bottle at RBESG ... Juicy tary hoppy nose ... not really a barly wine ... juicy and fruity .. ok but def not a baley wine

RBESG2008: 33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a creamy white head. Light spiced and grainy aroma. Flavour is sweet malty with a light spiced note. Solid alcohol too. Ends spiced and alcohol dense.

12oz bottle-pours a big white head. Color is yellow/gold with effervescence. Aroma is sweet grain/corn?, fake honey, musty fruit. Taste is boozy, grain/husky, some musty fruit, metallic/aspirin. Interesting interpretation.

12oz bottle @Hoboken#1-pours a white head and amber color. Aroma is funky ash, spice, medium malt. Taste is peat, funky ash, spice, medium malt. Mild carbonation. Not quite there.

660ml bottle-pours a thin white film that reduces to a ring of bubbles for a head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is light grain, secondary citrus. Taste is light grain-some sweet/caramel/crystal malt (the malt from the CA brewery), secondary grassy/citrus hops. Mild carbonation.

660ml bottle-pours a white head with some lacing and hazy gold color. Aroma is light malt, light citrus-lemon/floral-marigold hops, some honey? Taste is grain/light malt, bitter light citrus-lemon peel/floral-marigold hops. Dry. Nice. Good carbonation. Light body.

660ml bottle-pours a big foamy to creamy tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate/molasses/peat, maybe some licorice, some earthy hops. Taste is dark malt-chocolate/molasses/peat, maybe some licorice, some earthy hops-with a fair amount of astringency which goes from initial thru aftertaste, medium body. The astringency reduces by the second pour then some dark fruitiness comes through. OK carbonation.

on tap-pours an off white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is sweet honey malt. Taste is sweet honey malt, some bitter-citrus/earthy hops.

on tap-pours a tan head that laces and brown color with red highlights. Aroma is roasty, medium malt-chocolate, alcohol. Taste is roasty/tar, medium malt-chocolate, some fruit-raisins, alcohol. Slightly syrupy. Not full body, a medium body that at times seems to have a watery back drop.

Bottle. Lager-like aroma with a bit more malt and metallic notes. Sweet malt flavor with a bit of noble hops, caramel, and earth. Medium bodied. Lingering metallic sweet malt. See4ms more like a super-pils (not extra hops, just alcohol). Mouthfeel a bit oily.