Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 9/27/12, #2442, another good palindrome of a rating

Aroma: The nose is fairly sweet with caramel malts, apple/other fruits, and a little earth
Appearance: This beer pours a hazy dark orange-reddish color with a small beige head
Flavor: The taste is plus-sweet as well, it has similar flavors to the nose, and minimal bitterness
Palate: The body is light-medium, somewhat sticky, with a decent feel, and average carbonation
Overall Impression: Thanks to Pinsky for getting this one for me at State Line. This one is decent, but not great. It was a little sticky/sweet for my tastes. This isn’t a bad fall beer at all, there certainly isn’t anything particularly wrong with it, but I wouldn’t rush out for it again.

Hazy copper coloured body with a bright orange, ruby and amber tint with a huge, way too big soapy, over-carbonated tan head. Aroma of yeast, malt, light fruits and a bit of soap. Medium-bodied; Assertive spicey flavour up front with a lot of earthy and pungent malt, some yeast notes, a little light hops and a strong sweet note at the very end. Aftertaste shows some herbal and lightly oaky/dry flavours, but the carbonation still roams strong in the finish. Overall, a decent marzen, a bit too malty and earthy, and definitely too overcarbonated, but not a horrible beer - nice to sample, since I hardly see these beers around. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from the Lebanese Taverna Market in Arlington, Virginia on 02-October-2011 for US$2.09 sampled at home in Washington on 03-November-2011.

caramel and kibble nose, somewhat meaty. Clear reddish copper, thin yellow head. Dried leaves and berries initially but quickly assumes a more vegetal quality. Less tha pristine, some qc issues, but I like what the brewer is striving for.

Bottle shared by a friend. Thanks! Pours a clear amber color with a medium fizzy offwhite head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, toffee, hebral hops and a nutty note. The taste is toasted malts, nuts, herbal hops and a faint fruity finish. Medium bodied.

Tap at BWI. Clear chestnut color, scant head. Aroma of caramel. Taste is caramel and butterscotch. Very plain.

A reddish copper ale with no head. A pleasant caramel and fruity esters aroma, with light butterscotch and funky notes. In mouth, a murky malt with astringent notes, very light and a bit cloying. On tap at Duclaw Baltimore, Dec. 29 2008.

on tap-pours a retaining thin off white head and amber/copper color. Aroma is medium malt, fruit, musty. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, fruit, musty, yeast. Medium body. OK carbonation.