Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bomber from the brewery. Dark brown, large foamy 5-finger tan head. Good retention. Aroma of charred wood, toffee, mild whiskey. The taste is toffee, charred oak, mild vanilla, smoke and whiskey. Medium bodied, a bit of booze.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Notched on the side: Jan 19.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color. There’s a big foamy off white to tan head that dissipated within less than a minute. The lacing was thick.
The smell started off with big vinous cherries and grapes coming through super dry and taking the bitterness even more so in the blend.
The taste was extremely dry roasty, bitter and vinous. Cherries and grapes provide a tangy quality. It gets semi-sticky in the aftertaste.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body. Vinous qualities really dry out my tongue allowing the carbonation to give no bout to the submissive behavior from the wine.
Overall, aroma seemed nice, taste was alright, palate - way too dry. I don’t think I’d have this one again.

Nice aroma, delightfully smooth. Once again, thanks NFB!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a soft hazy burnt amber color with a slight transparency about it. Soft carbonation rises at a moderate pace. There’s no head nor lacing.
The smell had a strong nutty to caramel maltiness overlaying a rich toffee blend. Light cocoa backs it up decently.
The flavor is basically the same with a lingering sweet nutty aftertaste leading to a dry nutty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it.
Carbonation runs fairly smooth. A nice rolling nuttiness scampers over my tongue in a dry fashion.
Overall, it’s a decent American Red ale. Everything fits for the style, it’s just nothing over the top.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice hazy golden looking bronzed orange color with a rapidly dissipating fizzy head. There was no lacing.
The smell had a sweet starchy substance over grassy light hops. Light honey tones out to balance.
The taste was a balance between the sweet starchy and honey to the delicate grassy hops. There’s some sweet honey in the aftertaste and has a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. A crisp sweet body refreshes and rounds out with the starchy effect over my tongue.
Overall, it’s nothing bad, but I am wondering is this a wheat ale or a golden ale. I really don’t know. It’s just nothing over the top.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Location: 22 oz bottle from the Cabot store in Waterbury, 8/18/15

Aroma: The aroma is Belgian yeast and spice, herbal and berry notes as well
Appearance: Pours a straight-up pink color with a huge, frothy beige/pink head and heavy lace
Flavor: The flavor is yeast and spice forward like the nose, with a bit of berry tartness
Palate: Medium bodied, slightly over carbonated, with a fizzy and tart close
Overall Impression: The aroma here is solid, but too subtle. I actually really enjoyed how those exact same components come through in the flavor. A little less carbonation could turn this into a really fun, seasonable beer. Good either way though.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-dark hazy bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light lacing roaming all around the glass in a messy sort of fashion.
The smell starts off with a nice tropical fruitiness rolling over some nice sweet onion hop oils. It lets in a nice grassiness to balance.
The taste had a bittersweet citrus to tropical fruitiness and rind like qualities. The sweet onion blends in with the grassiness again. There’s no aftertaste but it does have a nice sweet onion/grassy/tropical fruitiness running over in the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with an okay sessionability about it. Carbonation finishes fairly harsh, probably could have been a tad milder to allow the hops be the bitterness.
Overall, for the most part, it’s a real nice DIPA, definitely different for Rock Art. I think if Rock Art tamed the carbonation just a bit, this one could be a knock out.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Location: 22 oz bottle from Cabot - Waterbury, 7/31/15

Aroma: The nose is grainy mostly, a good amount of spice, and some herbal notes as well
Appearance: It pours a mostly clear golden color with a small, fizzy head and light lace
Flavor: The flavor is similar to the aroma component-wise, lightly sweet, light-medium bitter
Palate: The body is light-medium, fairly fizzy, fairly drinkable, and a little dry as well
Overall Impression: Not a bad summer thirst quencher. It seems to be a little too over carbonated, but otherwise, it does what it is trying to do.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Location: 12 oz bottle from Winooski Beverage, 7/24/15

Aroma: The nose is strongly tropical and citrus hops, lead by tangerine/orange
Appearance: It pours a hazy orange with a nice sheet of beige head and medium, drippy lace
Flavor: The flavor doesn't quite live up to the aroma, lightly sweet, with a medium bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, the carbonation is soft-to-average, and a finishes with a light dryness
Overall Impression: Really has an excellent hop aroma. The rest of the beer is solid to very good, but nothing else can live up to the wonderfulness of that aroma. Nice DIPA overall.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

650 ml bottle purchased at the brewery for a steep price of $12.99. Deep dark ruby color with huge head even after a slow pour. After the massive head died down, the aroma is of buttery bourbon, dark fruits and tobacco leaves.

The body is way lighter then I was looking for in a BBA scotch ale, to the point of watery. The caramel, toffee becomes very thin. The bourbon does linger after the sip and gives a warming sensation after the swallow but that would only be nice with a base that was thicker and not as watery. It’s almost like its a BBA amber ale, no solid base to be found.