(10/30/08) Draught at City Beer in San Francisco. 9.2%. Nice amber color. Aroma of hops with some citrus, pine and tropical fruit notes. Bitter hoppy flavor with some malty sweetness, cookie notes, citrus and some fruity notes. Medium to full-bodied.

Draft. An Imperial version of their normal 563 Stout. Nitro. Mahogony beer with a huge beige nitro head. Chocolate and light roast aroma. Big dark chocolate flavor. Medium body. Big chocolate malt lingers with light roast. Light bitterness throughout.

Draft. Light golden beer with a big whitish head. Nice sumemr fruit/citrus aroma. Summer/tropical fruit flavor with wheat. Medium bodied. Very fruity. Summer/tropical fruit lingers.

Draft. Golden beer with a hite head. Light malt aroma. Malt, corn, mineral and grass flavor. Medium bodied. refreshing. Corn, mineral tones, and grass linger.

Cloudy amber with medium white head. Hoppy aroma with piney and and citric notes. Flavour is hoppy with toasted malt and grapefruit notes. Bitter finish.

Sample at the Hopsnobbery Collective tasting on 12/10/08: Thanks to Homerwantsbeer for sharing a can. The beer pours a clear light amber-yellow color with a medium thin and creamy light beige head that diminishes slowly. Sticky sheet of lacing on the glass. Citrusy hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of grapefruit and hops, malt and pine. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness left behind. Pretty good all around.

Can 12fl.oz. at home. [ Trade w. Dunk ]. Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, orange, citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [190908]

12oz can-pours a rich off white head and gold/amber color. Aroma is pine/citrus-some lemon zest, secondary medium malt. Taste is pine/citrus-some zest/spice with some bitter, sweet-caramel. Medium body. OK/mild carbonation.

(10/27/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in San Francisco. The board says 8.5% ABV. Dark brown to black-colored with a beige head. Aroma of smoked meat and some roastiness. Smoky flavor, quite sweet, with malt, some sausages, wood and hints of coffee. Quite full-bodied.

(10/27/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in San Francisco. Menu says 7.0% ABV. Clear deep golden to amber color. Aroma of floral hops, some piney notes and citrus. Sweet malty flavor at first with some caramel and bready notes. Continues bitter and hoppy with some fruitiness and citric notes. Rounded-mouthfeel. A very balanced IPA. Tasty.