Light amber in color with a light white head. Floral sweet caramel malt smell. Rich malt and spicy flavor pours into every taste bud. Very nice ale.

Clear deep amber with a tall off-white head. Last shot from the bottle pours yeasty and cloudy. Big malt aroma supported fully by a grapefuity hops. Well balanced flavor that follows the aroma. The flavor profile leans slightly to the malty side. Big body, sticky palate. I’d like another please.

Viscous black pour with lasting tan lace - aroma is dominated by dark roast coffee, port, alcohol and a burnt toffee/caramel presence - the body is substantially thinner than the pour suggests - cloyingly sweet, with a serious alcohol burn - coffee bitterness tries desperately to balance it, but falls far short - the coffee flavor itself is more like that of the dregs from a coffee pot that has been sitting on the burner for hours - a hint of plum, and a port-like flavor try to come to the fore near the finish, but the alcohol burn quickly becomes the most prominent feature in the flavor, leaving a boozy, overly sweet finish - this beer is trying very hard at being Speedway Stout, and is failing miserably at it.

Copper/red pour with lasting, sticky lace - very floral and spruce/pine aroma, with some candy-like sweetness and very present hallertau, but a strange, metallic character rounds it out - slight sweetness up front, which is quickly squashed by and overwhelming, dry bitterness...we’re talking martini dry - other than some mild background malt that is so faint I can’t even identify what kind it is, this beer is all hops - even a hophead needs something else to his beer, guys!

Draught pints at Redbones and samples at ABF, June/July 2006.
Dark amber in color, though with strong brass-golden highlights that lighten the color somewhat. At no point would I call it red, but whatever, that hardly matters. Head is white/off-white and fulffy, though receding rather quickly to partial cover, with spotty lacing at best.
Floral, spicy, soft hops in the nose are rather delicate, with some flower-petal-like perfuminess keeping things from becoming heavy. Very full in the hop department, with a strong aroma, but rather lacking in malt. Just some lean pale grains. For a "red" ale, I would have liked to have seen a bit of smokey grains, touches of dry chocolate or caramel or something of that nature. This one just focuses on the hops.
The flavor becomes bogged down in papery, dry, leafy hoppiness. Moderate bitterness is not so much the problem as is the fact that it tastes like I’m chewing on hop leaves. No malt balance or much of any softness to speak of, it just seems to start and finish with hops. Granted the hallertauers are done well and are bold, flavorful and distinct, but a beer can’t be all hops. Mouthfeel is too aerated, with large-bubbled carbonation further displaying the lack of malt. If it is 9.5, I certainly didnt taste or smell that. Not watery, but just chewy in a leafy, hoppy way.

Dark black color with a brown head. Strong coffee aroma, with hints of coffee grinds. Strong coffee bitter and hints of coffee grinds in the end.

Bottled. Orange-brown-amber color, small creamy head, lace. Bready, malty aroma with notes of orange peel. Good flowery-hoppy-citric flavor, aftertaste has grapefruit. Long bitter aftertaste. Refreshing.

Clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Sweet citrus and floral hops aroma. Sweet floral hops flavor with some caramel in the background.