, and quite a bit of sweetness take away a bit from it.

Serving type: bottle

10-14-2010 02:37:00 | More by jlindros

Viggo

Ontario (Canada)

4.1/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle, big thanks to grub for sharing.

Pours a hazy dark orange, reddish brown, got some sludge from the bottle, thin off white head forms a thin ring around the glass, a few lace spots, good retention as the ring sticks around. Smell is neat, rich and powerful, toffee, buttery oak, raisins, sugary, toast, floral hops, light fruit, vanilla, pineapple/mango like tropical fruit, very fresh smelling. Taste is similar, toffee, raisins/fig, apples, light roast and nuttiness, floral, grapefruit, astringent woody bitterness with vanilla, pretty neat, very rich and flavourful, orange peel in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation, alcohol is pretty well hidden, definitely drinkable. A nice barleywine, good character and a smooth drinker. Thanks to Russ for sharing!

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2009 04:25:40 | More by Viggo

Bighuge

Minnesota

5/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

3-14-06

I am in the midst of a "Month of Barleywines" experiment. A different barleywine every night for 30 straight nights. With notes and a rating from 1-100. Hit this gem on Night #23. I didn't think I'd end up giving any barleywine a 100, but that's what I gave this one. Absolutely fucking perfect. Here's my thoughts:

This is one of my prized cellar possessions. I had this vintage at a brewfest 2 years ago in Ashland and it was the Top Beer of the fest in my opinion out of over 100 beers. I hope it hasn't started to take a turn over the past 2 years. But it's a BW, so I expected it not to. Let's see...

Looks pretty thick as it pours. It's murky, but yet it's got a bit of a glow to it. Scarlet red streaks cut through the deep burgandy/crimson body. Thin creamy tan head has good retention and leaves some nice lace. Ohhh the smell is great. Totally rich with caramel and toffee and molasses and bourbon and caramelized fruits. Hope this is an indication of things to come. And it is. (I DIDN'T cellar this badboy too long.) This is sublime. Such a rich texture to it. The richness just coats the tongue. Again, caramel and toffee and tropical fruits. Exquisite. Hops give some balance and a semblance of citric traits. But not a lot. And this one doesn't neet it. It's fucking perfect!! The body is about medium, maybe medium-full. Slick and easy going mouthfeel. Alcohol is barely present, but it is intergrated in a good way. WHEW!!! For me, this is it!! Out of this fucking world!! My 4th beer that I rate straight 5's.




8-05-2002

If ever a beer was scarlet red, this is it. Very nice. And it's topped off with hefty, sticky, rocky off-white head. The aroma is deep maltiness with hints of earthy and spicy hops. Malt dominates on the nose however. There's almost a little bit of a BO odor. (No it's not the beer. I just figured out that the BO odor is stemming form the red gel coating that was used to seal the bottle cap.) The taste is exceptional. More malt than hops. Deep caramel like tones. Vinous and somewhat fruity. There's a nice subdued drying contribution. Alcohol taste is minimal. The body of this beer is medium to full. There is some bitterness in this beer, but not in the range of a Bigfoot. I'd guess more like 60-70 IBU range. It's a beautifully integrated barleywine. Central Waters is a brewery you should take note of if you're ever in Central Wisconsin.

If I'm not mistaken, this brew was prepared for the Y2K. That would make this bottle about 2 and 1/2 years old.

A Bighuge thanks to cokes for landing this Muskie for me.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2006 00:35:08 | More by Bighuge

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle courtesy of boatshoes. Thanks a lot Fletcher!

Pours a dark copper color that appears a deep, dark brown, almost black color in the glass with faint mahogany edges when held to a light. Completely opaque with a half finger off white head that immediately fades into a lasting ring.

Sweet leathery malt aroma with boozy sweetness and subtle spice. Slightly peppery with a spiced liquor presence that compliments the sweeter malt notes. Hints of biscuit, toffee, candy sugar, dark fruit and lots of caramel.

Medium bodied with a spicy alcohol presence that gives off some sweetness and boozy heat. Zesty with hints of pepper, candy sugar and cinnamon as well as a ton of sweet, leathery malt and sweet dark fruit notes. Although the ABV is decently masked, it's still a bit to hot for my liking with some nice burn in the finish. Lots of caramel sweetness with hints of biscuit, nut and toffee as well as some dark cherry, raisin, plum and fig.

