Taste: 10 Finish: 10 Visual: 5 Aroma: 3
Total: 28
You can go two different ways with this brew. The first is, "Wow, this is waaaay too much alcohol," and never get past that. It is 12% after all. And, if that's all you see and taste, you'll hate this beer. But...
On a second sip and kind of looking at it differently, the flavors bloom in my mouth. Ripe fruit like plums, grapes, and apricots appear. It feels smooth and silky. The color is a remarkably perfect copper color. The finish has a nice hop kick without being overpowering. The flavor lays on the tongue for a while. The only mark against it is that the aroma is nice but could have been much more.
Near perfection, as long as you can get over the alcohol. Really, it blends into an incredible mouth feel.
2 comments:
it's 21%
Wow, misread that one. Dogfish's website clocks this at 20% and 120 ibu. Perhaps I couldn't read straight after drinking this! Thanks for the correction.
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