5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sample at the brewery 1/25/2014. Ruby red leaning on brown color. Nose is earthy, dirty English malts and burnt sugar. No doubt the brewer uses English malts in this beer. The Earthy malts are the main base of the flavor with light spice and also a trace of dirty dish water. I have a feeling something is unclean in this brew. I mentioned to the bartender that the tap line maybe dirty. Or maybe after all these years of drinking, I still don’t enjoy English Strong Ales. It tasted like it somebody ringed out the bar towel into my beer. Perhaps some English Ales go after this type of thing. Something is off here.