On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Grain, floral, little sulfur, little astringency. Medium body. Fine.

12-18-22 Mom’s

Crystal clear golden coloured body with a nice two centimetre tall, almost pure white head that stays afloat nicely and caps the beer throughout. Aroma of grass, hay, flowers, lemons and a touch of grain noticeable, but all crisp and seemingly very dry. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong relatively earthy, grainy and malty notes dominate, in sort of an overpowering and funky way with a lot of nuts, specialty grain and relatively strong yeasts here that all end dry and still show both alcohol and sugars at the end. Aftertaste is fairly funky with the strong, nutty, earthy and floral malts by far the most pungent, but some soft hops and sugars are here, as are the strong yeast elements, which clearly show this as a lager, and one with a lot of flavour. Overall, a decent enough pilsner, with more flavours and funkiness than I was expecting, but of course, not out of the question at all, and probably a nice beer in the [summer] season, but not so seasonal for drinking on a chilly day. I sampled this as Beer #8 of my 2021 Advent Calendar, a sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Sperryville Corner Store in Sperryville, Virginia on 06-March-2021, my wife's birthday and sampled at my house here in Washington on 08-December-2021.

Draft: Poured a brown, black with tan head. Aroma is roasted, grain. Taste is smooth grainy, roasty.

Draft: Poured caramel brown with tan head. Aroma is ginger, bourbon, honey, woodsy. Taste is similar with loads of boozy bourbon, vanilla, honey, light ginger.

16oz can. Poured a clear, bright yellow color with a big fizzy white head. Aroma was clean, light biscuit, touch grass. Flavor was light, rice. Easy to drink, tasty stuff.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice thinnish, one to two centimetre tall light brown head that fades pretty quickly, all atop the 80 per cent opaque dark brown glow of a body with some oily bits noticeable. Aroma of nuts, vanilla, earth, grain and some caramelised sugars here, all with a hint of cherries and pitted fruits, but not much, as the roasted malts and slight cacao notes come through towards the end of the nose - strong and nice throughout. Medium-bodied; Robust and very rich chocolate and roasted malt flavours come through at first with a big bitterness noticeable along with some grainy and oaty qualities, but the cherries and light fruity qualities and even some lactose does come through at the end. Aftertaste shows some enjoyable bitterness, seemingly from hops, and it may be, but the roasted malts and especially oaty quality makes this seem rich and robust with a lot of pungency and earthy, rustic qualities, while not being hard to drink or deep. Overall, a pretty nice beer throughout and perhaps better than I expected, although from these two breweries (on either side of me), things should be expected to be pretty good - this is a great porter and showing some nice complexities while being easy-ish drinking. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia on 37-June-2022 for US$3,79 sampled on the last day of Summer and the first day of Autumn in Washington on 22-September-2022 here at my house, somewhere between Union & Ardent!

16oz can, purchased from Total Wine McLean. Poured a clear golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light lemon sour, with cucumber juice. Light tart, mild cucumber juice. Pleasant stuff.

Pint can from Total Wine Gainesville, 8/18/22. Clear gold, thin fizzy head, average retention. Aroma of herbal, earthy hop, pale malt. Taste is dank, green, earthy hop, pale malt. Crisp, lingering bitterness. Nice.

12 ounce can from Wegman’s Gainesville, 8/6/22. Hazy orange, very large off-white head, good retention. Aroma of wheat, lemon. Taste is wheat, lemon, spice, bubblegum. Crisp, well balanced. Solid.