Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Brown 12 oz bottle. A new entry at my beer store for Erie Brewing. Erie must be one of the most underated of the micro brews, they really have some notable brews. Has a yeasty ubiquitous beery aroma but it is not conation. There are mephitic hints of copper in there too. The pour is hazy orangish brown. There is a froth on top of this beer but no head. No lacing to speak of but there is a girdle of slender white bubbles around the inside of the glass. The taste is mild to medium malty bitter. You can tell it is pretty forward on the alky scale. Yes there is some carbonation on the palate but is below terdium quid. The taste is reminiscent of other stronger ales. Has a little of that medicinal bitter quality that sticks to your tongue. This may be just a little bit more than my girlie taste buds can tolerate. Mind you, it is not like the bitterness associated with IPA or imp stout but it certainly reaches the level of a pale ale or american pale ale. There is some malty bitterness in there as well, tho not roasted. On the finish, it is pretty good but that acrid medicinal quality hangs with you for a while.