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OK, here we go with the CostCo special! bottled Summer 2025, Lot D. I saw this and at first was mildly excited that it might be a Fuller's Vintage Ale clone. As it is, I'm not much interested in the style of beer represented here, BUT I'll try...
An old friend dressed up in some new (06/07/23) clothes. The 35th Anniversary Black Butte seeking inspiration from 'bold German Black Forest cake'. (Imperial) Porter, although that moniker sits badly with me TBH. Great looking pour. Black body,...
12 oz bottle. Packaged on 4/21/22. Confession up front. I love The Abyss, but I generally I dislike stouts that have been infused with unnecessary things such as coconut. Where that leaves us here I have no idea ... yet. Pour is exactly as I would...
As far as I can ascertain this is just The Abyss in sherry barrels - or at least that's what's advertised. Should be right up my alley. Let's see. Capped and black waxed as usual, but the bottled on date is not decipherable. "2019 Reserve" adorns...
Tasted directly alongside the base beer for comparison. 12oz bottle, from Tavour, bottled 03/29/21. Pour is largely indistinguishable from the original. Perhaps oddly, the ABV comes in at 6.8 as opposed to the 5.5 of the base beer. The added...
2019 Reserve. Bottled 7/17/2019. Don't know if I remembering correctly but I thought this used to come in 750 mL bottles. Anyway ... 500 mL, deep, antique red colored wax. Capped. Bright looking orange brown pour which creates a decent, if light...
22 oz, black waxed affair (as Abyss). Pour is a superb looking, garnet color with some tremendous clarity. Head is small, leaves little lace but is a pleasing tea hue. Attractive. Nose has a rich, sugary, molasses light liquor note that is...
Thanks go out to Lance for securing this bottle for me. Took me an age to get hold of it, but eventually it got here. 22 oz bottle with the black wax. Shared this one with Wes at Cypress, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a simple, reddish hue with good...
12 oz bottle. Pour is a standard color of deep amber, but lacks much head or retention. In that respect a touch disappointing. Nose is also quite mute, with some malts coming through but overall the beer seems rather low-key. A mouthfeel which is...
Notes added 09/05/21 (pictured). 12 oz bottle from a six pack, bottles 04/01/2021. This particular pour is better than my notes for 12 years ago below. Lacing is good and head holds up nicely. Unmistakably still the same beer as it was in 2009....
Pictured at Taco Mac, 03/24/22 Original notes 07/16/09 12 oz single from a recent trade. 2008 vintage. I've been waiting on this beer for sometime. Delighted to get the chance to drink it. The pour is just the way I like it; it has that noisy,...
22 oz bottle, thanks go out to unclejedi for this as part of Good, Bad and Ugly BIF. Poured into the Ommegang chalice this appears just about jet black. Even relatively strong light fails to reveal much in the way of red or brown highlights. Head...
2014 Vintage 11/09/25 (pictured) So, this is now 11 years old, and it shows, but not in a bad way. As I intimated below it's so good to get back to 22 oz bottles - this really, really matters. The 2014 Vintage at this age is smoooooth. Still...
Best Before 4/21/05, drunk in November of '05, so six months or so late, but I doubt that it matters a great deal. Jet black body, some nice spotty lacing and a tiny bit a lacing. The body is very attractive, super-inky! Mild, burned smokiness in...
Very nice APA with good flavorful character and aromas, and a refreshing edge to it. Nice looking, deep orange pour with significant head and lacing. A lot of chill haze. Hoppy bitterness is upfront in the nose and the taste and lingers...