I acquired this in a trade. I sent a few Vermont beers in exchange for some mid-west beers. Taken from my cellar at 60 Degrees F and poured into a Ridel Bordeaux glass. Bottle Date: 10/2011

A - Poured a 3-Finger head with a healthy mix of big and tight bubbles. Very nice head retention along the edges of the glass as it dissipated. Dissipation took 5 minutes to achieve 1-finger head.The beer is a smooth and hazy golden orange. You’d think it was a light red ale but, against the light, this is a very orange drink with a lean toward VERY golden look.

S - Right on the nose is an explosion of wheat followed by that great wild / farmhouse yeast that you would expect from a beer like this. It’s classified as a Barley Wine on RateBeer but I’m getting wild / saison style. Great bits of orange peel and mild spices with a hint of cherries.

T - My nose deceives me. I’m getting more barley wine characteristics that I was not expecting. There’s a huge caramel matliness that hits immediately. This is followed by an intense bitterness that’s almost sour like as if the back of the tongue is a Lambic Geuze There’s a mild spice to this beer that I can’t pinpoint. Wheat beer is the last thing I’d think of in a blind taste test. It’s a beer with an identity crisis for sure.

M - Solid explosion of carbonation on a single mouth-swish about 90% of the beer turns to big bubbles. It’s light to medium bodied and the caramel malts and fleeting hops stick around long after swallowing I’d say for about a minute.

O - I’m not sure what to think of this beer. It’s good but not great. Wheat turns to caramel turns to very malty notes which leads to very bitter middle of the tongue experience with a lingering caramel taste but the nose is nothing like the taste. Hard to rate...I’m giving it a B+

Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours very dark brown with a 2 finger foamy beige head. Aroma is actually walnut. Amazing. Also a bit of chocolate. Med body. Flavor is banana, chocolate and some black walnut. Know that, cause my mom was always bringing black walnut ice cream home. This is approaching complex and it’s pretty amazing. I can taste (virtually) black walnut ice cream. Joys of childhood. Not. I preferred chocolate. But I could go for some of that ice cream right now. Finishes pretty dry, with walnut flavor, and lingering banana. NIce.

Courtesy of Dak, thank you sir. It pours a copper color with tan head. The aroma is sort of peach flavored cotton candy mixing with floral hop notes, apples, pears and a malt sweetened wheat like sensation with a bit of booze at the end of the draw. The taste has a mix of light skinned sweet fruity esters like pears and apples mingling with spicy hops and then moving into stronger and stronger floral hop notes. Interesting brew where smooth sweet wheat takes this into the finish.

Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours dark brown with a slight tan head. Aromas of burnt malt, not too burnt, chocolate and berry jam. Med+ body. Flavor is dark berry, chocolate, sourish, dark malt. Took a moment to slide into this, but (except for a peanut butter note that just popped up) this is quite a production. Ends rather sour currant with chocolate and earthy notes.

On tap at brewery. Pours a hazy deep rose colour with no head. Sweet cereal detracts from the aroma. Lots of red fruit on the flavor and orange bitters. Dry finish is pleasing.

Lots of nice yeast esters on this beer makes me think this is spot on for style when balance with the slight spice! Flavor is spicy as well. Mouthfeel is effervescent with champagne like qualities. Very nice crispness.

On tap at brewery. Pours a clear pale yellow. Nice sweet grain aroma. Lots of lemon on the aroma. Medium mouthfeel follows through with a crisp, lemony finish.