RickS95's Beer Universe Profile

Looks more like a wit than a tripel. It's a milky golden straw color. Appears kind of hazy. The head is white, modest and fleeting.

Smells like a Belgian with clovey spices and a funky fruity yeasty smell.

It's clearly an American attempt at a Belgian beer. It's got a Belgian-esque taste, but it's a little rough around the edges. While it's got some spice and fruity flavors, wheat is also prevalent. Almost a cracker-like taste with a bit of lemony alcohol in the finish.

Very spicy, with an overload of pepper. The wheat character is sharp. The bitterness is sharp. A dryish finish.

It's not a bad beer, but it's not up to Belgian standards. Maybe with some aging the ingredients would meld together a bit more.

Serving type: bottle

Not a good looking beer in general, but nice for the style. It pours a dark burgundy with a think pinkish head. Looks very rich sitting in the goblet.

Doesn't really smell like a beer; the cherry smell is undeniable and overpowers everything else. But, it's such a fabulous smell nontheless.

The taste follows the smell. I expected the strong cherry smell to translate into a sour taste, but it's not at all. It's slightly tart, but there's plenty of sweet to it.

A lot of complexity, as it's sweet, tangy, tart and dry. However, none of the feelings are obnoxious.

The best fruit beer I've ever had. In addition, one of the best beers I've ever had.

Pours a solid black, almost nothing else shines through. The head is off tan and kind of whispy, with only slight retention.

Scents of roasted malts, smoke, and coffee waft up from the glass.

The coffee and smoke carry over to the taste. The roasted malts are obviousy. In the finish, there is kind of an earthy, woody, dirt-like taste.

The mouthfeel isn't at all what I expected. It starts off creamy, but the sweetness (it's a milk stout after all) never really comes through. Instead, it's got more of a coffee bitterness that takes hold.

It's not a bad beer, it's actually pretty good, but it just didn't quite impress me as a milk stout. There is no sweetness whatsoever, it's nothing more than a regular stout.

Smells like candied citrus fruits with some malt in the background.

Looks like a Belgian in the chalice. Murky brown, hazy.

Tastes like it smells, lots of candied fruits dancing around on your tongue with some pine riding shotgun.

Very gentle on the palate for a barley wine. Good complexity as it ranges from sweet to hoppy bitter to dry.

My new favorite barley wine.

Only looked like a beer in color. Easily mistaken for spirits.

Smell was the same way, my nose still burns from the whiff took.

Flavor is pretty nice. Has a buttery/creamy/smoky/nutty flavor that works well.

Was far more gentle on the palate than I expected. Good complexity for such a strong beer, and dare I say, smooth.

I like hop bombs just as much as the next guy, but there are a few fruit beers that I enjoy. This was one of them.

The scents and flavors were clearly raspberry, but they were subtle and not overpowering.

Always enjoy when I get a bottle.