Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap @GABF-pours black that sheets with a brown head and trailing lace. Aroma is rich dark malt-chocolate, some bourbon. Taste is rich dark malt-chocolate, some earthy hops, bourbon. Soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
on tap @GABF-pours black that sheets with a brown head and trailing lace. Aroma is rich dark malt-chocolate. Taste is rich dark malt-chocolate, some earthy hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours a cloudy straw/yellow color. Aroma is mango-tropical, wheat/light malt. Taste is sweet mango-tropical fruit, some cinnamon, wheat/light malt. Soft carbonation. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap-pours a light tan head that laces and hazy gold color. Aroma is spice, medium malt-bready. Taste is spice hops, fruite, medium malt-bready. Good carbonation.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap-pours a cascading tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is anise-dark malt. Taste is resin hops, anise/chocolate-dark malt, peat.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at GABF. Pours with a pitch black body and a tan head that stays. Aroma is big time vanilla/vanillin, barrel, alcohol, chocolate, light esters. Some yeasty notes and a bit of green apple. Flavors are very tasty, chocolate, brown sugar, bourbon. Somewhat dry. Boozy and tannic finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Growler. Pour is nice and copper orange with a white head. Aroma is full of grassy hops, citrus, light floral, and a decent portion of malt. Medium, well-carbonated body. Flavor has mostly grapefruit and grassy hops going on with residual sweetness from the caramel malts. Quite enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Handbottle thanks to Jcwattsrugger. Pours cloudy apricot. White head. Nose/taste of mango, resin, hops and pale malt. Really strong nose. Lots of fruity citrus and mango. Taste is pleasant but falls a bit short of the nose. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Handbottle thanks to Jcwattsrugger. Pours cloudy black. Off white head. Nose/taste of resinous tree sap, cocoa, hops and roasted black malt. Medium body. Tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Firkin version at Barley’s 9th Annual Mini RAF (05/14/11): The beer is a murky reddish-brown color with a thin light beige head that dissipates to an outer ring quickly. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tart fruit and yeast. Medium body with flavors of berries, yeast and malt. The finish is moderately tart with a fruity aftertaste. Pretty good introductory type sour ale overall.