Shred Head Seasonal Ale

Draft at the Funky Taco. Dark amber, finely beaded head, lots of lacing. Robust malty aroma. Tadte brings a bit of oomph, both in hoppiness and alcohol warmth. A winter warmer for sure, and a pretty good one.

On tap at Sunriver brewing bend. Pours out golden copper topped with a white head. Nose is grain some caramel sweet malts and spice. Taste is more of the rich malts citrus hops and a spice.

Bomber from Made in Oregon. Pours dark copper with a slight beige head. Aroma of brown sugar - sort of barley wine. Med body, or not quite. It seems thin. There’s a bitterness to go with the brown sugar. No particular hop quality other than spice/earth seems to stand out. And those might be questionable. It’s less than dry, but has enough bitter to hold off the sugar for the most part. Hmmm

Deep dark amber coloured body with a copper glow and a thinnish, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of brown sugar, caramel, earth and quite a bit of malt. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich caramel and malty flavour with a grassy and herbal hop note and a lot of depth of sugars. Aftertaste shows a lot of malty and nutty character with some earth and piney/resinous hops around - very nice. Overall, a good beer with a lot of character and complexity - nice to sample! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased yesterday on-sale for US$3,49 at Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 03-May-2015 sampled the following day in my hotel room here in Portland on 04-May-2015.

On tap at sunriver. Pours a mostly clear red color with a large white head. A big sweet malty nose. Toast, toffee, berries, light heat, light spices. Solid. Sweet.

Bottle: poured Amber color with off white head. Aroma is sugary. Taste is light hops, sugary and malts.