7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce prowler into pint glass, filled on 2/10/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, wheat, brown bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of toffee, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malts and moderate citrus/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, wheat, brown bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of toffee, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, wheat, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, toffee, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts and moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.2%. Overall this is an excellent American amber ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts and moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Feels like all Columbus hops. Very clean and rich malt complexity; with great balancing juicy/dank/earthy hops. Mild residual sweetness from lingering crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.