reddish dark brown ale with a thick frothy lacing mocha head. In aroma, nice nutty caramel malt with resinous herbaceous floral hops, light coffee, nutty notes, nice. In mouth, a nice bitter chocolate with coffee grind, musty character, herbaceous resinous hops, light mineral notes, very nice. On tap at North Country Brewfest 2016.

Bottle from Beergium. Pours dark reddish brown with creamy off white head. Aroma of toffee, chocolate, red berries and light xxx. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, burnt caramel and a light roast. Dry, lightly roasted chocolatey finish. Quite light on the palate and medium carbonation.

Older bottle bought online. Milky, irregular, coarse, off-white head over a clear, deep brown beer with warm ruby hue. The aroma is a treat for maltheads (as it ought to be in an American brown ale): chocolate paste, hazelnut oil, butterscotch, fresh toast, raisins, maple syrup, cocoa butter, candied orange, tea, marzipan. Soft sweet onset, candied dates, raisins, marmelade, countered by a very subtle berry-like sourishness; soft carbo, thinnish body as expected from the style, lovely smooth caramelly and lightly nutty maltiness with a chocolatey accent, a bit honeyish here and there, with more toasted bitterishness in the end as well as a spicy, herbal hop bitterness of medium duration; juicy caramelly and nutty maltiness persists as well as a subtle lingering candi sugar sweetness sticking just a little bit to the teeth. English brown ales are clearly in decline in their country of origin, but their American offspring is still going strong yet often a bit overlooked; I would recommend this to anyone trying to get acquainted with Anglo-Saxon brown ale in general. It is a typical example of its style, very malty but light and quenching at the same time, elegant, sweet and ’friendly’. It’s the lovely chocolate and marzipan qualities in the nose which make this appealing more so than the actual taste, but in all this is a very enjoyable Dark Horse beer once again.

Bottled 355ml. -from Za Popen’t Ljubljana. Dark amber coloured, small off-white head, caramel and mild chocolate in the nose. Light roasted malt, caramel, some chocolate and dried fruits with notes of hops in rather dry finish. Ok...but just ok.

Dark brown with thick, lasting head. Some grassiness in the aroma. Seems very overcarbonated which seems to limit the chance for the flavours to develop well. There’s some malts, dried fruit and a bit of caramel before a fairly bitter finish.

12 fl. oz. bottle, bought at Grebhan´s, Bremen. Deep brown in the glass, tanned small head. Roasted malt and chocolate on the nose. Starts with strong dark chocolate, a little bit too much in my opinion, but not bitter. Then additional dark berriefruits. Malty and light alcoholic in the background. Smooth. Nice stuff.

Sehr dunkel orangebraune Farbe, fingerbreite beige Schaumkrone. Geruch nach Kaffee und Toffee, leicht hopfig. Geschmack nussig, leicht röstmalzig, Vanille, wenig Kaffee.

Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on Friday night before a recording weekend. Not sure if I got a bunk bottle of this, because it is very carbonated. Appearance is a coffee brown with a huge frothy off white head, carbonated to the point where I had to pour four times into one glass. Aroma of caramel, malt, carbonation, not too much else. Taste is malty with a light yeast backing and chocolate/caramel notes. It’s just OK, wondering if the bottle I purchased was shaken at any point.

Lukt: Frukter og noe Krydder.
Utseende: Fin gyllen kastanje farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng langs kant.
Smak: Krydder, frukter og tyggis.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Melkebaren, Sandnes
Medium: Tapp@100ml, ABV@7%, Når@04.02.2015