Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On draft at Rustico in Alexandria, VA. Pours an opaque black with a thin tan head. Deep coffee nose. Coffee dominates the flavor with only the slightest hint of dark stone fruits. Roasty finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft sample at Rustico, Alexandria. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity, vinous, herbal, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft sample at Rustico, Alexandria. Pours near black with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, roast, dark chocolate and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice brew.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Draft: Aroma of cherries. Clear amber, no head. Rich flavor of whole barley, husks and all, with a cherry and lemon tang. Big flavorful lagery maerzen. Nailed it! Try it with goat cheese.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6.5
Draft: Pine, rosehip, honey, and grapefruit bouquet, in that order. Clear copper, thin head. Grapefruit with lesser honey notes underneath, solid level of bitterness. Thin mouthfeel, very noticeably so. Nicely hopped and even a little dank, but watery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Rustico Alexandria. Poured a pretty much clear, with a touch of haze to it, orange color with a small white head. Aroma was light citrus notes, some earthy hops, light malts. Flavor was some light citrus notes, touch of very light malts. Pretty session-able.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Rustico Alexandria. Poured a dark copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma was caramel notes, sweetness, a touch of bread there. Flavor was very sweet, but not sickly sweet (thank God). Malt notes are a bit more subdued than your typical Scottish ale. Light and pretty sessionable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Rustico Alexandria. Poured a dark brown, almost black color with a nice tan head. Aroma was sweet coffee notes, some very light roasted character. Taste has a lot of roast character, some light coffee notes. Touch of sour character to it perhaps - at least that’s the impression we got at the table from it. Didn’t realize it was only 3.8% until just now. Very impressed with this one.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours amber - almost no head. Interesting aroma. Almost smells like tomato vines, light orange, pine, and malt. Strange flavor - bubblegum, orange, lemon, grapefruit... Hmm...
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Whine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours golden. No head. Looks flat. Smells... where is the smell? Light hops and apple juice in the nose. Taste is bland light hops, grass, lagery. Blah.