On tap at the Oldsmar Tap House courtesy of Matta, thanks buddy. Pours deep dark into a 16oz tumbler with infra red edges and semi frothy mocha head. A bit of sheet lacing too. Mild aroma of semi sweet roasted malts, mild burnt malts and not much else. It has a rich malty flavor. I get a hodgepodge of roasted malts, burnt malts, chocolate malts and a modest amount of malt sweetness. The burnt malt notes grow some into the finish. There’s also brief tingling of mild vague hoppiness about midway. Leaves a pleasing roasty, chocolate, burnt maltiness into the after taste. I enjoy the bold style blurring maltiness of this brew.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur rouge brune et claire. Nez fruité (framboises sucrées, traces de cerises), léger de chocolat et avec des notes de houblon herbeux, de malt aux notes rôties et de noix. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-élevé et une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyen goût fruité (framboises et notes de sirop de framboises, traces de cerises noires) avec de faibles traces boisées (bois humide) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un léger goût de malt légèrement rôti (très faibles notes brûlées) avec des notes de chocolat noir et des traces de caramel puis en finale l’on retrouve une moyenne-légère amertume de houblon herbeux et légèrement floral accompagné d’une légère aigreur asséchante fruitée (framboises) ainsi que des notes de noix rôties. Post-goût moyen et plutôt sec, léger-moyen amer de houblon herbeux, fruité (petit goût âcre résiduel de la framboise), léger de rôti et avec des notes de chocolat noir.

Thanks to Homerwantsbeer for sharing a bottle. This beer pours a clear brown color with hints of red around the edges. Medium thin off-white head with decent retention, and stringy lacing. Mild raspberry and chocolate in the nose. Medium-bodied with sweet malt and raspberry flavors along with a touch of caramel in the background. The finish is short with tart raspberry flavor. Overall this beer is pretty one-dimensional and uninteresting.

Pours clear orangish color with small particles floating around. Aroma of citrus hops and some sweetness. Flavor starts sweet and finishes with hoppy bitterness. An average tasting IPA, nothing really stands out. Creamy mouthfeel, medium body and soft carbonation. Just OK.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Indra. Pour is flat cola, with a one inch dirty white head. There was a bit of carbonation and lacing on the pour. Aroma of nuts and sweet cocoa, though both were fairly muted. Taste is very similar to their brown, though I thought it was a bit thinner. The cocoa / chocolate notes really were not present in the taste for me. The finish did feature a bit of hop bitterness, which was nice. Overall, a decent Brown, but not much more.

Bottle. Aroma is milk chocolate, coffee. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee. Extremely smooth and a nice change of pace from all the imperial stouts that I’ve been consuming lately.

Draft @ Redlight. Medium chocolate aroma with a background of roast and ash. Pretty dark but the room isn’t well lit to begin with. The bouncy techno music bounces ff the color making this beer seem overly serene in comparison. It is topped wit a thin khaki layer of foam. A touch colder than I want, I’m going to take my time with this. It is initially quite roasty and ashy with a long burnt chocolate finish. Some minutes later as the beer warmed a darker bitter chocolate arrived on scene. Meanwhile some light brown lacing set up camp on the side of the glass opposite from which I’m drinking. I can’t help but be surprised that this beer has gotten drier, rather than sweeter, as it has come up to temperature.

Draft. Mahogony beer with a light cream-colored head. Slight citrus aroma with caramel. Caramel, citrus, and light earth flavor. Medium body. Lingering caramel, rich malt, light citrus. Nice malt flavorwithout overpowering. Good beer.

Pours deep amber-ish brown with thin tan head. The aroma is light with some stale malts and roasty malts. The taste is roasty – toasty and malty with a thin layer of malt astringency. I also get toffee and mild molasses. A roasty toastiness really lingers into the finish and beyond. There is a faint stale graininess that rides well below the other flavors.