6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a black color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. Light stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet milk chocolate, dark chocolate, some vanilla extract, Irish coffee creamer, clean caramel sweetness and some soft sweet nuts.
The flavor was definitely sweet with a decent damp chocolatey aftertaste and sticky sweet finish.
The feel was between light and medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, one of those really sweet stouts that I know I like to try but can’t always find myself always giving exceptional scores, hopefully some day I will.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a cloudy sort of amber color with a cap of a little off white head that fell off at a decent pace. Stringy lace.
The aroma had some rye sweetness, but not necessarily the spice with some orange and citrus sweetness and a growing floral hoppiness. Nice caramel malt base.
The flavor yields to the sweetness of the blend and slowly riding into the aftertaste to follow into the finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Sturdy carbonation. ABV felt fine.
Overall, a rye beer that leaned towards the sweet side more, still, I didn’t mind that it did lose it’s spicy nature that I get in most rye beers.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a semi-pale burnt yellow to orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a moderate pace. Stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet wheat, light coriander, some Belgian yeasty/breadiness. Ends with some grassy sweet hops.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side and developed into the spice, somewhat and pretty low key. Subsides fairly nice as a combination in the aftertaste and finish.
The feel was about light bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Low key carbonation with good ABV felt fairly nice.
Overall, as a witbier it works. I’d have again preferably in late Spring or Summer.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt orange almost copper sort of off amber color with a finger’s worth of frothy white head that fell off at a decent pace. Sly lace.
The aroma had some semi-sweet bready alignment with some floral and grassy bitter hops. Some apricots/peachy sort of sweet freshness slides in underneath.
The flavor copied the aroma fairly nice bringing about some cereal and earthy portions to amplify the balance. Sly crisp sort of arrangement of previously mentioned aromas in the aftertaste. Pillowy sweet and floral finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation was felt. ABV felt as appropriate by the brewer.
Overall, pretty nice Belgian pale well worth my time.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt dark orange almost brown color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. Light lace.
The aroma had some a damp roasty nuttiness to caramel/toffee malts playing with a light earthy hoppiness as it warms.
The flavor took the nuts and the malts to town to boost the maltiness way in front of the hops. Nicely blended aftertaste and finish.
The feel was about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Ample carbonation and ABV felt fine.
Overall, good brown ale worthy of having again.

7.5

Nice flava low abv

8

Nice wet hop with the malty tones