This is yet another brewery that I have never heard of, whose products I have only come in contact with through my beer club. What I like about the beer club is the chance to try unfamiliar beers - no matter how uninspiring. This brew was sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle and poured a golden amber color with a very small white head. The aroma was sour malt with a hint of tangy fruit. There was also a hint of your typical macro pale lager aroma to this as well. The flavor was sweet and had more malt presence than I was expecting - particularly on the finish. The brew was also thicker than I was expecting - which I found to be a pleasant surprise. There was a mild underlying macro taste that intensified as the beer warmed up. Overall a quaffable brew but certainly nothing spectacular.

Hazy golden colour with orange highlights and a frothy off-white head. Almost no bubbling action within the beer! Smells of grapes, malt and a bit of hops are very evident. Medium to Full-Bodied; Grapey taste with strong malt highlights and a nice hop background. The grape taste is still evident in the palate and leads way to a bit of metallic twang and some malt-bitterness. I am starting to really like this style...and this is a pretty good example of it. I don't know how it got such a low ranking! Overall, there is very little wrong with this beer...and quite amount of things right! If you are in the area, try finding this one and give it a shot...I'd like to see its score raised! I bought my twelve ounce bottle at Total Wine in McLean, Virginia.