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Belgium

6.00% abv.

Date: July 13, 2008 (#7178)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Thick haze. No head.

Aroma (4)
Appropriately stinky and tart.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body. Almost still. Malty and dry and tart. Very nice lactic and Brettanomyces character.

Overall Impression (3)
Very tasty Gueuze. "Blend of one, two, and three-year-old lambic, fermented and aged in oak casks by wild yeasts in the open air."

Belgium

Belgium

9.00% abv.

Date: May 26, 2007 (#6536)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (1½)
Bright amber Chunky — or rather, gelatinous. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Really spicy, quite caramelly.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, very fizzy. Huge caramel malt sweetness. Belgian spice with a hint of banana. Mild alcohol character. Big sweet malty sweet finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Belgium

6.00% abv.

Date: May 26, 2007 (#6532)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (2)
Bright deep golden. Very chunky with lots of flakes. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet, spicy. Mildly citrusy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body. Fairly sweet. Mildly spicy.

Overall Impression (1½)
Tastes more like a sweet Tripel than a "double Wit".

Belgium

7.50% abv.

Date: February 12, 2006 (#5834)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 15 points

Appearance (2)
Golden, clear, except for the big protein flocs. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, malty-sweet.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, very low carbonation. Sweetly malty. Mild fruitiness. Sweet malty finish. Almost tastes like a Helles Bock.

Overall Impression (2)
"Best before end 2007".

Belgium

9.50% abv.

Date: February 18, 2006 (#5843)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17 points

Appearance (2½)
Gusher! Brown opaque. Thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy phenols. Dark caramel. Hint of banana.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Really fizzy. Lots of caramel malt. Some banana. Some tasty phenols. Lingering caramel malty, fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Belgium

10.00% abv.

Date: August 21, 2005 (#5771)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Dark red, some haze. Massive head.

Aroma (4)
Malty, spicy, fruity, chocolatey. Some vanilla.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body, really fizzy. Intense caramel malt character. Big Belgian spiciness on top of a hint of chocolate. Some vanilla oakiness, especially in the finish. Fairly sweet.

Overall Impression (3)

United States

Date: December 19, 1999 (#3367)

Package: bottled

Place: Flanagan's Stop and Shop, Appleton WI

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Amber, high carbonation, nice head. Malty, toasty, caramel aroma, with a hint of diacetyl. Light-medium body, big malty toasty flavor nicely balanced by spicy hops.

United States

United States

Date: October 11, 1997 (#1994)

Package: bottled

Place: Hoffbrau Steaks Brewery #1, Addison TX

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Dark opaque brown-red. Smoky-caramel aroma. Thick, sweet, smoky, bitter, hi-test, caramel, molasses.

Belgium

8.00% abv.

Date: December 17, 2005 (#5803)

Package: bottled

Place: Spirit World, Omaha NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (2½)
Brown, opaque with yeast. Thick head. Just like Rochefort 8.

Aroma (3)
Chocolate, spicy, ginger, apple.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body. Clean fresh caramel malt. Same fruitiness as the aroma. Nice alcohol note at the end, with lots of caramel. Spicy caramel apples.

Overall Impression (2)
BBE November 2006.

Belgium

9.50% abv.

Date: February 18, 2006 (#5844)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Thick moussy head.

Aroma (3)
Somewhat yeasty. Caramelly, spicy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body, really smooth. Caramel, spicy, hint of banana.

Overall Impression (2½)
Very similar to Des Rocs Brune.

Belgium

8.00% abv.

Date: May 16, 2008 (#7013)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Some haze. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Malty, fruity, alcoholic.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, really fizzy. Lots of sweet caramel malt, fairly toasty. Nicely spicy and warming.

Overall Impression (3)
Very much like the Tripel, but with a big Munich malt character.

Germany

5.00% abv.

Date: March 1, 2005 (#5578)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright pale golden. Thick creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mild spicy hops, grainy malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Mildly fizzy. Nice malty base, mildly grainy. Good herbal hop flavor, mild bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good smooth tasty beer, lacking just a little bitterness for this style.

United States

Date: June 30, 1996 (#1535)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Amber, low carbonation, good head. Crystal malt nose. Big crystal malt flavor, good body. Maybe some diacetyl. Not a lot else. Could use more carbonation.

United States

United States

Date: May 11, 1997 (#2069)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Golden-amber, no visible carbonation, good head. Very much like Rogue's typical aroma. Good body, bitter at first, with a nutty, malty flavor later, lasting through a fairly sweet finish. Thanks to Dirk Starck for sending this bottle!

