Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A black beer with a huge brown head. The aroma has notes roasted malt, chocolate, cinnamon, and smoke. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate, cinnamon, smoke, nutmeg, and roasted malt, leading to a tart finish. My first sweet potato beer - interesting thought.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at DC Epic Sour Tasting 2014. Hazy deep amber color, medium off white head. Aroma of floral citrus. taste is floral caramel. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at DC Epic Sour Tasting 2014. Very dark maroon color, brown head. Nice aroma of burnt embers, smores dropped in campfires. Taste is rich, roasty with charred edges. Tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From notes. Hazy brownish maroon color, medium beige head. Aroma of toasted brown bread crusts. Taste is dusty brown bread dipped in coffee. Interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours orange gold white head. Nose/taste of old citrus, malt, bready malt and light alcohol soaked citrus. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a small frothy white head. The aroma is brown sugar, smoke, wood. Medium mouthfeel with light smoke, caramel, and boozy finish. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Location: Bottle from Spec's - Downtown shared with jcos and dbarnold, 5/23/14
Aroma: The nose is light, clean malts, some caramel, and some fruit as well
Appearance: It pours a mostly clear orange color with a small head and some mild lace
Flavor: The taste is similar, lightly sweet, clean, malty, and with a mild bitterness
Palate: The body is light-medium, not hot at all considering the ABV, with a smooth, clean finish
Overall Impression: This is a pretty solid one. It has a nice flavor and a smooth, clean feel. I'm glad to have tried it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Comes together ok. Finishes with some light bitterness. Pretty good. Smoked malt with roasty chocolate, very nice for smoked beer. Bottle shared at Epic Sour Tasting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A particularly decent barleywine that appeals to my British predecessors (I don’t know what the hell I was saying at this point in the night). My fingers smell like nail polish remover, but this is good. Some Belgian yeast, and almost more like a Belgian Strong than Barley. Well integrated. Bottle thanks to someone at Epic Sour Tasting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at DC Annual Epic Sour Tasting. Dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, chocolate. Tastes of light smoke, dark chocolate, roast. Medium body with a dry finish.