Pretty tasty and complex but a touch too boozy. I would probably appreciate this more in the winter.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2011 06:26:35 | More by corby112

kojevergas

California

3.81/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

12 fl oz brown glass bottle with standard unbranded gold pressure cap and straightforward no-nonsense black label acquired in a trade from the very gracious Duff27 (who you should definitely trade with!) and served into my brand new Mitchells of Lancaster flared tulip in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. 2012 Vintage; bottled in November. That makes this five months old; should be tasty. Expectations are high given the brewery, whose stouts I have enjoyed.

I chilled her a biteen in me fridge, but I don't like my barleywines too cold so I yanked her out after no more than fifteen minutes. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.

Not paired with food.

A: Pours a two finger light khaki colour head of nice cream and thickness, and very good (~5-6+ minute) retention for the high ABV. I loved the look of the liquid as I poured, and I dig its understated, refined appearance in my glass. Body colour is a lovely translucent amber with light orange hues. Semitransparent. That's the kind of colour and tone a barleywine should have. Not vibrant or flashy, just classy and understated. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. Ideal even lacing on the sides of the glass as the head recedes. A fine looking beer for the style, and one that conceals its high ABV rather well. I'm impressed, and looking forward to trying it.

Sm: Light toasted malt. Deep floral hopping clings well to the malty base. Biscuit malt. Caramel. Toffee. Pine and maple wood. Unrefined sugars. Sure, graham cracker a bit. Sugar and resiny. A dash of candi sugar. Light raisin. A biteen hop forward for a barleywine, but pleasant and appealing across the board. It's not overwhelming or pungent; it matches the vibe of the appearance with an understated classiness. Above average to mild in strength. I'm looking forward to trying it. I do want more toasted character and caramel from it.

T: Resiny. More sweet than expected, especially as it approaches the climax. Buried caramel. Buried toffee. It's not as refined as the great beers I've had in the style; it comes off a bit young, actually. Good floral hopping with hints of pine and maybe crackers - though I'm always hesitant to claim a beer is cracker-flavoured. Not as malt-emphatic as I'm used to. The candi character is a bit too prominent here; I imagine this would fade and develop nicely with age. Marshmallow. A bit burnt. I do like it, and it drinks damn easily for 10%. I'd guess it was 7% tops. A bit of bitterness comes through on the finish. It has some subtlety, but it's not quite as complex as the best beers in the style. Well layered.

Mf: Smooth and wet. Nicely thick without being overbearing. Ideally carbonated. Good presence on the palate. Good body. Great for a barleywine, and it suits the flavour quite well. Well-executed.

Dr: Quite drinkable for the high ABV, which is very well hidden. I'm a big fan of what this is trying to do, but I think a good two years of age would benefit it; even at five months it's too candied and sweet. I enjoyed it as a sipper because it's worthy of respect. I'd like to revisit this with 2-5 years on it. A solid barleywine that isn't without its flaws. Looking forward to trying the bourbon barrel barleywine from Central Waters soon. Thanks again, Duff27!

Lowish B+

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 03:40:50 | More by kojevergas

DrJay

Massachusetts

4.28/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Got this one from EliteDigger in a recent trade. Thanks Scott!
Pretty clear, deep reddish amber colour. A hard pour produced a thin skim of fine beige bubbles plus a solid collar - it looked fairly viscous too. Bubbles were a bit sticky, producing some spotty lacing. Fruity citrus hops and caramel meld well in the aroma. Notes of toffee and cotton candy, maybe a bit buttery. Solid bitterness that turns a bit resinous and lingers in the finish. As it warmed, this became more of a light herbal hop bitterness. Heavy malt body and flavour, plenty of caramel, some toffee sweetness, a bit of burnt character in the background. Dried fruits and raisins add complexity, brown sugar, fruity hops. Carbonation was on the light side, texture was good, just short of sticky with very mild warmth. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2008 02:31:43 | More by DrJay

Derek

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Amber-brown with a light tan head, nice leg/lace.

S: Dark caramel & nuts, wood with a light spicing.

T: Dark caramel, nuts, bread, wood. Modest bitterness for the style, with a very smooth, slightly warming alcohol. It's so refined it almost seems to lack flavour.

M: Moderate body, carbonation is pleasantly on the low-side of moderate, some residual sweetness.

D: Incredibly drinkable for it's weight.

Serving type: bottle

08-23-2008 01:14:57 | More by Derek