22oz bottle-pours amber with a tan head. Aroma is nutty/cocoa-barley/medium malt/oats, some spice. Taste is roasty/nutty/cocoa-barley/medium malt/oats, some spice/earthy hops. Not what I expected, and out of the style box to my view, but probably in the hoppy English Brown Ale category. Quite enjoyable.

Bottle shared by John. Pours dark amber brown with off white head. Nose and taste of barley, oats, cocoa and nuts. Hints of wet sock on the nose. Some wort. Medium body.

22 oz. bottle from Table and Vine for $6.99. Poured a curious hazy orange. Respectable head and lace. Pleasing aromas of grassy hops and bread like malt. You can notice the dry hopping of an English / Euro hop in the finish. It’s nicely balanced with caramel and bready malt. Medium in body with normal Co2. This brew was a nice change of pace for me personally however, just a bit above average overall.

Bomber from Half Time. Pours dark copper with a 4 finger foamy/creamy beige head. All I can smell out of the foam is light roast malt and maybe something floral. Med body. The roast malt has that characteristic brown ale flavor. It does have some hop bitter, but the malt really controls this. It’s not sweet, just that the bitter comes more from malt than hop (I think). On the other hand there’s a fair amount of floral, so ... I just think the malt should be subserviant, not dominant.

Pours clear deep amber into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to skim surface. Sweet caramel and dough aromas. Soft and dry with sweet sourdough and upfront turning nutty in the lasting bitter grapefruit pith finish.

A golden ale with a thin creamy white head. In aroma, a rather strong butterscotc with fruity esters, and caramel. In mouth, a smooth caramel malt with oily mouthfeel, nutty, so-so. On tap at ROC Empire Brewfest, Feb. 19 2011.