9-2-24, Port City

9-1-24 Brewery

Draft at Spacebar. Poured a mostly clear yellow color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was light tartness, sour kettle tartness. Light citrus, some candy. Flavor was light lemon, sweet candy sugar notes. Light floral.

Half Time provided this 12 oz bottle recently. Not a favorite style but the essentials seem to be here. A snifter in place, I make the pour. Brown-amber colored body finished with a moderate amount of brown-going-to-tan foam. The nose is dark fruit, grain and some medicine. The taste is well, it is all right within the style. I taste molasses, scorched grain, tobacco, dark plums, a caramel sweetness, paper, berries and malt. Slightly bitter. The nuances are better appreciated by others I am sure.

US Pint can (they have dropped 'Oscura' from it's name); cheers Eugene (Beastiefan2k) for this. Drank on 5th July 2024 while in California. Clean mahogany body, fast fading beige crust. Malty front with a dry finish.

s: lactobilly funk - oranges - floral a: clear golden body - no real head t: tart-ish - odd fruits - caster sugar p: apricots - no malts - dry end o: interesting - funky - not-a-sour-nor-fruity 12 ounce can - Sperryville Corner Store: Sperryville, Virginia - 19-June-2024 - US$2,59 - Canned: 08-April-2024 - sampled: 30-June-2024

6-10-24, high sprits

In einem Restaurant in DC. Farbe: Mittleres klares Bernstein, Kein Schaum. Aroma: Tropenfrüchte Geschmack: Sehr Bitter, Aprikose, erdig

Mostly clear copper coloured body with a very nice three to four centimetre tall off-white and tan head that fades pretty slowly with a lot of bubbles rising from the bottom and around a five per cent opacity. Aroma of dank, bitter, metallic and very astringent notes with a hint of grassiness and flowers and showing a dash of stone fruits in the nose with a tiny bit of sugars. Medium-bodied; Pungent, astringent, metallic and very bitter notes show at first, but not from the hops - these things come from the malt and especially the alcohol - there are really no fruit notes, no hops, no complex flavours and especially no sweetness here - this is all astringent and strong alcohol notes that aren't so great here. Aftertaste is pretty uninspiring, with a lot of pungency of course, but the alcohol warmth and especially the metallic notes are not what I want, and while there are glimmers of other flavours (apricots and pears) but not enough to make this desirable. Overall, a pretty poor beer - way too pungent and one-dimensional for the style, with no real sweetness, fruit flavours or hop bitterness - worth passing over entirely, even at this price point! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Giant in Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia on 03-January-2023 for US$8,99/four pack, canned on 23-November-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington, a few blocks away on 06-February-2023.