Northeast Bucket List Trip Beer #57. Keg at the hotel bar. Pours a clear copper with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of caramel malt, herbal and spicy hops. The taste is toffee malt, toasted malt, snappy herbal hops. Medium bodied, well balanced, crisp.

Can at my brothers place grabbed some quick sixers to share. Pours dusty burnt orange small quick dissipating head. Nose is light florals and toast. Tastes of some like orange, sweet malt, mild pine hopping, cereal, some flowers. Fine palate.

Draft at Meridian Pint. Clear amber color, huge tan head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of biscuit and light caramel. Taste is bittersweet toast, clean and simple.

4 oz. sample@ Amesbury Ale House. Copper color with lasting head retention. Aroma is extremely mild. Hints of mineral water and mashed corn, weak caramel.

Honestly the flavor is a mirror image of the aroma. Corn, mineral water and some caramel malt in the base. Light in body with some lager yeast notes. I think it’s innovative that a New England brewery decided on a style that is not brewed much anymore. So I give a few points for creativity. This works as a nice lawn mower / yard work brew.

Can at CBC, April 9 2014.Clear golden color, off-white to yellow head. Sweet, malty, vegetal, sugary scent. Mineral, bitter taste. Bitter aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

Can from Martys, drunk 4/5/14
White head tops a chill-hazed amber body, low retention.
Corn, vanilla, cream, light herbal hops and a hint of wax in the nose....Somewhat mineral-like, but not in a bad way. Cleanish, medium-strength aroma.
Fair amount of bitterness leading to light toffee and some sourdough notes. Quite malty and in that sense, it’s flavorful, but the somewhat doughy sweetness detracts from what should be a more crisp, biting lager finish and in its place it’s just too doughy and sweet. The hops are ctiric and pretty well-done, but the beer just needs more dryness. Carbonation could be a bit tighter. Not quite there, but pretty good.

Pours deep gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Dark caramel aromas. Dry and smooth with caramel upfront turning to mild earth in the medium length finish.