Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

8th July 2012
Opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Crispy palate. Mildly sour - like a very watered down Duchesse Du Bourgogne. Coca cola and suppressed red berry fruits. All very mild indeed! Minerally crisp finish. Surprisingly thin and watery for it’s abv but fine.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

8th July 2012
Hazy amber beer with a tidy cream coloured head. Light palate, crisp and semi dry. Mild orange hops, tangerine too. Slightly tangy - sour. Minerally sharp finish. Fresh, interesting!

The chilies sneak in

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Brewery Vivant. Clear straw body, medium puffy off-white head. Spicy, leafy, peppery nose. Body is fruity and vinous with notes of white grape and lots of sugars and tannins. Light and crisp.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft at Brewery Vivant. An organic brown ale aged in Jack Daniels barrels. Deep translucent red-brown body, medium tan head. Nose of oak and whiskey; dry. Not much going on in body; mostly oak, whiskey, and toast, the barrel flavors having mostly overwhelmed the base beer. Thin.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Murky red-brown body, thin tan head. Tart fruit pit nose, same in the body with tannic fruit pit, vinaigrette, funk, and sulfuric notes, especially in the finish. Quite nice.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Tall-Boy can into a wine glass at 60F. 2 finger coffee colored head. Pitch black pour. Nose is coffee beans and roasted espresso. hint of chocolate and roasted barley. some tobacco. Taste is chocolate for miles. It’s a lot of chocolate. Sort of smoked taste which bleeds over into licorice. It’s a decent beer but I don’t get what’s "Belgian" about this beer. I’d call this more of a smoked imperial porter than a stout.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours a dark brown with a gigantic 4 finger and growing tan head that fades to a really nice lacing. Nose is burnt oak, chocolate and caramel. Lots of candied sugar and figs. Taste is very sweet with TONS of milk chocolate and figs. Hint of peaches and bananas. Medium body.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sour beer in a can? WHAT?!?! Buddy in Michigan sent me 3 cans from this brewery. Never heard of them before. Enjoyed at 60F in a wine glass.

A - Very bright amber appearance. Nice 3 finger solid white head.

S - Currants and some ropey notes on the nose. Some lacto funk but it could just be a fruitiness.

T - Really nice tartness in this beer. More currants and cherries with some pineapple and honey / tart finish.

M - Medium body, very nice carbonation

O - Yeah, sour beer from a can at 9.25%..not exactly sure how to deal with this. It’s interesting, not boozy and nice and fruity.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16 oz tallboy can shared by beastiefan2k. The pour is a clear golden amber, with a 1/2 inch light tan head that falls pretty quick. The aroma is some ripe apple skin, some cattiness, and then a general Brett sharpness overriding all of that, particularly pronounced as the beer warms. The taste is grass, straw, light malt sweetness, then bright Brett sharpness, along with the apple skin catty tartness of the nose. Bright active flavors, a touch on the sharp side. The palate is medium to light bodied, soft light carbonation, and a huge aftertaste of the Brett. Bit heavy handed on the Brett for my liking, though very cool to have a Brett beer in a can. Thanks for sharing this one Eugene.