Growler. Hazy honeyed amber with a small light beige head that sticks around. Aroma of grapefruit, passionfruit, nectarines, some pine. Oily texture. Taste is sweet with caramel and some biscuit; plenty of stone and tropical fruit; lingering bitter finish with citrus and a little pine. A little heavy and sweet for me, but the hop aromatics and the bitterness are good.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a very thin, one half centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of prunes, raisins, grapes, figs, and other pitted fruits - potent sweetness and fruity notes. Medium-bodied; Assertive malty flavour with a ton of raisin and prune notes, a touch of grapes and light chocolate and finishes with a dry, musty malt flavour. Aftertaste is relatively mild, but the chocolate, malt and far and away the strongest taste is still the fig and prune flavours. Overall, not such a great beer - but nice to try on the opposite side of the world, especially after a year and nine months time. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31-December-2009 for AU$6.00 sampled on the opposite side of the planet at home in Washington on 02-October-2011.

Pours black with very little in the way of head.Nose shows lovely roasted malt with cocoa, dark chocolate and nutty notes. Very nice.Equally moreish flavours, loads more chocolate, roasted malt and caramel. Some alcohol shows but stays in the background. Quite sweet.Could use more carbonation, there’s pretty much no fizz whatsoever.

Bottle. Just hazy gold with a white head. Mild aroma of lemon, some berries, honey. Taste is slightly sweet with bitterness that’s less than balancing but enough to make it almost crisp at the end. Moderate honey, subtle berries. Quite soft mouthfeel. A little watery and drops away quite quickly. You could do a lot worse on a warm afternoon.

From a 330ml bottle on 15/5/2010. Pours a slightly opaque golden orange colour with a lasting head. The aroma is floral and fruity (citrus and grapefruit) with some grassiness. Flavour wise, you get sweet fruitiness, with some honey and caramel malt. Finishes with an assertive grapefruit bitterness. Comes across as a bit of an APA/IPA hybrid. Quite an unusual brew but a pretty good one.

Hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma of oranges and lemons, lemon delicious, coriander seed. Taste has sharp lemon - almost like a squeeze of juice, very light wheat sourness and a little grain sweetness. I’ve had this before (IIRC I bought some from the brewery) and it was nowhere near this good. I guess this is a really fresh one.

Pours dark amber with a lasting small head.Nose is faint, but shows some banana and apples along with some floral hops.Lots of toasty nutty flavours add a new dimension with some of that banana following through. Unfortunately the malt is slightly grainy.Carbonation is too high.

Pours pale gold with a small head.Nose shows coriander and doughy notes with orange peel evident later. Subtle.Similar flavours but there’s also some annoying grainy malt in there.Good light body and moderately high carbontion.

Amber, large fluffy beige head. Very high bead. Mild aroma of caramel, grass and spice. Taste is mild caramel sweetness with touches of fruit with modest bitterness. There’s a slight burnt wood note and a little butter. Drying finish has more bitterness. Not going to set the world on fire, but a tasty enough session beer from the bottom of the Victorian snowfields.