On tap at the brewery. Pours with a hazed deep brown body and a tan head. Aromas of spice, vegetal, pinto beans, chipotle, chocolate and bacon. Flavors are spicy, coffee beans, bitter and earthy. Lively bubbles with a touch of spice.
Earlier Rating: 12/18/2009 Total Score: 3.4
On tap. Pours with a small, tan head and a black body. Aroma of coffee, metal, bitter baking chocolate and vanilla been. Taste is strong bitter, and very dry, lightly smokey roasted coffee with chocolate and an odd hint of burn...did not know that this was a pepper beer. Creamy mouthfeel butt an dry burning finish. Decent but as far as LA area coffee beers, Requiem from Gentleman Scholar takes the cake!

On tap at the brewery. Pours with a hazed bronze to red body and a tan head. Aromas are lightly hoppy, lemon, slightly spicy hop, slight diacetyl and some honey. Flavors are bitter with a bit of an abrupt finish. Bready, a touch of butter. Caramel, bitter with a light hop flavor. Lively, dry.

On tap at the brewery (listed at 7.7%). India Brown Ale. Pours with a clear, brown body and an off-white head. Aroma is huge with resin and pine. A touch of medicine and brambles. Flavors are bitter with brown sugar, orange zest and pine. Dry and extremely bitter finish.

On tap at the brewery. Pours with a deep brown head and a near black body. Aromas are smokey with brown sugar, chocolate and bacon. Flavors are huge with bacon grease, smoke, chocolate, tar and charcoal. Medium bubbles with a lighter body and a lingering finish of leather and a caramelized sweetness. Well done (coming from a person who is not in love with smoked beers).

On tap at the Brewery. Pours with a hazed golden body and a huge white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrusy and zesty with orange and light caramel notes. Flavor is strong of table sugar (possibly malt extract, as it reminds me of one of my first, all extract homebrew). Some orange notes with a medium sweetness. Okay, but not one of their better hoppy beers.

On tap at the brewery (I don’t know if this is any different than last years, it seemed a bit more spiced, but I did not ask). The description was brewed with honey and herbs. Pours with a clear golden body with a lasting off-white head. Aromas of honey, sage, cinnamon, spices, biscuit, sugar cookie and bread. Flavors are equally spicy with lavender, jasmine, herbs de provence, spiced tea, honey and butter cookies. Really an odd beer but easy to drink. Thin with lively bubbles.

Bottle 1pt 6fl.oz. @ home.[ Trade by JohnC ]. Clear dark dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, strong coffee, dark malt. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, coffee, chcolate, dry, light peppery, vanilla notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110125]

Bottle from Secret Santa 2010. Pours clear copper color with off white head. Big citrus aroma. Citrus and pine flavors with sweet caramel maltiness. Lots of bitterness and slightly boozy. Medium body with average carbonation. Thanks Andrew. My 100th rated DIPA.