From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, toasted malt. Bitter, smooth fruity, toasted malt. Bitter and crisp hoppy finish.

Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a clear gold with a slight yellow hue and a white head that lasts throughout out the beer. Aroma has a lots of grain and oak with a bit of earthy pine. Flavor has notes of grain and grass with some bread and oak supporting.

Interesting, big Cascade nose, a bit of oak in the finish

Bottle. Maple and slightly sweet citrus. A bit flat in the mouth, but interesting nonetheless.

Bottle. Sweet caramel malt, orange hops, and vanilla aroma. Clear copper with a large off-white head. Sweet creamy caramel malt, vanilla, orange peel and herbal hops flavor. Medium body, lively carbonation.

Slightly hazy copper coloured body with a rich, three centimetre tall pale tan head. Aroma of oak, alcohol, hops, earth, caramel and a good deal of bread/yeast. Light to Medium-bodied; Astringent hoppy flavour of herbs, grass and resin coupled with some metallic and herbal notes along with a touch of bitterness. Aftertaste shows a more refined and earthy flavour with some oak noticeable, hints of grass and herbs and a light floral finish. Overall, a decent and relatively - for the style - complex beer with some nice hoppy and dry grassy finishes. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 20-November-2014 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington when the Detroit Red Wings won Game 1 of the Best of 7 Series against Tampa Bay on 16-April-2015 sampled in my Michigan pint glass of course.

On tap @ FreshCraft Denver. Clear, golden orange appearance. Creamy, lasting tan head. Toasted malt, grass, herbs, rice, flowers in the nose. Fairly neutral aroma. Clean flavor profile albeit a bit bland. Creamy mouth feel. Light citrus. A little bit of spicy hops. Moderate bitterness. Medium low sweetness. Fine session ale but it doesn’t really stand out.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run, opened 10/9/14. Pours a hazy orange amber with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel, mild fruits. The taste is toasted malt, wood, whiskey, citrus hops. Thin-medium bodied.

12oz bottle. Hmm. New school in that it makes you think "why would they ever put this in a barrel? what a bunch of newb DBs"...but then again it isn’t a booze barrel, the oak tones are sort of mellow and subdued, so all charges dropped. Medium bodied, very drinkable, sessionable. Tastes very English to me, not meant for UK raters to take umbrage to in any way. Just mild, easy, subdued. Not really a winner. Bland, soapy, mild wood notes. Meh.