Bottle from Sully’s Deep amber/copper color with a huge bubbly off white head that slowly recedes. The aroma is heavy on the caramel malt with hints of toffee and light chocolate. Light earthy hop aroma barely. The flavor is rich caramel maltiness with a touch of burnt sugar. Earthy spicy hop flavor with a light amount of bitterness. Solid darker lager brew.

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, best before 11/26/2013. Pours crystal clear deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, light fruitiness, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and yeast ester notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, light fruitiness, and yeast earthiness. Light earthy hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malts, earthy hops, and yeast ester flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice amber lager style. Good balance and robustness of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and yeast ester flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein kupferfarbenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, hopfig, blumig. Geschmack röstmalzig, hopfig, blumig, Karamell, leicht bitter, leicht süß.

I’ts indeed better than a lager, but it’s inferior to the more special Flying Dog beers. Just a normal, mildly hoppy American lager.

Rating from 2010: Toller leicht süßlicher Karamellgeruch. Der Antrunk ist etwas wässrig, zum Hauptteil wird das Bier aber vollmundiger, angenehm säuerlich-malzig und ganz leicht herb. Im Nachgeschmack tritt auch die Karamellnote des Geruchs auf – eine schöne, milde Karamellherbe, schön weich-kremig kommt durch. Auf der Zunge bleibt eine mild-bittre Note von süßlichem Schokoladenkaramell
→ Klasse Bier, das aber sein volles Potential erst im Nachgeschmack entfaltet! --> 12+12+13+12 = 12,15

Tap at the Brouwcafe, Scheveningen. Poured a dark copper colour with a thin white head. The aroma is malt and caramel leading to malty, medium to weak bitter flavour with caramel and toffee on the palate and into the smooth but slightly watery palate. This beer deserves a better rating IMO.

Bottle 0.33l at Otto K, Oulu. Originally rated 07032012. Colour is clear amber with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Sweetness, caramel, some hops and malts.