Country of Origin: United States
DISCLAIMER .... DRUNK REVIEW.
Availability: Limited edition.
Price comparison: Just over twice the price of everyday beer.
Alcohol percentage by volume: 15%.
Cute bottle/label? Standard 12-ounce brown glass with the typical matte Dogfish Head label depicting a cowboy and a suggestion to wrap the bottle in a plastic bag and bury it in the yard for a year.
Appearance: Deep hazy bronze with small white head and thin lace.
Scent: Sweet spices, banana, and tangerine.
Flavor: Very malty and sweet (more like sugars than like fruits), but with a good backbone of hops and a boozy afterburn. Dries nicely at the finish.
Impressions: Another point on the label: it says to pour the contents of the bottle into two snifters. As I'm sure you can tell, I have been giggling about this since I polished off the bottle.
Will I buy this beer again? I actually bought two today, so I could try one and either cellar or share the other. I'm going to share the other, but I am going to buy yet another for cellaring.
Rating:
Bring on the shiny cuppage.
5 out of 5 GOLD CHALICES
Reviewed: February 13, 2004
