UPDATED: JUN 22, 2020 2014 Btl pours a clear brown/ruby color with a huge creamy off white head that lingers the entire time I drank. Big curtains of lace on glass. Smells of dark ripe fruits, banana, earth, yeast a whiff of alcohol, spices, chocolate and toast. Tastes of ripe NW USA black cherries and banana, sweet caramel, dough, earth, spices, a hint of wood, tobacco and RC cola. Medium body, soft, creamy mouthfeel, tingly carbonation and a mildly tart finish. The alcohol is hidden well. IDK if the age on it mellowed it out, but this beer is super smooth and easy to drink. Amazingly complex, I can’t even describe everything going on here. Even on a 95F day, it tastes fantastic. Russian River never disappoints!

29.05.2019, 0,375l bottle (batch #010) shared @ BBGTC tasting:
Small bubbly shortlasting head, golden dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grainy, weeds, hay, grain, sawdust, minerals, bark, yeast, soil, paper, toast, booze. Taste is slightly sweet sour-ish mineraly, weeds, bark, alcohol, minerals, soil, grain, sawdust, toast, paper, grass, medicine. Medium to longlasting bitterness, watery and harsh medical mouthfeel. What the crap!?!

Flaska från USA, ca 1 år gammal. Mörkbrun, något murken med smutsvit/beige krämig krona som ligger kvar. Doft och smak av bränt socker, russin, torkade plommon, torkad frukt, mörka bär, inlagda/torkade körsbär, fruktkaka, bränd kakdeg. Sötman större i doften än smaken. Torr och känns lättare än vad den är. Väldigt väl dold alkoholstyrka och storlek. Tillbakahållen, elegant belgian strong dark ale.

butelka, ciemnobrązowe, obfita czapka brudnobiałej piany, aromat dark lagerowy, angielskiego portera, karmel, toffi, lekka ziołowość. w smaku ziołowa goryczka, alkohol niewyczuwalny, za mocno nagazowane, bardzo przeciętne

Draft at brewery. Near black pour, small ring of beige head. Aroma is yeast and roast malts. More yeast in the taste, kind of sweet, candy sugar. Some chocolate too. Some porter.

Pours very dark ruby brown. small, nearly no head. Smell is nutty, some caramel, mild chocolate notes. Taste is mild sweet, nutty, caramelly, chocolate, mild port aspects. Very well aged ( 2012 vintage drank in 2018 ) medium-thick mf and medium MF. very well tasting for such an aged beer .

Brown yellow pour some cherries aromas. Tastes melanoidin. Some cardboard. Not a bit fan of this oxidation circus.

duft svag krydret malt kant smag kantt karakter svag krydret svag karamel lidt krydret

Draft at the brewpub. Dark pour. Aroma of yeast eaters, caramelised malt and nuts. Taste has soft hazelnut, ester, caramelised malt and a nice finish with some ripe fruit. Tasty.

Bottle at Side Project Cellar. 375 mL bottle shared by George. Thanks dude. The pour a darker brown with a light khaki head and a few spots of lace. The aroma is interesting. Lots of dark fruits and a strong Belgian yeast. It’s a little cardboardy, but not too shabby. The flavor is much of the same. Dark fruits, heavy malts, and a light sweetness. Not too bad. The mouth feel is a little heavy with a soft carbonation and a lingeringly sweet and fruity yeast finish.