Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled from a can this beer poured a black color with a large foamy brown head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was strong vanilla, smoke, roasty malts, dry and dusty. The flavor was roasty and smokey with vanilla, dust, chocolate and a hint of marshmallow. Long finish. Medium bodied and smooth.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 12/16/2018. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy blueberries, lemon juice, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy blueberries, lemon juice, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness and fruit tang on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blueberries, lemon juice, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness, tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is an excellent fruited Berliner weisse. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/drying finish, not overly lactic. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of authentic juicy fruits, Lacto complexity, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can. A- Watery, mild coconut, stale chocolate. A- Black color, dark liquid, light brown head. T- Tobacco, leather, roasty, watery, cocoa, mild burnt coconut. P- Medium body, thin texture, flat carbonation, bland finish. O- My last Tallgrass beer. I bit bittersweet...in emotions that is. I guess even the good ones die out eventually. Held on to this for a bit too long and drank about 2 months passed the best by date. Coconut is there but not prominent. Lots of tobacco and leather. Hardly sweet. Reminds me a bit of my grandfather and that roasty tobacco chew he loved. This is a great beer for the memories it will hold rather than it's flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Can. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Tart lemon and blueberry. But not beer. More like a fruit soda.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Black, off-white head. Sweet aroma, vanilla, coconut, cocoa. Sweet flavour, bitter roasted malts, cacao, cake. Sweet finish, coconut. Rather nice.
(from 355mL can @ our NJ hideout. Thanks for the can, Jtclockwork!)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can from RobertDale poured into a glass. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is light raspberry, medium soft body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is light malt and a little raspberry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Hazy pale gold, white head. Nose is funk, tropical fruit, citrus. Taste follows nose. Some lemon, bread. Finish is tart.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can Black pour with a short lived tan head. Aroma of chocolate and light coconut. The flavor is very sweet chocolate syrup. It could go places from there but doesn't Just really sweet chocolate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled from a can this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold color with a huge foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was yeasty, citric and a touch phenolic with raspberry syrup. The flavor was very tart with raspberry and yeast notes. Long tart berry finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from a can this beer poured a cloudy vibrant orange-apricot color with a huge foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was musty with pepper, coriander and yeast. The flavor was musty and tangy with sugar, chalk, perfume, yeast, bread and a bit of alcohol. Medium length finish. Moderately full bodied.