Another from Skyview. Black color. Oatmeal and Malt in the flavor and aroma. Medium palate. Rather plain, if flawless. There isn’t a lot there. I didn’t get the hops, and the high abv is well hidden.

Hard Liver ’08
Crazy reddish-colour. Chewy, earthy caramel malts with a wonderful, subtle alcohol and vanilla accents. Very muscular brew. One of my favourites at the fest.

Draught. Poured a hazy orange with foamy off white head. Small citrusy aroma. Medium body hoppy flavour, with a medium mouth feel. Medium hoppy finish on center of tongue

Bottle. Rich aroma of roasted/toasted malt, coffee and perhaps cacao. Also a bit of tar. Thoroughly black color with a tan head that immediately ringed. Full in body; mild in carbonation. Incredibly toasted malt-coffee flavor. There’s also chocolate and probably caramel. This is a beast of a bird. Heat does not interfere. The finish is burnt sweet toast balanced by strong bitter. Motor oil description works for me.

Draft @ KLCC Microbrew Festival: Pours a hazy gold with a medium white head. Aromas of spice and wheat with light bits of roastiness. Flavorful with roasted malts, toffee, and grassey. Lively carbonated.

Billed as a hoppy altbier, but I have a hard time with that. Cloudy light amber. Lemony, fruity nose with a hint of yeast. Really hoppy...there’s light caramel but also a lot of pear and citrus hop notes. Quite yeasty - can’t see this having been lagered. Spritzy too, which muddies the malt/hop notes, obscuring the beer.

Bomber. Malty aroma; very light roast note. Dark amber color with a beige/tan head that is on its way towards rocky. Well, not that impressive, but substantial. Near medium body with sharp carbonation. Malty, rough caramel with some almost balancing hop. The finish is reasonably dry, and there is enough bitter to make it pleasant. Good casual drink.

Draught pint at Redbones on 10/24/07
Interesting to compare this one to the Anacortes O-fest immediately preceding this....This one is much lighter, more apt for the style, with a lighter tan-peach appearance and stronger beige head. Little/no lacing. Clarity is high.
A strong sweet-and-sour effect from the melanoidins is felt instantly, in the nose, with a toffee and buttercream sweetness growing steadily behind it. Fruitiness climaxes, with added hop pepperiness giving a light spicy tinge. Bread and dough soften the finish, and there seems to be a more, if very sweet, appropriate array of o-fest qualities here.
But then I take a sip and, while it’s not roasty, or strangely malted, it’s VERY sweet. Sugary/caramelly malts are plastered to the palate, as carbonation works furiously to cleanse. Melanoidins pile on, giving vivid nightmares of death-by-fruits (the hops adding to this as well). Ok, so I’m exaggerating for effect, but in the end, this one seems to fail just like the Anacortes, but for different reasons. While the Anacortes had the wrong malt notes, this one gets them right, but lacks attenuation badly. Rather crude. No alcohol noted.