Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Black with a medium sized foamy brown head. Bitter and roasty with floral hops and dark chocolate. Long finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: semi-cloud red/mahogany color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light caramel/toffee malts, Belgian sugar-y notes, some vinous (maybe red wine-ish tones, I'm not exactly sure), light grassy hops
Flavor: sour/funky/tart-ish vibes combining the prior tones; finishes somewhat vinous and grassy
Texture: medium bodied, I have no idea if this is something to session and pound it or if this was meant to be a sipper; not exactly smooth at all, too much wine barrel in the way
Overall: since I'm not a wine drinker and never will be, I'm not exactly sure if I gave this beer it's true respect. Maybe someone else will come along and review this beer better.
However as a Coast Guard vet, I know how the saying goes "Red sky at night, sailors' delight, red sky in the morning, sailors take warning!" And maybe that's Heavy Seas' warning to tell us there's a ton of things going on with this beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark amber to brown clor with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: herbal/floral/earthy hops (guessing Fuggles in this?) Biscuity to caramel malts
Flavor: gently melds those hops to the malts and maintaining that normal bitter malty English vibe to this; malty & earthy finish
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to the medium side, sessionable, pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: as an ESB it works and would be one to return to with some fish n' chips.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark burnt orange almost amber color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light pine resin, some lemon hops, smooth clean biscuity malts - some toffee, earthy to herbal character
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together to a malty bitter quality
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to light bodied, sessionable, fairly smooth along the tongue with that normal English styled malty bitter tone
Overall: I say a pretty nicely done English pale ale worthy to have again - pass the fish n' chips for this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in color with a quickly dissipating off-white foamy head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: sweet woody/bourbon notes, light vanilla, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, coffee roastiness, coffee sweetness and a touch of caramel
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a sturdy sweet tone underscored by a subtle woody spice; finishes sweet chocolatey with the barrel notes
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper, light smoothness but also some barrel spicy edges nipping at the tongue
Overall: I thought it was already aged quite a bit though I didn't have a date on the bottle but I could have aged this a bit longer, still an impressionable beer enough to return to.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can pour at the DCBeer December 2025 share. Poured a dark amber color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was big bourbon, vanilla. Smooth, enjoyable.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
Black with nice brown head. Bourbon, coffee, chocolate malt, and fresh hay aroma. Moderately sweet bourbon, coffee, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Body on the light side for the style.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
On tap on Disney Treasure, Periscope Pub.
Pours clear dark orange with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Sawdust, citrus, orange, pine resin.
Tasty
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Heavy Seas Plank IV 2016
Bottle shared at tasting. Dark red to red-brown color, small beige to light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, quite sweet, something odd I can't put my finger on. Flavor is malts, sweetness a bit, bitterness a bit, soft caramel notes. Very solid. 8-6,5-8-8-7,5