Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
An awesome extra from kkearn. I recently got to try this at a tasting thanks to theisti at a gathering, I enjoyed my small sample and wanted more. So I throw it on my want list and in my next trade Keith throws it in as an extra, what awesome synergy. It pours with a small, tan, short lived head, which sits atop a black body. Aroma is strong with dark, very dry and ashy, prune-y, alcoholic dark cereal. Taste has a bit more chocolate in it but still a very dry ash flavor. Plenty of sweet alcoholic prune with licorice and light astringent flavors. And then this incredibly dry roast finish, just sucks up all the moisture in my mouth. Not too heavy, a medium body with barely any residual sugars left over. Way different mouthfeel for an Impy Stout. It’s actually a weird imperial stout, so dry and ashy, its almost unbelievable, yet its really accessible.
22oz bottle, New Belgium rounded goblet glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a thin white head and gold color. Aroma is grainy/bready, some spice hops, yeast. Taste is sweet grain, secondary spice/metallic hops that seems out of place and clashes. Thanks decaturstevo for picking this out.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle-pours a light tan head and amber color. Aroma is light/medium malt-some almost caramel, medium fruit, slight musty. Taste is medium malt-caramel/toffee, secondary spice/herbal hops, some wood. Could be an Oktoberfest or Bock style lager. Thanks decaturstevo for picking this out.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled at the Knoxville 2008 Brewer’s Jam. Deep copper with a small fleeting head. Not much aroma here. Just not much flavor either - nothing good, nothing bad. Disappointing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Deep amber/orange body that supports a long lasting off-white head. Light malt aroma. Toasty. A light bitterness on the front end quickly fades to a velvety dryness. Good body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. Pour is hazed black, with a tan smallish head. Aroma of roast dark chocolate, coffee, thick sweet maltiness, and a touch of soy. Taste of milky roasted espresso coffee maltiness. Under the coffee notes is some fruit sweetness, dates and plums. The finish was unusual, chalky and dry, yet quite sweet. Palate is medium heavy, silky and mouth coating. Thanks for sending this my way, Phil.
maniac (11822) reviewed Oatmeal Porter from Highland Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Clear dark caramel body with a small off-white head. Oatmeal and chocolate aroma. Caramel, pale malt and light chocolate flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
maniac (11822) reviewed Kashmir IPA from Highland Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle on 11/28/2008 in the Great Butters Tasting of 2008. Clear golden body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma with floral and light citrus and resiny hops. Big floral hop flavor, more cheerios and citrus hops flavor, light resiny notes. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle on 11/28/2008 in the Great Butters Tasting of 2008. Hazy copper body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel, yeasty, floral and citrus hop aroma. Sweet caramel, citrus and floral hops, light yeastiness and a firm but moderate bitterness. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
maniac (11822) reviewed Cattail Peak Wheat from Highland Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle on 11/28/2008 in the Great Butters Tasting of 2008. Slightly hazy golden body with a medium foamy white head. Wheat, spice and light citrus aroma. Wheat flavor, light grain, more citrus and yeasty hints. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.