United States

Date: December 26, 2003 (#5172)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Black. Thick brown head. Rich fresh wood smoke aroma. Wow. Excellent full-bodied roasty Porter with lots of smooth smokiness. Phenomenally tasty and well-balanced beer.

United States

United States

United States

10.00% abv.

United States

10.00% abv.

Date: April 16, 2004 (#5353)

Package: draught

Place: Liars' Club Bar and Grill, Mission Beach CA

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Deep golden. Moderate head. Malty, spicy, and really alcoholic and phenolic aroma. Big malty sweetness. Lots and lots of alcohol. Lots and lots of phenol. Lots and lots of spice.

United States

12.00% abv.

Date: July 4, 2005 (#5720)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick brown head.

Aroma (4)
Lots and lots of chocolate, toasted coconut.

Mouthfeel (10)
Big body, real smooth. Intensely malty. Lots of chocolate, roasty, and quite bitter. Eye-watering alcohol. Lots of coconut and oak. Incredibly warm finish.

Overall Impression (3)

United States

7.50% abv.

Date: July 10, 2008 (#7163)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick fluffy head.

Aroma (4)
Herbal, grassy hops. Roasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy, but with a silky texture. Roasty and malty. Fruity hop flavor, moderately bitter.

Overall Impression (2½)
Very tasty beer. The label says "Belgian Style Stout", but it fits nicely into the American Stout category.

United States

7.60% abv.

United States

7.20% abv.

Date: March 5, 2005 (#5588)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Red. Opaque. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild nutmeg.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy body. Big smooth caramel maltiness. Very mild spiciness, and some fruit — banana, green apple, grape? Nice warming malty finish.

Overall Impression (3)

United States

8.50% abv.

Date: July 9, 2008 (#7159)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Really hazy. Huge head.

Aroma (3)
Big spicy, piney hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body. Fizzy. Huge fruity, piney hop flavor, fairly bitter. Sweetly malty, with a yeasty spiciness.

Overall Impression (2)
Tasty, more hoppy but less complex than De Proef Signature Ale.

United States

9.00% abv.

Date: September 6, 2003 (#5106)

Package: bottled

Place: Discount Liquor, Milwaukee WI

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Yellow, hazy with yeast. Very high carbonation. Huge creamy head. Malty aroma, sweet, spicy, and fruity. Medium body, fizzy. Sweet malty base supports a blast of fruity spiciness...bananas, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, with just a hint of Brettanomyces in the finish.

United States

Date: December 21, 2007 (#6745)

Package: draught

Place: Crescent Moon Ale House, Omaha NE

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Incredibly dark red. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Big earthy spiciness.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big smooth body, a bit fizzy. Lots of dark malt. Bitterness comes from the spices — allspice, ginger, nutmeg.

Overall Impression (2½)
Nice balance, and it will certainly improve with age.

United States

6.00% abv.

Date: July 5, 1993 (#129)

Package: draught

Place: Lyon's Brewery, Dublin CA

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Pale-amber, thick head. Fresh hoppy aroma. Good body. Spreads bitterness across your mouth, down your throat, and gone. As good as it was at the temple...er, brewery. "Quaffere ad infinitum."

United States

10.00% abv.

Date: January 21, 2008 (#6836)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Low foamy head.

Aroma (4)
Richly malty, toasty, sweet, raisiny. Some alcohol.

Mouthfeel (10)
Big body, moderate carbonation. Fantastically malty and quite alcoholic, but not "hot". Sweet enough for balance, with lots of dark fruit, dark toastiness, and just maybe some licorice. Phenomenally complex and smooth, surprisingly so for such a young strong beer.

Overall Impression (3)
The rest of this six-pack goes to the cellar. Bottled "7DD".

United States

5.60% abv.

Date: April 1, 1998 (#2602)

Package: bottled

Place: Siebel Institute of Technology, Chicago IL

Score: 18½ points

Overall Impression
Black, thick head. Licorice aroma, herbal, anise, some coffee. Thick, black, sweet, sharp from the black malt. Creamy. Coffee and hop bitterness late.

United States

3.30% abv.

Date: September 20, 2000 (#3531)

Package: bottled

Place: Belmont Station, Portland OR

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Golden-amber, very high carbonation, thick head. Malty-sweet aroma. Very light body, fairly bitter start to finish. Lingering hoppy bitterness. Made from the second runnings of Old Foghorn.

