superspak (10160) reviewed Geyser Brown from Gonzo's BiggDogg Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/15/2016. Pours lightly hazy deep reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light cocoa/coffee, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light cocoa/coffee, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light cocoa/coffee, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light dryness from hop/roast bitterness that lightly increases through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice brown ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
superspak (10160) reviewed Vanilla Porter from Gonzo's BiggDogg Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass; no canning date, but was just recently released into cans. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, light coffee, and light herbal hops. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt, vanilla, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, light coffee, and light herbal hops. Light herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and light coffee on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast malt, vanilla, and light earthy hop flavors; with no cloying sweetness after the finish despite the very light amount of bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately silky/creaky, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice vanilla porter. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roasted malt, vanilla, and light earthy hop flavors, and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.