Pint can. Dark chocolate malt aroma with notes of roasted malt, coffee, smoke, bread and grainy malt. Pours black with a thin tan head that has good retention and decent lacing. Starts with dark chocolate, bread and grainy malt flavors. Finishes smooth but a touch dry with smoke, coffee and roasted malt flavors. Good dark lager.
Taster at VooDoo. Clear, amber color, with a small, tan head. The aroma is rye toast, cherry, pumpernickel, and heavy pecan. Sweet and malty, with a minimal bitterness. Light to medium body, smooth, and clean. Interesting and tasty.
Sample at the taproom. Brown-black pour with a medium frothy light beige head that diminishes steadily to a film. Sticky small patches of lace. Malty aroma with coffee and vanilla notes. Medium body with a roasty malt and coffee character, with some vanilla and chocolate in the background. The finish is sweet and roasty with an Irish Cream coffee aftertaste. Above average overall.
Sample at the taproom. Clear golden color with a thin white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Citrusy hops, pine and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of resiny hop, grapefruit and bready malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Above average overall.
Sample at the taproom. Clear pale golden color with a thin white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Malt, fruit and hops in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of floral hop, caramel malt and citrus. The finish is clean and malty with a fruity aftertaste. Decent overall.
Sample at the taproom. Slightly hazy pinkish-purple pour with a thin pinkish-white head that burns away quickly to a film. Sparse spots of lace. Aroma of berries, wheat and yeast. Light-bodied with a tart mixed berry flavor, with wheat and doughy malt in the background. The finish is mildly sour with a berry aftertaste. Decent overall.