Nitro at Vine Street - much mellower than I anticipated - medium dry, with a light mineral note, a touch of cocoa - the spices are present but subdued - mostly lightly spicy cinnamon and a touch of cardamom - I like it!

Tap @ Mountain Sun Boulder. Pours a black appearance with a dark brown head. Tangy dark berry, red wine, dark chocolate, barnyard, somewhat roasty aroma. Fairly dry, dark chocolate, roasty coffee, moderately hoppy, tangy red vinous, light raspberry, mild pineapple flavor. Sounds like a really stupid idea but this was pretty tasty.

Tap @ Mountain Sun Boulder. Nitro pour. Pours a yellowish appearance with a creamy white head. Slight diacetyl, a bit buttery, slightly toasty malty, dark fruity aroma. Kind of chewy, dark fruity, mild caramel, light toffee flavor. Not my favorite.

Tap @ Mountain Sun Boulder. Pours a bit hazy, light yellow appearance with a white head. Slight garbage note in the nose with some straw and lemon. Fairly bland, herbal/straw hoppy, a touch yeasty, light lemon flavor. Bleh.

Tap at Vine Street - we may have reached the final frontier with brett beers - with Crooked Stave doing a brett imperial porter and now this (which is essentially an imperial stout fermented with brett, I am not really sure where else we can go - pour is black with a thick ring of tan foam - pour is an interesting mix of rich, chocolaty malts, lightly green hoppiness, and a mixture of bretty phenols (earthy barnyard, light pineapple, some plastic) - surprisingly, it all works well together - creamy texture, full body - flavor is allimperial stout up front - some rich chocolate, moderate roast, some alcohol heat - moderate hop bitterness braces the palate for the brett character that follows - light tropical notes, some musky qualities, some orvalish character - light oak on the tail end - somewhat minty finish - I am not sure why all this seems to work well together, but it does - I like it.

Tap at Vine Street - lightly hazy gold with a pillowy head - light sweetness in the nose, but tons of grassy, herbal, citric hop notes to balance -creamy.texture in the mouth - a bit.sweet, but the sweetness is clean, and the.hops provide a bright acidity that balances well - hops provide assertive flavors of herbs, flowers, citrus, pine - but they never become abrasive, perhaps because of the sweetness - a damn fine IPA.

Tap at Vine Street - hazy orange -nose is very sweet and sugary, with some notes of orange marmalade, rock candy/cane sugar -flavor is much the same - very sweet confectioners sugar, orange, moderate esters -some peppery phenols, a light starchiness -given the usual quality of their belgians, this is a huge disappointment.

This beer is basically a showcase of maris otter malts, which is not really a bad thing - the malt creates an earthy, almost peaty, whiskey-like character, which makes the rather high alcohol presence a little more tolerable than it would otherwise be - som sweet candied cherries late - the Goldings add a moderate bitterness that works well with the malt character - it’s very simple, and the alcohol is a bit strong, but I thought it was okay.