Pours a hazy golden amber. Head quickly dissipates with nice lacing. Heavy bubblegum aroma...heavy bubblegum flavor. This is definitely a Magic Hat concoction...fruity. Light, sticky palate with an medium astringent finish.

Draught at EBF ’06. Fully cloudy, light maize-to-pale-enamel colored body with a fair amount of white head, well-retained without much lacing. The nose quickly describes a brett-laced jaunt through a field. Light grassiness, very slight dough and bits of soft herbs and mild earthiness from the wood. A soft vanilla blossom note is most inviting as well, with an almost oatmeal like smoothness. Very subtle, but I, unfortunately, miss the greater portion of the Styrian Goldings, only getting a bit of dusty herbs and grass, no full on lilac. The flavor shows less brett than most other American examples, but still manages a bit of tartness through the middle. Grows dry and lactic on the end, with a touch of nectarines and peach skin, but quickly being overcome by a pale malt texture that is actually fairly drying, adding only touches of light sugars. I get more of the oaty, creamy smooth notes on the finish, probably the very light lactic quality again, with just a shade of banana and lemon peel. Very low carbonation, supple, lightly tannic body at times is dry, smooth and lightly creamy, though, importantly, not creamy-sweet. If the sheer breathtaking finesse of Russian River and Pizza Port’s brett beers leave this in the shadows, it is nonetheless a very well-constructed beer. It is no small task to make a near-flawless brett beer. No alcohol apparency, a bit too much yeast dryness/blandness builds on the palate on the end, however. Definitely needs more malt complexity, it is very lean in that regard.

Brown ale with a thin off white head. Sweet butterscotch aroma with light treacle and honey. In mouth, crisp and sweet, with buttery mouthfeel. Lighter bodied. On tap at the CNY Brewfest 2006.

Cool bottle. This black and lightly carbonated beer has a strong alcohol aroma with underwhelming fermenting fruit. Sweet malt in the flavor and a hint of alcohol in the flavor. Full bodied and a beer to sip slowly.

Dark pour with a thick rocky head. Malty aroma. Quite thin for a scottish ale. The flavor isnt far from what a scottish ale should be.

Thanks go out to slob for sending this one my way! A large, frothy mocha head sits on top of this clear, dark amber beer. Lightly malty yeasty aroma, but little smoke. Starts with some malty sweetness and finishes with a spicy tang in the finish that reminds me of either a rye or wheat beer finish. Fair, but nothing really exciting here. I never did get much of any smoke aspect from this, I don’t know if that is good or bad??