Fascist Pig

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy ruby red color with a nice 2 finger dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big caramel, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, floral, and light rye spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity; quite malt forward. Taste of caramel, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, brown sugar, toast, brown bread, floral, light pine, and light rye spiciness. Light pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, citrus, brown sugar, toast, brown bread, floral, light pine, and light rye spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and complexity of malt and hop flavors; malt forward with solid hop flavor balance; with minimal cloying sweetness present after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very creamy and lightly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice imperial red ale. Good balance and complexity of malt and hop notes; and quite smooth to sip on. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.

Draft at Taps 25, Lansing. Hazy medium red-brown body, medium clumping cream head. Peachy, fermented fruit nose with floral notes and lots of sugar. Sweet, potent body, bitter with brown sugar and warming alcohol, almost cloying.

Bottle shared at the Richmond Industry Gathering. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin frothy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of sticky, resin hops, herbal and minty notes and a malty finish. The taste is bitter herbal, citrus hops, tropical notes, toffee malts. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Orange fruitcake aroma. Dark amber with small head. Sweet orange caramel malt and strong bitter orange peel and alcohol flavor. Good, big beer.

Bottle on Amtrak Train 27 - The Empire Builder ( from Binny’s South Loop) - 04/11/12. Lightly hazed russet brown with reddish hues, thin bubbly off white head that soon forms a pond and clears to the edges. Big caramel malt nose, dark sugars, touch of hops. Tastes of caramel malts, sweet sugars, raisens, hops. Fuller end of medium bodied with soft carbonation and smooth on the palate.

Bottle. Citrus/orange hops, sweet brown bread, buttery caramel malt aroma. Hazy amber with a small ivory head. Chewy caramel malt, rye spice, earthy hops flavor. Medium to full sticky body.