Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2014

Draught @ Draught 55. Opaque brown with small creamy beige head, sweet caramel aroma, low carbonation, sweetish coffee-caramel taste with alcohol undertones, smooth thickish body, long mocha finish. Very smooth and satisfying.

bottle - Pours dark brown and has a malt rich aroma with chocolate, coffee, and subdued spice. It has a sweet malt forward flavor with cocoa and mild cinnamon. It’s fairly good though I thought it would taste more complex with all those added ingredients. They kind of blended together, I guess.

Dark brown body with a quickly dissipating tan head. Light aroma of coffee and some light malt. Not much here really. The flavor is lightly sweet, again not much in the way of distinctive flavors. Nothing really bad, just a lot of ingredients that apparently cancel each others flavors out.

Bottle. Pours brown off white head. Nose/taste of coconut, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, toasted malt. Medium body.

Bottle. A- Chili peppers, salsa, cocoa, bitter, spices, roasty. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Chili peppers, cocoa, bakers chocolate, subtle coconut, subtle vanilla, spices, mocha, roasty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty bitter finish. O- A very interesting concoction. Felt like too many things were going on. You could get all the ingredients they listed on the palate but they didn’t blend all that well. The cocoa should out the most and everything else took a backstage. There was also a huge aroma and some taste of chili peppers which didn’t make much sense. I added a little pure vanilla to mine and that opened things up a little better but still not a beer I was left desiring more for.

23rd November 2014
Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry with mild fine carbonation. Smooth dry malst, fair bit of cheap tasting chocolate, tangy. Touch of coconut and dry coffee before the semi dry finish. Slightly bitter chocolate linger. Too much skewed chocolate.

Bomber from Imbibe Wine. Nose is cocoa, roasty coffee, and a hint of coconut.. Clear brown with a small beige head. Flavor is lightly sweet and malty with coffee and nuttiness along with very light bitterness.

Pours clear medium brown color with tan head. Toasted malt, molasses, coffee, and cinnamon aromas with some vanilla and coconut. Toasted malt, coffee, cocoa, and vanilla flavors with a hint of coconut. Medium body with average carbonation.

From a 22 oz bottle. Pours a clear deep copper. Coffee nose. Flavors of cinnamon, cocoa and coffee. Medium bodied. Slight bitter finish.

Location: Big ass 3L bottle from Beer Culture that I brought to and shared at Dave's BP, 9/27/14

Aroma: The nose is malty and sweet, lots of coconut at first, some chocolate, coffee, spice, etc.
Appearance: Pours a brown color with a smallish tan head and some slight lacing
Flavor: The taste is malty, sweet, and somewhat muddled, lots going on, with a mild bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, fairly smooth, with a solid mouthfeel, and a slightly sticky finish
Overall Impression: First off, thanks to Matt and the rest of the guys at Beer Culture. I'm happy to have won this beer and been able to share it with the fairly large group of beer nerds present. As for the beer itself, it is definitely much tastier as it approaches room temperature. When the coconut starts to fade a little the complexity gets to a more balanced point. Still, it feels like there might be just a bit too much going on here, so it gets a little muddled. Overall though, I really ended up enjoying what they did here.