Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity slightly roasted malty chocolate aroma with hints of brett. Roasted malty chocoalte and slightly funky brett flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with hints of brett in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from the tap at 2010 FOBAB. Poured a hazy amber with a near white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a strong bourbon note with backing sweet grains and caramel. Flavor had a growing sweet grain with a burnt caramel note with a hot bourbon finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at 2010 FOBAB. Poured near black with a light brown heads that dissipated completely. Aroma had a sweet bourbon note with underlying roasted malt and a bit of dark chocolate. Flavor had lots of roasted malts with slight coffee and bourbon that came out in the finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 7
Grapefruit peel and rosehip aroma. Cloudy amber, thin head. Peach, apricot, candi sugar flavor. Clean finish. This and the Dangereaux are the only beers I’ve had from Rock Bottom, but I’m impressed. These are good for a chain brewpub.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Fig, baby food, and tobacco bouquet, an odd yet pleasing combination. Cloudy brown, thin head, good lace. Fig flavor, tart malt finish. Fairly unique, but not a saison. Dubbel maybe. Barring that, call it a generic Belgian ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A reddish copper saison with a thin moka head. A weird vegetal aroma of decomposing compost, rotten cherries. In mouth, a harsh sweet candy with definite infection, reminiscent of certain Qc infected wonders, some licorice, herbaceous character, warming alcohol, very bizarre....blagh! On tap at Rockfest, April 25 2010.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
A murky hazed chestnut coloured ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, light corky and lactic notes with some light pleasant fruity esters and fusel alcohol. In mouth, a rather light representation of a blegian ale, with light candy sugar, funk, alcohol, thin bodied. On tap at Rockfest, April 25 2010.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and rye aroma with hints of bourbon and some weak hints of dark fruit. Roasted malty grainy chocolate and coffee flavor with hints of bourbon. Has a roasted malty grainy rye finish with hints of chocolate and bourbon in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampler @ the brewpub. Comes to me with a dirty brown color with little to no head retention. Aroma is wet, faint, musky Belgian malts. There is some wet and earthy fruitiness (a bit cherry-like, but not really). Some light cocoa. Flavor has a bit of wet earth with an herbal kick at the end (seems like hops at the end). Its a well done Belgian non-sour red. Has a bit of a spritz-y mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampler @ the brewpub. This is a fine stout all around. It pours with a strong head retention. The head is a nice brown color. The aroma is lightly prune with a plenty of chocolate coming off the malt. A little bit of roast in there as well. Flavor is strong on this aspects yet very easy to drink. I could drink this all day.