United States

4.90% abv.

Date: April 7, 1998 (#2691)

Package: bottled

Place: Siebel Institute of Technology, Chicago IL

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression
Amber, high carbonation, thick head. Pretty clean aroma. Medium body, big grapefruit flavor.

United States

Date: July 1, 1993 (#116)

Package: draught

Place: Pacific Coast Brewing, Oakland CA

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression
Quite Black Indeed. (QBI?) Aroma is Quite Burnt Indeed. (QBI?) This is Guinness without the sour beer. The oatmeal really smooths out the black malt. Very nice indeed!

United States

Date: April 27, 1995 (#893)

Package: draught

Place: Pacific Coast Brewing, Oakland CA

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression
Gold, a bit of haze. Very low carbonation, good head. Slightly perfumey. Good body...good balance...good bitter finish.

United States

Date: February 11, 1995 (#774)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression
Nice amber, good head, very low carbonation. Caramel malt aroma, touch o'hops. Great caramel flavor and balance. Tastes and feels a lot like Centennial, but not as bitter.

United States

9.00% abv.

Date: August 15, 2005 (#5762)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Deep dark red. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Rich dark caramel. Raisiny and roasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, real smooth. Lots of raisiny dark caramel malt. Good spiciness. Big malty sweet raisiny woody finish. A little bitterness

Overall Impression (3)
Pretty tasty beer.

United States

10.00% abv.

Date: March 4, 2005 (#5586)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep golden, high carbonation, some haze. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Malty, spicy, hint of banana.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big creamy body, moderately fizzy. Lots of sweet malt, lots of spicy esters. Not very warming for 10% alcohol. Finishes malty, spicy, and a little bitter.

Overall Impression (2½)

United States

Date: April 6, 2002 (#4306)

Package: draught

Place: Benno's, Milwaukee WI

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression
Bright amber, low carbonation, thick head. INTENSE fresh Centennial hop aroma. Medium-big body, hugely bitter, lots of spicy Centennial flavor on a nice caramel malt background.

United States

Date: August 8, 1994 (#403)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression
Very pale. Good head. Nice Cascades, but not overpowering. Bitter. Floral. Body OK, kind of light. Long bitter finish OK.

United States

6.90% abv.

Belgium

Date: December 19, 2006 (#6211)

Package: draught

Place: D'Amico, St.Paul MN

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Very high carbonation. Short dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Sulfury, SO₂.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, really fizzy. Quite dry, and very sulfury. Mild bitterness in the finish. Tastes like liquid burnt matches.

Overall Impression (1)

United States

United States

9.20% abv.

Date: November 20, 2001 (#4000)

Package: bottled

Place: Sam's Wine and Spirits, Chicago IL

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Bright red-brown, thick head. Massively dry-hopped. Medium body, big happy hoppy flavor.

United States

6.00% abv.

Date: September 26, 1996 (#1592)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Golden, good head. Floral hop aroma. Big, hoppy, bitter. Finishes fairly quickly.

United States

Date: July 9, 2008 (#7157)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee, Council Bluffs IA

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Fine haze. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy, fruity, citrusy, biscuity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body. Smooth. Big sweet toasty malt character. Mild earthy spiciness, mild fruitiness. Nice malty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

United States

9.80% abv.

Date: October 13, 2007 (#6651)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep amber. Some haze. Huge dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Very earthy. Spicy. Biscuity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Immensely big and malty. Huge earthy resiny spicy hops. Big bitterness. Reasonable malt balance.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, but the "earthy" character is out of whack. "Batch 5, Feb 2007, 102 IBU".

United States

16.03% abv.

Date: July 7, 2007 (#6575)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Black as night. Dense brown head.

Aroma (3½)
Very earthy. Very alcoholic. Very roasty and very chocolatey.

Mouthfeel (8)
IMMENSE…quite possibly the "biggest" beer I've ever tasted. Fiercely roasty and black. Really alcoholic. Bitter. Complex.

Overall Impression (2½)
Needs some age to smooth it out. Try it with M&M's!

United States

14.50% abv.

Date: January 25, 2007 (#6305)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Hazy red. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Lots of oak and lots of malt. Vanilla.

Mouthfeel (9)
Huge. Intense oak flavor on top of an intense maltiness. Lots of alcohol, but surprisingly well-balanced. Mild bitterness that might actually be coming from the wood.

