Ah Cant Dog...I’ve held off trying this one for the 7 years I’ve been going to 3Tides/MW but for whatever reason, on 8/1/15, at the brewery, it was time. Dark copper-golden body is topped by a well-retained white head. High clarity. Certainly looks the part.
Some light candied cherry-like alcohol/esters a la Big Twitch, but a robust, pine-laced citrus. Some resin, inevitably, but it’s not bad especially given the high abv. I guess all that malt certainly helps cut things and while sweet is not obnoxiously so.
Very supple texture from all the malt, made even creamier by the tight carbonation. Pine and citrus do not wow with innovation or anything, but are pretty passable and the beer is pretty shockingly drinkable for its size. If you’re going this high in abv, though, I feel like you’ve got to have ALOT more going on, otherwise why drink a 10%abv beer when you can get this kind of hop flavor from a 5 or 6% beer (even here at the brewpub, Ace Hole provides almost as much hop flavor at half the liver damage). Clean, though quite estery. Bit of pine sap and chewy malt lingering...

Can thanks to a trade. Pours a clear amber with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces slightly. Aroma has lots of sweet grains with some light grass with a bit of earthy light pine. Flavor has lots of sweet grains with some light fruit, sweet citrus and a good amount of grass.

Can thanks to WillRunForBeer. Pours clear deep amber with a large creamy cream colored head that dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is butterscotch, caramel, pine, citrus. Flavor is quite sweet, medium bitter and somewhat buttery. Medium plus body, creamy mouthfeel. Interesting take for sure.

Pours a crystal clear deep amber color with a huge fluffy beige head that takes forever to recede. The aroma holds a fair amount of sweet malty backbone with bready and caramel being fairly evident to my nose. Garlic green onions grapefruit pith and dankness along with a hint of ethanol round out the nose. The flavor is sweet and malty but has plenty of hop and alcohol to keep it from cloying. Green onions and garlic scape with hints of alcohol countering bread and caramel. Medium to thick body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet resinous just shy of syrupy mouthfeel. This is a big beer and it shows. I liked it but felt it a little sweet for my tastes.

28th May 2012
CP&K. Very hazy deep amber beer. Tidy cream coloured head. Palate is soft but with prickly carbonation. Minerals. Creamy and even malt base. Marmalade orange hops, a little sweet. Trace of tropical fruits with mango and peach syrup. A little alcohol spice in the semi soft dry finish. Not bad but some more hops would have been good.

Draft @ Novare Res. Dirty amber color with full head, good retention in the Tulip. Nose is a tantalizing mix of fresh grapefruit, malt and tropical fruit. Taste is a winner! Juicy, wet hops. Malts give it a sweeter touch and make it balanced. Pine needles and the resin show up as it warmed. ABV is hidden quite well. Mild lingering bitterness. Highly drinkable. I would recommend. Nice.