6.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Small, vanishing greyish-yellow head, fed by very lively foxy beer with a mossy shine. Bottom of the bottle hides some scary looking UFOs. Sharp vegetable aroma initially, followed by cookies, caramel, and frying fat at the bakery. Oxydized, sweet initial taste, covered by the return of the sharp vegetable, even insectoid flavour. No trace of hops, caramel however very present. Light body, slightly spritzy, end slickness like caramel in solution. I’m actually rather lenient in points. Could somebody explain to those geniuses at Coors, that if you cask a beer for 5 years: A) the fresh hop flavours will disappear and B) oxidation ought to be counterbalanced by enough gravity and alcohol? That was the original idea behind IPA, historically. If you underhop a weak beer, drink it fast enough! SteveH, once more you’ve found me a totally unexpected and rare item – big thanks. That Coors is not exactly the summum of brewing science is not your fault…