Delicious

It might be the fact that this is the first beer I got to drink after ALL THE SURGERY IS OVER, but it's delicious.

Good really interesting after flavor of sweet.

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

Pint at the Uprise Taproom. Pours a clear, golden color, with a big, frothy, white head. The nose is pine sap, lemon zest, coriander, and juniper berries. Sweet and malty, with a bracing, resinous bitterness. Medium body, sticky, and crisp. Nice, quality pale ale.

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

12 oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown with no real head - just a couple of bubbles. Aromas of chocolate syrup, dark sugars, cinnamon toast and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same with addition soft sweet bourbon notes. Spicy finish though not showing the ABV. Vintage 2019 may be showing it’s age, as not as flavorful and rich as expected.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Notes from May 2009 Growler filled at Whole Foods. Golden Carolus goblet. Served a little extra cold to account for the time it takes for me to migrate from the computer to the couch. The beer is in a little bit of a dream state. A chill hazed dull amber & a sharp alcoholic tone rising off it. It sits & sweats... Topping off the first pour, a thin, unagitated layer of eggshell white-colored foam laces up the rim of the glass very uniformly with sticky residual sugars. Subsequent pours grow, but never reach above half an inch. Smells of cooked bananas, sugar cookies, light coriander, & a touch of lemon. Burnt caramel takes over at the end, riding on some now, less brazen(but still very potent) alcohol. Taste is a lot like a stiff bock to me(bready yeast, stingy clove, some noticeable heft, big alcohol). Maybe a touch nutty. Bananas, over-ripened or otherwise, seem absent though. Body is a bit lighter too. It's missing that sickly sweet malt as well. Okay, not a bock. :P Residuals are big though. Amazingly easier to swallow then a solvent fire or gooey mess of malt. Candied sugar works miracles. The beer never feels sticky or saturated. Bitterness is mellow, but soothing(hint of zest), numbing things out a little. Carbonation is low, but tight. Finish is cracker-y amid all that alcohol. Decent beer, but I'd leave blending to more sure things... like Shirley Temples. :P

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

(Bottle, bottled Feb 13 2015) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief beige head. Malty, boozy nose with notes of dark chocolate, tamarind, oak wood, vanilla fudge, coconut, dark bread and brown sugar. Malty, sweet, boozy taste with chocolate toffee, oak wood, tamarind, vanilla, black pepper, dark bread, black coffee, brown sugar, bourbon and a mild cacao bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, sweet. Boozy and powerful, but really rich and tasty. Great beer!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Notes from March 2011 Single can from that new place called Good Beer in the city. Poured into an irregular Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass(I really have to stop buying clearance shelf glassware). It's a bit wobbly. Bit of a gusher. I get most of it into the glass, while managing the pasty, bleached white head. Patchy lace. Body is a clear, golden straw color. Smell is fresh with light lemon grass, saltines, & a bit of yeast. Little bit of dish soap. Upfront taste is barely sweet straw. Overall flavor is a lingering minerally/herbal bitterness. Stale water. Some salt. Empty. Feel is watery & under-carbonated. Pricey for what it is. Very much lacking. :/

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

Draft at Here's How. Hazy golden pour with a creamy white head that stays with you throughout the session. Aroma of coriander, Belgian yeast, touch of lemon. Taste is so smooth, full, Belgiany, savory, kiss of lemon.