Lovecraft The Temple

Canned. Pours a dark brown. Some earthiness aand sweet nuttiness here. Not bad.

16 ounce can. Amber orange color. Frothy beige head. Nice lacing. Toasted malt nose. Earthy, spicy notes. Flavor follows nose with hints of caramel and fruity hops. Interesting balance of malt and hops. A decent effort from Narragansett, that is quite true to the Altbier style.

Pours a rich caramel red-brown from a can, some lacing. Rich spicy noble hop aroma along with a bit of toffee. Flavor is rich, definitely pick up on some of the chocolate malts, along with a light melon refreshingness followed again by some spicy hoppiness, almost like some rye in there without the sourness. I would say Saaz, but I’m not familiar with Perle. Very good beer.

$2.00 pint can from Beer Run. Pours deep golden. Aroma of grain, light citrus, bread. Flavor is bitter glue, lemon zest, bread, bitter grasses. Overall meh. Lingering brewed grass aftertaste that just doesn’t make my palate happy.

Draught @ Cooper’s Craft & Kitchen - Chelsea. Clear dark amber with small foamy off-white head, malty aroma. spicy medium bitter caramel malt taste, thin body, long medium bitter finish. Very smooth and tasty.

Pounder: Caramel and cedar aroma. Clear copper, thick sticky yellow head. Wood, with bubble gum overtones. Lasting grassy bitter finish. Full body, soft carbonation. Very respectable.

Glad to be the first to rate this! Super nice hazy amber coloured body with a great copper glow and a peachie tint, all with a thin and fast-dying tan head. Aroma of crisp malt, toffee, sticky figs and pitted fruits and a dose of toasted grain or perhaps oatmeal. Aftertaste shows almost no sweetness, some subdued grainy flavours, a dose of yeast and astringent notes and a smooth toasted malt flavour with a faint hint of caramelised sugars. Overall, a nice altbier that shows some grain and subdued toffee notes that has some moderate complexities and a bite of earth near the very end. Not a bad beer and a good one for breaking the monotony of hoppy beers and light lagers. I sampled this sixteen ounce pour on draught at Whole Foods in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 02-June-2017 for US$5,00 sampled at the end of my driveway.