My wife brought this one back from a trip to Rochester. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a large sudsy brown head that faded quickly and left almost no lacing. The aroma was enticing with a blend of cream, vanilla and toasty malts. The flavor disappointed by being notably dry, bitter and roasty with notes of wood and smoke. Medium finish and body. I had high hopes given the nose but the flavor was just not my style at all.

My wife brought this one back from a trip to Rochester. Pretty tasty for style. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer gushed a murky apricot color with a large foamy yellow-tan head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was bread and candied golden fruits. The flavor was bread, honey and candied golden fruits. The beer turned a moderately dry and dusty on the long finish. Very overcarbonated which distracted from what was otherwise an enjoyable beer.

12oz bottle-shared by hbmason-pours a tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is some off astringency, medium malt. Taste is medium/dark malt-peat/caramel, secondary astringent.

12oz bottle-shared by hbmason-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-bready. Taste is herbal hops, medium malt-bready.

Location: Draft at The Artist's Palate, 9/30/11

Aroma: The nose has some caramel malts along with some citrus/grapefruit and grassy hops
Appearance: The pour is a copper-orange color with a fairly large sized white head atop it
Flavor: The taste is fairly balanced between the malty sweetness and hop bitterness, leaning hoppy
Palate: The body is fairly light (leaning medium), and it is crisp, clean, and drinkable on the mouth
Overall Impression: This will serve as my first rating from Cooperstown, and I found it to be a fairly average offering. This is really just a decent, but unspectacular IPA. However, it is fairly drinkable. After a little debate in my own head, I decided this is an average (plus) beer.

Bottle from Half Time. Pours copper with a slight white head. Smells like dusty citrus. Med body. Flavor is strange - hint of sour/citrus, maybe a bit of floral, sweetish caramel, and a bit of cardboard in the finish.

12 oz bottle from the brewery. Used my Newcastle glass. Deep, rich brown poor with tons of carbonation. Very thin small off white head. Not much lace at all. Nose of caramel and nuts. Taste is much the same. Not going to get you real excited but… it would be a nice session brew if you live in NY. It’s a very standard and straight forward Brown.

12 oz bottle @ the Brewery, Milford , NY. Nose of mild grapefruit and sweet malt. I can smell the Ringwood yeast. And to be honest, I’m not a huge fan. Flavor is mostly pine and citrus hops with a mild malt backbone. Ringwood yeast makes a nice porter or stout but to me, not in an IPA. Not bad, still drinkable, Nothing really wrong with it, just not my style IPA.