Samuel Adams Triple Bock
Been on Beer Advocate for a while but never felt compelled to write a review until now. '97 Vintage. Cork broke off inside neck of bottle upon opening. Had to use a corkscrew to get it out. Immediatley upon opening was greeted by the smell of burnt maple syrup - not necessarily bad. Poured into a Belgian beer goblet A - no carbonation and as opaque and dark as it gets (upon dumping found a large chunk of black crud and a layer of black sludge at the bottom of the glass) S - in the glass get smells of burnt maple syrup, black ink and terryaki T - malty sweet, burnt sugar, terryaki M - thick, syrupy, slick D - I drank about half of the bottle, hoping maybe it would get better as it warmed but had no desire to finish Overall this was probably one of the most intense tasting beers I have had but not in a good way. First beer I have ever dumped. I just opened a PBR to get the taste out of my mouth.