I enjoyed this brewery on a recent trip to NY so when I saw their beer locally I pounced. Pours a deep copper color that borders on light brown with a decent fluffy white head that displays great retention and lace. Smells of brown sugar, caramel, hints of chocolate maple and smoke. Smells more brown ale than amber, but that’s ok with me. Taste is smokey phenolic up front, light chocolate and maple midway, long lingering mineral water and smokey phenols in the finish. Medium body and level of carbonation with a slick creamy almost syrupy mouthfeel. This one is not bad, but really nothing spectacular. Flavorful but a bit one dimensional.

Pours deep amber into a Sam glass. Off-white head pancakes as it recedes leaving spider lacing to coat surface. Maple syrup and smoke aromas. Thin, yet crisp with sweet caramel and maple upfront and a lasting slightly smoked finish.