Bomber from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours dark brown with a creamy/foamy slight tan head. Aroma is chocolate over a typical brown roast malt. Med body. Flavor is woody chocolate? It is actually astringently oaky. The chocolate is dark, the oak is present, tho not overpowering, the drink is mostly dry, and definitely astringent. Amazing. I don’t usually like brown ales very much, but dry astringent bitter is a winning combo.

Capped 750 from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours hazy light gold with a foamy/creamy 3 finger white head. Smells much like a tripel - yeast/spice, banana ester, light pitted fruits - all sort of dusty in the nose. Med minus body. Flavor is pronounced banana ester, followed by a quick disappearance of flavor,and then fruits and light spice pop up. There’s a funny cracker malt flavor on the back sides of the mouth. Which turns banana. A lightly flavored beer, but an interesting one.

Draft. Amber beer with a dark cream head. light citrus aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with spice and light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit andpine lingers with spice and light darker malts.

Bottle. Pours with a crystal clear golden hued body with a small white head. Aromas are bready, biscuity, malty, floral and honey like. Flavors are of DMS, wet dog, malty, honey, medium sweet with light isoamly acetate (banana) and other esters. Lively bubbles, not quite a dry finish. Odd and a bit thin for the sweetness. Kind of lifeless.

Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. light mineral and light grass aroma. Light grass and light sweet malt flavor. Medium bodied. Light sweet malt lingers with light crisp fruitiness and light grass.

Bottle. brown beer with a light tan head. Cocoa aroma. Malt and cocoa flavor with light oak and grapefruit. Medium bodied. Malt and cocoa lingers with light grapefruit.

Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Honey and yeast aroma with spice and a light fruitiness. Malt and spice flavor with yeast and light honey. Medium bodied. Malt and honey linger with spice and yeast.