7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pour is fairly impressive - black, with a frothy, lasting lace - these beers are so easy to screw up, often coming across as messy, overly hopped stouts - this one gets it right - starts off creamy and slightly sweet, a bit like a stout, with minimal hop presence - starts to dry out through the middle, as some bitterness from the black malt settles in, but still, the hops are a bit subdued - they don’t really shine until the finish, as the beer becomes quite dry, but when they kick in they shine very well - juicy, resinous, lingering long into the finish - I could drink pint after pint of this if it weren’t so strong.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2011
at 17:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Dry Dock - listed as "Walt’s Frambozen" - turbid reddish pour - decent head - earthy raspberry nose - creamy on the palate - sturdy malt base, with some semi-sweet notes of chocolate - the fruit is very well-integrated into the malt profile - lightly acidic, tart/nearly sour up front - full but mellow raspberry throughout - notes of the whole fruit: sweet fruitmeat, bitter seeds, tart skin - a very light leathery character - linger sweet/sour finish - mild but interesting flavor profile - I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2010
at 17:48
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tap at Dry Dock - clear gold - fizzy, but a minimal head - overly sweet, honeyed maltiness - a bit of buttery flavor - some adjunct-y, corn kind of flavor - vegetal notes - some spicy, grassy hops through the middle and finish, but this sucker is seriously flawed.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2010
at 17:43
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Snifter at the brewery - why do people oak beers like this? - it is so easy to leave it in the oak too long - tastes like oak - vanilla - oak - light caramel - oak - mild fruitiness - oak - faint stale hops - oak - I guess you really need to like oak to like this - tastes like fresh oak barrel and muddled maltiness - you could have put a barleywine or imperial stout or sour ale in the new oak barrel, but no...you put an friggin’ esb in there - ugh!
Tried
on 17 Oct 2010
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the brewery - like most pumpkin ales, this one starts with copious amounts of cinnamon and nutmeg - however, most "pumpkin" ales kind of stop here, without truly incorporating the flavor of the veggie - however, the earthiness of the pumpkin actually shines quite nicely through the middle of this one - the spices are much stronger, but they do not wash out the pumpkin itself - fairly light for the style - a bit of clove adds depth - spicy and complex, but light and quaffable at the same time - nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2010
at 18:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the brewery - a very sweet old ale, with a lot of raisin, fig, plum and cherry - a bit of treacle - however, there is a bit of tartness through the middle, and even a slight hint of earthy, almost funky character that cuts these sweet notes quite well - a bit of chocolate covered cherry in the finish - lingering leathery earthiness - I like it.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2010
at 18:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Dry Dock - listed simply as "Saison" - very wheaty and tangy, as if they made a hefe and brewed it with a saison yeast - quite nice, though - a bit of subtle phenols and a mild earthiness - some tangy lime and lemon notes - a bit of dry, spicy character through the middle, getting stronger in the finish, as it ends on a kind of peppery note, with lingering lime flavors - good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2010
at 18:03
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
More like a really malty amber ale than anything else - some notes of toffee and caramel, a touch of roasted nuts - a faintly british touch of subtle diacetyl - not much else happening - inoffensive, drinkable, but nothing worth returning for a second pint of.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 17:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint at the brewery - but they will serve you this beer in a one liter stein if you so desire, which is pretty freakin’ awesome - you can also purchase said stein - anyway, this is fairly strong for the style, but you can’t notice it - very smooth and malty - a rich german malt profile - a touch doughy - moderately estery, with some notes of strawberry - hop profile is low, but there is a touch of bitterness - a touch tangy on the back end - a nicely executed rendition of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2010
at 17:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler courtesy of a traveling beer club member. The beer is a hazy orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily. Thin rings of lacing. Citrusy hops aroma with some pine and malt notes. Medium body with flavors of grapefruity hops, caramel, earthy malt, and pine. The finish is hoppy with a lingering citrus aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 08 Aug 2010
at 20:37