[1] Review by slowrunner77 from Reno, NV, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (12/31/2008 3:47:26 PM)
"weird...like the most complex, sweet soy sauce you'll ever have. i enjoyed it as a treat, but it's too much. not something i'll go back for often. worth trying if you've never had.
re-tasted 1/09 - aroma nearly unbearable, nice appearance, mouthfeel ,but the flavor is a bit much. english barleywine it is not!"
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 9oz @ $6 Unit Cost: $10.67 per Pint
[2] Review by philbertgodphry from Tupelo, MS, USA who has tried this beer once. (11/22/2008 8:10:20 PM)
"Wow, what a foul beer. I'm not sure if the one I tried was stored improperly or if that's how it is supposed to taste. The smell was alcohol and soy sauce. The taste was alcohol and soy sauce. I couldn't drink all of it. I hope they don't all taste as bad as mine did."
Aroma:
2/10
Appearance:
4/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by quaternio from Tupelo, MS, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (11/17/2008 7:05:36 PM)
"Sampled with a friend of mine who "scored" a few bottles of this stuff. I could not observe the smell or taste in great depth because the smell and taste are completely unsettling. Smells like soy sauce and rotting, burnt wood. Pours black; no head or carbonation. Mouthfeel is oily and gritty; there is a lot of sediment. Tastes like soy sauce, rotting, burnt wood, and some burnt adjunct malts like chocolate and coffee. We opened the second bottle a few months later to share with a third person, and I forced myself to finish an entire glass of it, which was about a third of the tiny bottle. Same results. In both cases there was a lot of black sediment left on the bottom of the bottle when we poured it in the sink. Not good, not good at all."
Aroma:
2/10
Appearance:
2/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 8oz @ $10 Unit Cost: $20 per Pint
[4] Review by aabrewer318 from Beaverton, Oregon, Djibouti who has tried this beer once. (11/2/2008 7:31:19 PM)
"This was as thick as maple syrup and stained my glass brown. Intense roasted/blackened tobacco like smell. Flavors of figs, prunes, raisin juice concentrate, all that jazz. Sugar on the tongue, very bitter in the back, and a little acidic. More like a wine really. Im getting notes of leather shoes soaked in soy sauce for a couple years and whisky barrels at the bottom of a bog. Although an impressive beer, I didnt enjoy it"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 8.45oz @ $8 Unit Cost: $15.15 per Pint
[5] Review by dirtyamerican from Wamego, KS, USA who has tried this beer once. (10/31/2008 10:10:47 AM)
"I have to admit, I'm not crazy about this beer once I tried it. You have to have a different perspective when trying this brew. Sip it like a whiskey or wine. Savor the complexity. It's still a bit difficult to drink but I like the idea of SA brewing something different."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 8oz @ $6 Unit Cost: $12 per Pint
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