Can from Beer Republic, Amsterdam. Aroma is nutty with coffee, mocha, chocolate, roast, more beanie coffee. Medium sweet with a moderate roasty bitterness. Body is medium. Nice Coffee Brown.

Notes from 1/10/2009 Brought back from Boston in September. Lazy me left it the fridge at least. Chunks of yeast breaking off the bottom as I heavy-handily reach for the bottle opener. Awww shit, a gusher. : - Fifteen yard penalty. I mop up, & pour ever so gently into my Ommgang flute chalice. A muddy orange body, with an inch of egg-beater white whispy head. Soft, uniform, micro-beaded lace. Smell is big on tangerine zest, sticky residual sugars, pine, & a little aerosol. Pretty juicy on the initial taste. Lots of rind bitterness & zesty sweetness all the way through. It finishes a little drier, showing some dusty malt, but the orange/grapefruit rind bitterness lingers quite a bit. Carbonation is pretty low, but the beer isn't sticky. Alcohol punches a little harder then I thought it would. If this was in twelve ouncers, I think I'd eye a sixer every now & then.

Can 440ml from Total Wine Cupertino drunk after eating at Waldeslust with my parents. It's also shutting down soon due to its building being turn down so that's a bit of deja vu after hearing about RB. Interesting: I find no date anywhere on the can. Hope it's not too old. Lightly hazy gold, moderate head. Nose is quite nice with caramel and citrus but also a bit of tropical background. Flavor is good, hints of apricot, big smooth light-piney bitterness and it's relatively dry. Very nice West Coast beer!