Draft. Mahogony beer with dark cream head. Malt aroma. Rich malt flavor with light fruitiness. Medium bodied. Rich malt lingers with light fruitiness.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours gold with a white head. Light saaz? aroma. Med body or nearly. Light pal malt. It’s sort of pilsner crorssed with an IPA. Firmly bitter. Seems grassy, and maybe citrus. Gets a little bready. It’s a good drink.

Tap at The University of Beer in Davis, CA. Pours translucent gold with a creamy white head. Light citrus/spice aroma. Med minus body. Flavor is rather spicy and not very wheaty. Not your typical bland wheat.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark brown amber with a creamy off-white head. Mild malt aroma. Flavor is a slightly tart somewhat malty thing on first quaff. But it could be hop bitterness. Flavor seems a bit strong for a mild, and the ABV seems a bit high. But Americans tend to overdo.

Draft. Copper beer with a dark cream head. Light smoke and light malt aroma. Caramel and smoke flavor. Medium bodied. Smoke and caramel linger with light fruitiness.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours somewhat ruddy amber with a creamy beige head. Smoky, nigh bacon aroma. Full bodied. Starts with bacon smoke, then sweet darkish malt, then more bacon. I can’t use smoke; someone must have flung a flitch in the kettle. Cook green beans in this. Nice. Not over done.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark copper with a beige head. Mild brown sugar aroma. Arguably full bodied. Flavor is lightly hopped brown sugar. Malt is sticky. So it’s a pretty decent sipper. May not stand out from the pack, but it’s good.

Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours a dark blood orange color. No head. Smattering of beige foam. Aroma is sort of brown sugar/treacle, but the sugar is reminding of bacon. Weird. Full bodied. Flavor is bitter, tho lightly so, followed by treacle/brown sugar, with something almost woodily astringent, then back to the malt. There’s heat, but it’s rather elusive. Finally, smacking my mouth and considering the origins of the universe, I can imagine some baking chocolate lurking in the nether regions. I’m liking this very much.
Earlier Rating: 2/22/2013 Total Score: 4
Tap at University of Beer. Pours a very dark ruby with a ceamy beige head. Aroma is rather plummy with some dark malt that has chocolate notes. Med + body. Flavor is rather pitted fruit and I think the malt has a bit of chocolate. Plum seems to be the fruit. Heat, but only in the gullet. Very nice.

Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. light roast and chocolate aroma with bourbon. Bourbon and toffee flavor with light licorice and light roast. Fuller bodied. Roast and licorice lingers with bourbon and chocolate. Hops are noticeable in the background.
Earlier Rating: 3/29/2012 Total Score: 3.3
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Earthy and malt aroma. Pine and grapefruit flavor with earth, malt, and light chocolate. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and malt lingers with pine, grapefruit, and earth.