Overall Impression (3)
Very intense beer, and a very tasty one. OG 1.135. Brewed May 2006, Batch 2.

United States

18.10% abv.

Date: March 23, 2005 (#5605)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red with a dense white head...very pretty.

Aroma (4)
Lots of caramel malty. Grassy, slightly spicy. Hint of milk chocolate.

Mouthfeel (7)
Wow. Massive body. Intensely malty. Eye-wateringly, gum-numbingly alcoholic.

Overall Impression (2)
"Bottled 2004." This is probably an amazing beer, but it's going to take time — a lot of time — to mellow out. I'm definitely going to buy more and cellar it for a couple of years.

United States

5.50% abv.

Germany

5.10% abv.

Date: April 1, 1998 (#2598)

Package: bottled

Place: Siebel Institute of Technology, Chicago IL

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Explosive head, darkish golden color. Banana aroma. Medium body, wonderful sweet banana flavor, real clean. High carbonation, but creamy, not prickly.

Germany

6.70% abv.

Date: September 29, 2002 (#4448)

Package: bottled

Place: Pick'n Save, Oshkosh WI

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Deep deep red, massive dense head. Huge Munich malt aroma, toasty and smoky. Big creamy body, richly malty. Mildly sweet, with lots of toasty malt flavor. Mildly warming finish.

Germany

Date: December 5, 2002 (#4541)

Package: bottled

Place: Pick'n Save, Oshkosh WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Bright brown, hugely carbonated, massive head. Grassy aroma with a hint of green (!) bananas. Medium-big body, very chewy. Rich Munich malt flavor all the way through. Some banana character, no cloves. Finishes malty and dry.

Denmark

8.50% abv.

Date: February 16, 2008 (#6883)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Red-amber. Hazy. Thick dense head.

Aroma (4)
Enormous fruity, grassy, piney, citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Huge beer, hugely bitter. There's a surprisingly well-balanced maltiness, and a nice charge of alcohol, but this beer is fruity, grassy, bitter hops all the way through.

Overall Impression (3)

Denmark

8.50% abv.

Date: March 7, 2008 (#6925)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (2½)
Bright red, but really chunky. Huge foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Malty, fruity, with more than a hint of Brettanomyces.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, moderate carbonation. Sweet. Intense dark caramel. Citrusy coriander. Very earthy. Lemony, sweet, and alcoholic.

Overall Impression (2½)
Unusual and tasty.

Denmark

8.00% abv.

Date: April 8, 2007 (#6498)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Jet black. Dense brown head.

Aroma (4)
Chocolatey. Alcoholic. Rich.

Mouthfeel (10)
Huge and smooth and malty and chocolatey and roasty and warming and complex and tasty and good.

Overall Impression (3)

Perú

Perú

Date: June 27, 1996 (#1525)

Package: bottled

Place: The Inner Label, Wailuku HI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Golden, fizzy. Sweet, malty aroma. Malty-sweet, OK body, some hops late. "The Peruvian Budweiser"...but it has more character than Budweiser. No glass...swigged straight from the bottle. Thanks to Linda Armour of The Inner Label for the beer!

Italy

9.00% abv.

Date: August 14, 2005 (#5757)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Massive dense head. Lots of yeast chunks.

Aroma (3)
Lots of dark fruit.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, very fizzy. Darkly sweet and sweetly dark. Very fruity: plums, raisins, etc.

Overall Impression (3)
Very tasty beer.

Italy

8.00% abv.

Date: February 26, 2007 (#6348)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (2½)
Amber-red, lots of chunks. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Tart and fruity, with some caramel, and maybe some Brettanomyces.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, fizzy. Sweet caramel malt. Earthy, very mildly tart, sort of like a Lambic, but nowhere near as dry. Some raisin in the finish, along with lots of sweet malt.

Overall Impression (3)
Interesting beer.

Italy

5.60% abv.

Date: February 26, 2007 (#6347)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Hazy. Moderate fizzy head.

Aroma (3)
Grainy, grassy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, very fizzy. Sweetly malty, with an interesting caraway seed flavor up front. Very mild grassy, herbal hop flavor. Clean finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Italy

13.00% abv.

Date: January 25, 2008 (#6844)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown. Lots of yeast.

Aroma (4)
Intensely malty. Nice alcohol. Yeasty. Wood, leather, vanilla. Tremendously complex.

Mouthfeel (10)
Big, smooth, malty. Very Thomas H