Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A hazed golden wheat with a thin white head. In aroma, light ginger and cardamom, over light fruity esters, light cloves, nice. In mouth, a smooth sweet fruity ester with ginger and cloves, candy sugar, not bad. On tap at brewpub, Nov 11 2011.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A reddish copper ale with a thin creamy off white head. In aroma, a nice herbal malt with light chalky notes. In mouth, a smooth crisp malt with light German hops, light fruity esters, not bad. On tap at brewpub, Nov 11 2011.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity woody yeasty spicy sour aroma. Fruity malty yeasty sour brett flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity sour tart funky woody finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft @ RBC. Solid black body, a lacy white head. Nice mellow schwartz malt smell. Taste has nice coffee roast to it, a bit of stout roastiness, too. But unlike a stout, it sits lightly on my tum-tum. A bit of ale fruit ester at the back end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft taster at RBC. Curious brownish amber color with a light foam head. Malty and yeasty nose, but still a bit subtle. Good summer time bock taste; full of malt, but not heavy. Goes down well despite higher alcohol, nicely sweet with a good balance, even if I can’t pick out the hop load.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at RB Chicago. Current batch is listed at 5.9%. More brassy color than most pilseners. Clear golden body with a few bubbles feeding a golden head. Alight malty smell, again proper for the style. I have to say the taste is merely standard. Smooth grains, with hops just there for balance. Nothing really leaps out at me. Looks nice once the Mug is nearly finished, with thick lace nearly all the way down the glass. Then there’s a slight surprise of minty hop flavor in the middle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and raspberry aroma with hints of bourbon and vanilla. Roasted malty chocolate and raspberry flavor with woody bourbon hints. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate and raspberry finish with hints of bourbon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate, coffee, vanilla and bourbon aroma. Sweetish roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with hints of vanilla and bourbon. Has a sweetish malty vanilla and chocolate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at RBC, June 3. Don’t know if it’s the same barrel as the previous two ratings, but I don’t have any info that says this wasn’t done before. Cloudy brownish red in my taster. Nice malty smell with, alcohol, oak,and a trace of dried cherry. Taste shows a bit a harsh hop bitterness, which I thought was Northern Brewer, but I see dry hopping in the description. Taste has some bourbon notes,but is still pretty bright in hops. Not thick like some impys, but it still goes down just fine for a hoppy beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
@CBC–on tap-pours a white head and yellow color. Aroma is pine/resin hops. Taste is pine/resin hops bite, secondary light/medium malt-caramel.