An unclear orange beer with a disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet spicy - with coriander standing out, but also fruity notes of oranges. The flavor is also sweet spicy, but here both ginger and coriander are present, as well as notes of oranges.

Hazy golden amber ale with a thick creamy off-white head. Sweet alcohol and maple aroma with light orange notes. Good sweet malt base, with smooth orange peels and maple notes, wam alcohol finish. Excellent. Summer 2005.

[Bottled at the brewpub] A beutiful amber beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with a slight note of grass. The flavor is sweet malty and spicy with nice impression of hops.

[Bottled at the brewpub] An unclear orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with some notes of coriander. The flavor is sweet floral with a nice dry hoppy end.

[Bottled at the brewpub] A pitch black beer with a small brown head. The aroma is slightly sour - I wonder if it is the added lactose, but also contains notes of chocolate, and hints of plastic and diacethyl. An aroma with some good and some bad impressions. The flavor is very roasted with an oily coffee impression - I find it somewhat like chewing coffee beans, but there is also notes of milk, though not enough to go the length to a cafe latte. The end is dry - which also compares good to a cup of coffee, while the mouthfeel is very smooth. Except for the somewhat confusing aroma I really like this.

[Tap at the brewpub] A beutiful brown-amber beer with a small off-white head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of caramel as well as toffee and roasted bread. The flavor is dry roasted with notes of toffee and roasted bread, and a slightly bitter hoppy end. An OK brown ale.

[Tap at the brewpub] A yellow beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet malty, while the flavor is sweet malty - too sweet for me - but with an OK hoppy end. The sweetnes makes the mouthfeel slightly sticky.

late 04/early 05 bottle from Joanette consumed August 05. Pours a rich, caramel and chocolate mix (sort of like hot chocolate) of brown and black. Slick and lustrous with an initially large tan head that quickly recedes to one-finger high, moderate retention, and light bits of lacing. Smells sweet of chocolate an rich, sweet toffee. Buttercream, raisins, light currants and a touch of milky lactose. The flavor provides a bit of dry, grainy roast, and the texture is smooth and milky, yet has a slight powdery feel to it. Low filtration as always, from this brewery allows the beer to be smooth and milky, without really being too thin. The flavor of lightly burnt malts, touches of cofee and sweet, moist raisins get a bit tiresome, to my tastes, by the end, but it’s an interesting take on the style and quite flavorful. I have had some less than exciting bottles, but this bottle was quite nice, so I will just enter my review based on this one. Finishes sweet, milk-chocolatey and lightly vinous/fruity. Medium body. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve come to like some hops flavor in my sweet stouts, so the lack of that in this one wasnt very pleasing. A little bit too much carbonation, somewhat annoying on the palate, breaks up the mouthfeel.

Hazy golden ale with a thin white head. Wonderful aroma of bananas, orange peels, and light licorice. In mouth, tingling spices and bananas. Medium bodied, surprising for a blanche. Excellent, Fred!