Bottle: Pours a clear amber with a small, creamy white head. Nice lacing. Nose is hoppy and fruity with light citrus. Flavor is hoppy with apple accents. Fairly mild and really doesn’t stand out.

Bottle: Clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Nose is citrus and floral hops with a caramel sweetness. Flavor comes accross wet and hoppy; floral and citrus with a little maltiness. Drys out a bit in the tail. Not bad.

Bottle pours a hazy deep redish amber with almost no head and only spotty lacing. Swwet woody and apple vinigar smell. Quite bitter flavor with sharp biting hops. Rather thick full body and a lot of carmel notes. Finishes wet and a bit sweet. Very little carbonation.

Bottle pours a hazy orange, amber with a largh creamy off white head. Heavy, blocky sticky lacing. Aroma is fruity and citrusy hops. Flavor is sharply bitter witha woody, slightly sour slant. A bit of a metallic note as well, as the late lingering bitterness comes out. Nice full bodied and moderately carbonated

Draught pint at Redbones, 11/12/05. Small tan-beige head is small and moderately well-retained with a chill haze to the amber-honey-auburn body. Creates great lacing down the glass. Smells of bold citric/floral hops with a bit of sweet cream and caramel. Flavor begins bready, lightly dry and toffee-like but quickly picks up steam in the sweet caramel department and the hops are pressed in to the mix forcefully. Gets really strong all at once and then the hops climax and slowly fade, allowing for a soft landing in creamy-sweet caramel. Some sticky toffee and drying alcohol notes remain on the finish. Mouthfeel is not at all watery, while the carbonation is low. Quite a sizeable body on it as well. The rich malts are strong and supportive creating a creamy texture. Still a bit too hoppy and up-front with the richly sweet malt. They clash without allowing some finer nuances to come in to the mix.

Reddish amber,lasting head. Nose and taste are both a pleasant hop/malt mix. Good balance One of the better brews at NW Fest 05

I presume it doesn’t shock you that I’ve visited this brewery. Well, when I did I had this beer but the carbonation was screwy. The brewer apologized and I swore I wouldn’t write about it. It tasted funny and I told him it wasn’t my bag, but I’d give the bottles a go anyway. And that’s what I’ve done.

It’s a bright chestnut brown colour. There’s a rich nutty aroma with a slight woodiness. The palate is fairly dry - Mr. Quilter does seem to love his hops - with woody, nutty overtones. It’s only mildly sweet, definitely on the dry side of the style. The yeast is pretty clean, but there is a reasonable amount of malt complexity. The body is fairly light, almost like a mild. It’s a straightforward brown, but complex enough to hold my interest. And yeah, the carbonation makes a big difference.