
Yes, it's Valentine's day. No, I do not care.
Stone advertises this beer as Belgian Abbey-ish with a laundry list of spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, sweet orange peel, clove(only a little), and rose-hips Poured into a LaTrappe goblet, the beer hold up to the claim. Red-ish brown with a fine laced, one finger head. The nose sends me reeling, as the aforementioned cacophony of spices punch my nostrils. The taste is no less overwhelming, as the sweet orange and clove dominate, with the cinnamon and allspice serving to dry out any sweetness from the candi sugar. As for the yeast, forget about it. If it's there, it's buried under the avalanche of spice.
After this beer, I approach the remaining offerings in our "Wild Card" series with trepidation, as it was a massive disappointment. Not one of Stone's better offerings.
Rating: D
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