@Paul’s-12 oz bottle-pours an off white head and copper color. Naked elf. Aroma is sweet medium malt, spice, yeast. Taste is sweet medium malt, spice, yeast.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye, listed as Scratch 21-2009. This is a tripel?! Pours with a hazy amber with a fading off-white head (does that sound like a tripel to you?). Aroma of apple, spice, banana, and vanilla. Taste is apples and a myriad of other fruits. Medium carbonation.

Wow. Hugely sweet beer. Had a serving from a bottle as Scratch 21 at Barcade. A rich amber color with basically no head. Slightly fruity aroma with malty notes. Taste rings with honey sweetness with aspects of sweet flavors like raisin, fig, and cherry. Beer felt thick, almost syrupy, and was wonderful to sip slowly. Warming on the way down. Very nice.

A hazy dark amber ale with a thin off white head. A nice fruity aroma, banans, spices. In mout, a light sweet tripel with orange peels, cloves, and candy sugar. Loads of alcohol. Tap at BCTC 2009

BCTC’09. One of the few non-sour beers I rated that was being poured. Couldn’t really help myself while I was pouring a little while for them, I just wanted to know so much what the stripped down version of Mad Elf was like... and it was much better. Poured a very thick golden, shiny, color that one couldn’t see through. Aroma is aggressive grassy hoppiness with sweet yellow corn and white bread malts. Flavor is similar with that original type of sweetness and lower on the hop presence than the aroma displays. Head and shoulders better than the other version.

I’ve been waiting a while to try this. I’ve heard a lot of rumors about it. On tap at the Mad Mex in Robinson. Nice thin lacing down the sides of the glass. The color os slightly hazy iced tea. Very thin head that leaves a tea froth on top of the brew. Strong sweetish aroma that appears to be some what like peppermint. The somewhat peppermint aromas carry over into the firsts tastes. Mint volatile candy greets the taste buds. Also has the hints of a fine liquor but it is not necessarily mouth coating like liquor is. I’m impressed with the whole kit and caboodle. Virtually flat with hardly any noticeable carbonation tingle. Nice to try this beer without the imperfections of hops. This is a refined brew that never lets the 7% alky attack the palate. I’ve read on some labels that the alky content is actually closer to 9%. Be careful, you’ll get more than you bargained for if you drink this as quick as the taste encourages. Finish is building bitterness from mild to medium and it hangs out on your palate for a while. Glad to have had a chance to try this unique concoction. Much more enjoyable than Tripel Karmeliet. Almost as good as Grimbergen Blonde and Chimay White!