7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Yeasty, pearlike aroma. Flavor is also yeast-dominant, clove and pear, some green apple and white grape mixing with the pear, especially toward the finish. Pretty good, not overly sweet. Nice.

7.2

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

Deep dark brown coloured body with a pretty small, single to perhaps two centimetre tall lighter brown head that fades pretty quickly. Aroma of rich maple and sweet molasses notes with a ton of caramelised sugars, some good roasted and toasted malts with vanilla and perhaps a hint of birch? Medium-bodied; Rich molasses and pitted fruits show at first with a big sweetness coupled with a strong malt backbone that supports the sweetness, but the alcohol and bitterness still shows through, especially at the end. Aftertaste shows a lot of sugars leftover, but a good balance from some creamy, milky and vanilla-y flavours show with a good oat maltiness and some lighter grain notes on the edges, but a bunch of sweetness and enough malt support to more than hold up for it. Overall, a pretty nice beer, better than I was expecting and almost bordering on a Sweet Stout, but this one holds the line nicely as a sweeter porter well! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Red Wagon in Troy, Michigan on 18-April-2023 for US$3,29 sampled a day later here in my hotel room in Utica, Michigan on 19-April-2023.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7.2

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

This beer is a clear golden color with a medium white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lace. Aroma of herbal hop, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, grapefruit and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Above average overall.

6.8

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

Slightly hazy pale amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Floral hops, citrus and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of floral hop, grapefruit and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Pours a deep brown to black with a light tan head. Aroma has roasty coffee, cocoa, and molasses. Roasty coffee and dark cocoa flavor, molasses, with a nice sweetness. Very well done.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 8/18/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lascing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of toffee, roast, raisin, plum, fig, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of toffee, roast, raisin, plum, fig, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, toffee, roast, raisin, plum, fig, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly chalky/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is an excellent American amber ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Awesomely clean/rich dark/Munich/roasted malt showcase; with balancing earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Mild residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Pours a hazy dark brown with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has roasted coffee and dark malts with an earthy chocolate underlying. Flavor has earthy grains and earthy chocolate with a touch of coffee underlying.

6.5

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