Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at the Rackhouse - hazy orange pour - medium dry, with crisp and spicy notes of gingerbread, pepper, crackery malt - a bit of sweetness through the middle, mixed with light bubblegum and banana phenols - a touch of tropical character - a bit of dusty, earthy yeast - spicy finish - a lot going on, but at times a bit muddled - a decent brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 200 and something thanks to billshmeinke. Pours with a deep brown hued body with red highlights, decently large tan head that lasts. Aromas of bourbon, soil, earth, marzipan, caramel, vanilla, dark fruits and wood. Flavors of marzipan, toffee, barrel, vanillin, bread, caramel, oak, creme brulee, dark fruits, ester, caramel and bourbon. Thick bodied with medium alcohol, somewhat sticky sweet, lighter carbonation. Last beer of my backlog!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by Sean, thanks! Pours a hazy deep amber with a yellowish white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has notes of sweet grains with a bit of cardboard, caramel and a decent amount of caramel. Flavor starts with a good amount of sweetness from grains and cookies with backing caramel and toffee as well as barrel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
on tap-pours a tight offwhite head with trailing lace and hazy yellow color. Aroma is apricot, some perfumy. Taste is apricot, some perfumy/spice hops, grain.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
on tap-pours a white head with pale yellow color. Aroma is sweet light malt/corn, some grassy. Taste is sweet light malt/corn, grassy/spice hops. Clean, crisp. OK carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
on tap-pours a white head with trailing lace and slightly hazy yellow. Aroma is grapefruit/lemon zest/floral, some light malt. Taste is grapefruit/lemon zest/floral hops, secondary light malt. Smooth. Soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap-pours a white head with cloudy orange/amber color. Aroma is fruit-some citrus/some tropical, light/medium malt. Taste is fruit-some citrus/some tropical hops, secondary light/medium malt-bready.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap-pours a white head with yellow color. Aroma is sweet ripe banana. Taste is sweet ripe banana, secondary wheat/light malt, some spice hops. Soft effervescence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the Pro-Am table at GABF. Pours with hazy bronze to brown hue with a small white head. Aromas of super spicy oak notes, vanilla, tartness and acidity. Cherry, almonds, light funk and raspberries. Flavors are tart, a bit of an odd musty grainy quality, cherry, some light funk, acid and oak. Lots of pie cherries. Dry mouthfeel and lightly tannic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
on tap-pours a white head that laces with hazy yellow color. Aroma is coriander, pine/lemon/orange. Taste is coriander, pine/lemon/orange hops flavor with no bite, just smooth, secondary light malt, yeast.