Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and herbal. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 171018

17/10/2018. Cask at the Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival 2018, Nottingham. Pours pale amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit, malt, spruce, light herb and resin. Medium plus sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Aroma the high point.

Can drunk 9/7/18.
Clear, rosy, peach-copper, very well-carbonated leading to a large, off-white head that shows moderate retention.
Well-attenuated grape must adds light chalk, leather, plentiful acid and light sweetness to the otherwise well-attenuated, only lightly-hoppy nose. It's a bit fruity, though even hard to differentiate yeast from hop at points. Lots of strawberry, apple, grape ester and a ton of white pepper and light alcohol on the finish. Biscuit and bread dough emanate from the malt, with just a hint of honey.
In the mouth it's champagne-like carbonated with a very supportive, supple malt texture that adds plentiful sweetness and then dries out on the finish with notes of white bread, honey, black and white pepper, strawberry, grape and raspberry. Very clean flavors and everything works well together. Texture and carbonation are great, but I'm just a bit put-off by the overall strength of the beer. Between the grape acidity and hops, strong malt profile and fairly strong (though not sharp or messy) alcohol character, it's just a bit forceful. The carbonation and strong pepper phenols seem to exacerbate this as well. Otherwise, clean and well-done, maybe just not my favorite "style".

4 oz. draft sample at The Thirty Moose, Exeter location. Hazy bright pale yellow color. Flavor displays massive pine, bolder florals. The hops fight each other for the spotlight. Body is lean with a dare I say “watery” texture. Not my thing.

1,800th rating! Pours a a hazy amber from a can, some lacing. Light mint and melon aroma, a little BO. Sweet flavor, again mint and melon. Good beer.

Poured from can thanks AFH clear straw with a fluffy white head. Aroma is cat pee grains honey and floral notes. Taste follows light bread dough floral notes and a clean finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pepperell Pils on 02 Sep 2018 at 13:38 - Score: 6

Bomber drunk 5/27/18.
Dark crimson-violet with deep auburn hues, good clarity and a small, off-white head showing moderately-low retention.
Very easygoing nose belies the spirits this beer came in contact with and even the barrel, showing no toast nor any aggressively boozy notes. Light Brett acids add yellow fruit, lime and leather, as hints of toffee and tart cherry deepen things while honey and biscuit brings up the rear, balancing nicely.
In the mouth it's tart, yet soft and voluptuous, with plentiful tannin to counteract any big acidity. Very fruity, with honey-like malts and biscuit for texture, while tight carbonation and good attenuation round out a very enjoyable, flavorful, balanced picture. Surprisingly low on any bourbon/whiskey character, with just light vanilla and spicy phenol in its place. No maple noted either.

Bomber drunk 5/27/18.
Lightly-to-minimally hazy, soft, peach-apricot-golden. Small white head sits lightly at cover.
Peach, apricot, pear and apple show plentiful, enjoyable esters, with a good helping of soft base malts for balance. No hot clove and bubble gum here, with lots of pepper and various other spicy phenols from the champagne yeast. Surprisingly low on the alcohol with long nectarine, apricot, orange and lemon notes lingering alongside cereal and biscuit.
Peach and citrus in the flavor soaks in to biscuit and honey-like malts with peppery champagne notes and tight, engaging carbonation. Good attenuation and a soft, malty texture keep it drinkable with no alcohol or flaw noted. Vanilla, pear and star fruit linger on the finish and retronasal.

Draught at the brewery, 5/26/18.
Moderately hazy, very pale, lemon-golden. White head settles out at cover.
"Bitter" pine in the nose is quite sharp and strong, though softened somewhat by fruity yeast and moderate nectarine and light melon. No alcohol but rather twangy and forceful.
Bitter initially, showing tons of white grapefruit and pine. Cracker malts do little to soften or balance. Resin takes hold and it remains too dry, stark and acidic with austere pine, grapefruit and lemon providing no juice, softness or comfort (or much interest, really). Engaging carbonation and very high attenuation. No alcohol or flaw noted.

Draught at the brewery, 5/26/18.
Dark mahogany, undetermined clarity, with a tan head fading steadily to a ring.
Burnt coffee and lots of fruity raisin and plum. Soft vanilla and then crunchy, toasty dark malts. No alcohol, however and it's neither too acrid nor too fudgey. I like the fruitiness here quite a bit.
In mouth it shows burnt coffee up front with some interesting toffee-raisin character but gaining too much acidity and burnt character as it progresses and unfortunately coming off acrid. On the dry side, with light thinning on the end. Don't get any maple character. Low, slightly loose carbonation. No alcohol noted. Meh.