Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Red with little head. Lightly toasted malts, sweet caramel, light yeast spice in the aroma. Medium to light body. a sweet toasted malt flavor with light fruity hops, and a small yeast tone. Finishes with a mild dryness that is quite pleasant. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Copper with a fizzy white head. Aroma is spicy, herbal, vegetal. Medium, carbed body. Flavor is heavy on the lemongrass, vegetal, herbal, spices. This one is interesting to say the least but it’s just not for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared by someone at Oakquinox. Pours with a black body and a small tan head. Aromas of raisins, toffee, lightly sour, shampoo, vinous. Flavors of leather, raisins, chalky, cocoa, chocolate, ashy, dirty. Light bubbles, some oak. Off.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Gusher. Pours cloudy gold. Gushing white head. Nose and taste of cooked vegetables, flowers, ginger, spices and lemon juice. Yeasty sourness in finish. Thin body. Odd beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours clear amber. White head. Nose and taste of bready malt, clove, cinnamon and spice. Some light sourness in finish. Lightish body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at John’s tasting. Pours dark brown. Off white head. Nose of caramel, brown sugar, toffee and plum. Taste of sweet plum, candi and brown sugars and raisins.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Deep brown with a creamy tan head. Roasted malts, dark fruit, sweet caramel malt in the aroma. Flavor has a distinct roasted malt profile. Dark fruits, light vanilla, molasses. Sweet molasses finish. Pretty decent scotch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Dark with a ring of beige head. Roasted toasted malts, coffee, biscuits, light chocolate aroma. Creamy body. Flavor is full of toasted biscuit, roast malts, coffee, caramel, chocolate. Really nice beer- really nice. Not the run of the mill porter. Super tasty and highly drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Nose of licorice, anise, roast chocolate malts and vanilla. Taste of burnt, almost chalky, roasted chocolate malts with vanilla, licorice, anise and some sarsaparilla in the finish. Light barrel presence. Well worth the price.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Lightly roasted malts, some coffee, burnt malts, light vanilla aroma. Thin body. Flavor is mostly roasted and slightly burnt malt, coffee, molasses, bittersweet, light chocolate. Finish is long and bitter with light molasses. It’s a good stout, no doubt. Adjusted the rating from 3.5 to 3.9 because this years offering really stepped up its game, IMO. Delicious.