Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a rustic red color, subtle transparency. Some small bubbles of carbonation could be seen rising to fill a finger’s worth of white foamy head. Head fell off fairly quick. No lace.
The aroma had some roasty nuts, citrus hops and grassy hops. Somewhat sweet, somewhat bitter, not blended.
The flavor doesn’t seem to balance right between the bitterness and the citrus. Roastiness of the nuts seems to fade into a weird bitter coffee grounds-like taste. Quick bready/biscuity follows up and punches the aftertaste. The finish seems somewhat roasty and sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation seems fine.
Overall, a strange one to say the least. Not sure if I would have again. They brew better beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a dark burnt orange color with some sly yellow hues along the sides of the beer. Nicely paced dissipating head. Sly quaint speckled lace.
The aroma had sharp citrus bitter rind encasing some sweet wheat and then a subtle pine.
The flavor brings together the previously mentioned aromas to a full bittersweet appeal. Sly citrusy bitter hoppy aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Smooth crisp sweet citrus and pieny hops show a low key bitterness. Nice level of carbonation.
Overall, nice APWA that would be great in the Summer, and a decent food beer for now.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Rusty from Big Tree Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a burnt orange color close to amber. Finger’s worth of white foamy head dissipates immediately. Sly rings of lace slide into the beer somewhat in strings.
The aroma has some bready/biscuity malts flowing on into some sweet grassy hops. Quaint earthiness.
The flavor leans to the sweet malts. Sly grip of the earthy hops embitter a balance in the aftertaste. Sly hoppy bitter yet buttery sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Mild carbonation. Smooth sort of feel on my tongue.
Overall, nice ESB that I could have again.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Lasky from Big Tree Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap. Reservoir, Waterbury, VT. Clear gold. Thin, lasting, white head. Nose is biscuity and a bit worty. Some stewed hop. Not a great deal else. Taste is nicely balanced juicy sweet and earthy bitter. Medium, slightly oily mouthfeel. Mostly sweet finish, turning more bitter on the close. Decent beer, other than the worty, unfinished aroma.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Spike Nolan from Big Tree Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at the Reservoir - Waterbury, VT. Pours deep brown with a dense, creamy tan head. Milk chocolate in the aroma, with light roasted malts and hints of coffee. Medium sweet flavour with notes of ashy roast, baking cocoa, bitter coffee grounds, scorched earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation and creamy texture. Moderately bitter to finish, with more scorched earth and baking cocoa. Good one.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Lasky from Big Tree Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Tulip pour at The Reservoir.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange to yellow color with a thin white little head. Messy to speckled lacing clings around the glass.
The smell had some sweet onion, sweet grass, light grapefruit. Light pine is the bitterness underneath (extremely light but there).
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and combined but came across super light. It actually came across more bitter than sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body making it definitely session worthy. Carbonation runs light allowing the bitterness to hit adequately.
Overall, as a session IPA it works. I could have again as is. But definitely treat this as a session IPA and one won’t be disappointed.
VastActiv (16429) reviewed Lasky from Big Tree Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at The Reservoir, Waterbury. Colour is slightly cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, hops and malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at The Reservoir, Waterbury, VT.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace leaving a subtle thin lacing sticking and somewhat sliding into the beer.
The smell started off with some sweet roasted vanilla bean over top of subtle roasty coffee and some cocoa.
The taste takes in the previously mentioned flavors to blend nicely and allow a subtle black licorice in for the balance. Slightly sticky sweet in the aftertaste and finish but good for the most part.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed appropriately styled allowing the stickiness to blend with a subtle drying aspect.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good American Stout that I could have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at The Reservoir in Waterbury, VT.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a hazy burnt amber color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head that dissipated into nothing. Light lacing here and there.
The smell starts off with a sharp sweet caramel maltiness running into the citrus, floral and piney hops. Nicely blended.
The taste was mainly sweet through the blend of the hops and malts. Bitterness does make a decent effort to try and invade the flavor but ends up remaining in the background throughout the beer.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping to sessionable quality about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing the bitterness and stickiness to combine nicely.
Overall, it’s a decent DIPA with a maltier aspect to it. I could have again for me.