11th October 2008. GABF. An unapologetically coffee beer. Full of roasty coffee flavours. Just a few too many harsh edges.

11th October 2008. GABF. Hazy brown beer. Dry and crisp palate. Typical rye aromatics. Very dry finish.

11th October 2008. GABF. Cloudy gold beer. Sweeter than usual wheat beer flavours. Very dry palate. Nice flavour and a bit different.

11th October 2008. GABF. A smoky porter with the maple syrup adding a sweet and tangy slant. An unusual and good combination!

On cask at Friday the Firkenteenth at the Grey Lodge Pub. Translucent amber, orange with a lacing white head. Citrus aroma, pine, slightly vegetal. Flavor is strong with lemons, grapefruits. Bitter finish. Not enough sweetness to go with all the hops.

Sampled from a12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a mahogany color with a small brown head. The aroma was strongly malty with notes of chocolate, caramel, and fruit. The flavor was tangy, very richly malty and had notes of nut, caramel, chocolate, apricot and apple. The finish was long, tangy, malty and fruity. The mouthfeel was thick and smooth. Well done.

Interesting beer, I have been looking to try it for a while and you would think its easy since its brewed in NY, unfortunately this is a contract brew for a Philly brewer. Finally found this on a trip through Jersey. It pours what at first looks like a brown color but upon closer examination it has a good amount of dark ruby red and some orange hues as well. It has little to no head even with some vigorous stirring. Basically, it looks syrupy, cause its dark and thick yet clear and headless, a definite foreshadowing to the rest of the beer. The aroma hits you on the nose and there one in one knows this is not going to be the traditional German doppelbock. Its full on over the top maltiness thats turned syrupy and just overly sweet for my preference (and I like sweet beer). There is plenty of alcohol present, also some light char, earthy bark, and a light off-putting fruit off flavor. The malt and the bigness of it are redeeming enough. Fortunately, the flavor is much less in your face. It’s still syrupy with very sweet char-like flavor. Otherwise, Matt brewing does a good job filtering the crap out of this beer making it relatively unfelt going down. Low bitterness and a reduced carbonation.
12 oz bottle, no date, St Paul tulip/snifter glass.

on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is spicy (continental) hops. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, secondary spicy (continental) hops. Mild carbonation.

on tap-pours a dissipating white head and yellow color. Aroma is grassy, grain. Taste is grassy (saaz) hops, grain. OK/mild carbonation.