obguthr (12524) reviewed Butt Head Bock from Tommyknocker Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 0.5
Molasses aroma. Muddy light to medium brown color, no head. Powdery mouthfeel, extremely yeasty taste. Yeast finish. I’m convinced this was just a horribly bad bottle. I want a do-over because this was absolutely disgusting. After checking the date, the beer is an entire year past its expiration! I’ll try again and rerate, but be advised this beer apparently doesn’t keep well at all.!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Apple and maple syrup aroma, but not strong. Cloudy golden color witha non existent head, but marvelous carbonation. Tart, somewhat yeasty.and apple is detectable. Grass and raisin finish. Great mouthfeel, good taste.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle says drink within 4 months of 10/06, which means 02/07, and I didn’t notice until I was at home with this sixer of it in late 05/07! Still, assuming 10/06 was the bottling date, I’d figure an 8.2% doppelbock could withstand 7-8 months. I suppose it did, but for the oxidation. Poured a lightly hazy reddish amber color with a small layer of foam. Aroma was strongly melanoidiny with that weird grape jolly rancher character I get in many doppelbocks. Rich and bready, with a leafy and earthy hop character to complement it. The flavor much the same but for some mild layers of sherry and cardboard. The beer wasn’t bad because of this, in fact it added some interesting complexity and made the beer feel old (in a good way). However, I’m sure this beer might be really nice fresh, full of rich, clean munich malts. Will revisit again upon next release.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
2007 bomber shared with SuIIy on 4/26/07
Light tan head gushes up, only to recede rather quickly back to cover. Moderate retention at that point, minimal lacing. Filtered and all, with a dark cola-mahogany brown body.
I must say, for a maple beer, I was expecting a lot more odd esters and phenols and surprisingly enough, it’s quite clean in the nose. Seems a bit meaty at first, making me think of DMS, but if that is indeed what it is, it’s fully passing after 30 or so seconds. Leafy/soily/earthy hops are the extent of hop aromatics, with reserved bitterness. Light coffee layered atop chocolate and dry maple with a firm acidity on the end. A bit stale/oxidized already, probably owing to the filtration and medium malts. Not overly hard, despite the more dry, bready malts; lots of residual base malt sweetness is there, creating some stickiness on the nose. Cinnamon-like phenols are lightly noted on the finish, while alcohol is mostly contained. Medium strength of aroma.
Lots of caramel dumped in, with more a brown sugar flavor from the maple (and combination of caramel and base malt). Sweet, vanilla cream flavors slowly meld in to a strong maple fudginess that grows quite sweet and has some stickiness to it, despite also carrying a trace of thinning on the finish. Flavors do not last long, as they are cut short by a coffeecake dryness that adds breadiness and acidity. A bit stale overall, no doubt suffering from the filtration. Carbonation, though forced, isn’t obnoxious, and while it’s not overly tight, it also isnt too loose. No alcohol perceived. Almost finished my glass, but not quite.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Maple Nut Brown Ale from Tommyknocker Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled (thanks Degarth). Nutbrown colour with beige small head. Aroma is maple, malts, caramel, nuts and some slight syrupy notes. Flavour is maple nuts, some caramel and slight roasted malts. Quite watery.
TBone (30380) reviewed Maple Nut Brown Ale from Tommyknocker Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled (bottled 06/2006)
Reddish brown color, small off-white head. Cracker malty and hoppy nose, hints of milk chocolate and toasted nuts there too. Very watery, nutty malty flavor. Mildly syrupy and chocolaty. Quite light and a bit sweet beer. Easy to drink, easy to forget.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Pick Axe Pale Ale from Tommyknocker Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Color is a dark golden color. Aroma is malty, with fruits and caramels. Flavor is okay, though I didn’t really think it was in any way wonderful. Malts power the flavor, with small hits to hops. Was better as it warmed.
bb (18607) reviewed Butt Head Bock from Tommyknocker Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Ruby color with a low off-white head. Roasty aroma. Roasty, caramel flavor with slight plum/raisin. Medium body. Lingering caramel/dried fruit.
bb (18607) reviewed Pick Axe Pale Ale from Tommyknocker Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Orange/caramel aroma and flavor. Easy drinking. LIngering caramel. Somewhat lighter body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Poured deep amber with lasting tan head. It has sort of a Barleywine aroma with dark fruit, hints of caramel and some alcohol. The flavor starts out with dates, plums and raisins. Midway the maple becomes noticeable. Toward the finish the fruitiness returns with hints of nuts and alcohol. This beer seems to end weak. It feels watery and not more than alcohol into the after taste. Too bad, it started out rather nice.