Bottle at home... Copper brown.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose... Big boozy fruits toffee nose.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Big juicy toffee.. Massive maple

500mL bottle, sent from adamjackson (thanks a lot, Adam), pours a hazy dark copper with a miniscule off-white head. Aroma of maple syrup galore, brown sugar and caramel, though the maple is most pronounced. Flavour is intensely sweet, with treacle toffee, maple, caramel and brown sugar. Pretty cloyingly sweet, with a super soft carbonation (almost totally flat) and high viscosity. Gets a bit much to drink, but it's surely complex and an enjoyment to sip.

2011. this is a very interesting beer. I had the barrel aged version BEFORE opening this one and I didn’t like that beer as much. However, having both now, it’s clear this is the winner in my book. The maple sweetness is far more pronounced and easy to fall in love with. Still a sipper of a beer. Smells like brown sugar, caramel and ..of course, maple. Only downfall is it’s too sweet so it’s a bottle worth sharing with friends.

Bottle number 99 shared from Adam Jackson’s cellar. Thanks for the opportunity bud! Had about 10 oz. in a tulip glass. Deep amber pour with no head what so ever. Nose is mostly Maple syrup with a very subtle hint of Belgian yeast. Flavor is sweet but NOT so much that it becomes sicking. What really caught me off guard was the bitterness in the finish. The hops or perhaps spice is what helps balance out the sweetness. Medium body is leaning on the full side. This beer may really improve with age. I understand the ingredients and time the brewer used to make this beer. I realized a lot of the cost is labor and time taking care of the brew. The big question for me is: “Would I spend $30.00 (U.S. )for this and have to drive to Vermont?” Oh, and stand in line for 20 or 30 minutes. The answer is… no. It’s a very tasty brew and may cellar quite well… but it’s a one and done for me.

A lightly hazed dark amber with a thin creamy off white head. Aroma of sweet maple, vanilla, prunes, and light soy sauce. In mouth, a smooth sweet maple with light licorice, berries, warming alcohol. Rich and smooth. On tap at VT Brewers Fest, July 17 2010.