22oz high shoulder bomber pours with a murky mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head. The aroma offers up molasses mixed with sweet fruity esters and then quickly getting into a sort of woody soured cherry like fruitiness. The taste starts breifly smooth and slick and sweet with malts and molasses. It then plows straight into modest sour notes that seem to be brown sugar dusted sour cherries and sour green apples. This has some sourness but it doesn’t overwhelm or get abrasive.

Honeycomb, hay, dandelion aroma. Cloudy amber, floaties, thin head. Dry dandelion, honey on the edges. Grassy finish. Light to medium body, fizzy. Flavorful lager, good hop presence for the style, pretty good.

Draft at the DC Beer Festival in Nationals Stadium. Poured a dar brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was some roasted malts, bitter malt, with some dark fruits (like dates). Sweet, unmistakable Shmaltz notes. Dried fruits, malts.

Draft at the DC Beer Festival in Nationals Stadium. Poured a dark ruby color with a small off-white head. Aroma was incredibly sweet, dried fruits. Lots of booze comes through, some roasted malts. Flavor was some light roast, sweet dark fruits, tart fruits. Light red wine.

22 oz. bottle. Deep dark brown. Aroma is chocolate, brown sugar, caramel and cherries.

Body is medium yet sticky, syrupy sweet. Holy Christ this is sweet. Flavor is booze soaked raisins, stupid crazy, sugar. 17 malts is maybe to much?? Cloying....

dark black, some brown edges. no head on the pour straight from the bomber. Aroma is boozy, chocolate, fudge, tobacco, maple syrup. Very dense bubbles, thick, syrupy. There’s a ton of flavor here. really hard to describe each flavor here. Syrup, sweet, chocolate, maple. intense

22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Nose brings out light sour red fruits, a little rye, and oak. Flavour is complex, with light whiskey and rye, lightly tart red fruits, and a touch of vinegar. Really well-balanced, oaky and lightly tart. Excellent.

Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours very dark ruddy brown with a tan head. Aroma is funk/sour citrus? Or dark fruits? Full bodied or nearly. Flavor is malty/funky and mildly sour with something herbal in a strong way. Certainly not a Flemish red, but it has some of those qualities. Pretty different flavor set, but it tastes good. Seems to develop red berry with time.

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in spring 2014. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of apple, cherry, plum, red grape, caramel, honey, candi sugar, toasted bread, light nuttiness, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and solid complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, dark malt, and grape juice notes; with solid strength. Taste of apple, cherry, plum, red grape, caramel, honey, candi sugar, toasted bread, light nuttiness, pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Fair amount of yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of apple, cherry, plum, red grape, caramel, honey, candi sugar, toasted bread, light nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good balance and solid complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and grape juice flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and slightly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice Dubbel hybrid style. Good balance and solid complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and grape juice flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.