At Oregon Brewers Festival 2008 Pours out a nice brown topped with a off white head. A nice aroma of light cherries and spice. A little sweetness on it. A nice mix with the cherries and spice.

Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this one. Clear light amber body under a firm, creamy head of off-white. Malty aroma. Flavor is firm malt with well balanced supportive hops. Good for style.

12oz bottle-pours a rich dissipating off white head and amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-molasses, spice, yeast. Taste is lots of sweet medium malt-molasses, peat, spice-hops, yeast. Nice, easy drinking, interesting interpretation of the style. Has a dopplebock character. OK carbonation.

Bottle, bonus from Ty5592, drunk on 10/3/07, aged some 4-5 months.
Very lovely appearance, looks like Flying Fish went all out on this one, with sediment at the bottom and what looks like a bottle conditioned, rich, dense, lasting tan head atop a mostly clear, maroon-mahogany tinted dark brown body. Moderate lacing as well.
Sweet coffeecake-like notes arise in the aroma, with a shy amount of dryness/tartness from the dark malts peeking through the finish. A fair amount of residual sugars are brought to the nose, with the strong, tight carbonation, and cookie-dough vanilla mixes with the choco-coffeebean flavors to linger long on the finish. Clean yeast with low fruitiness and seemingly no flaws. As it warms, the coffee flavor softens, and the beer gets fudgey-sweet in the nose. Banana esters and some glue-like vapors emerge, unpleasantly, though the dry coffee still commands some authority. Medium-high strength of aroma.
Terrific amounts of succulent chocolate-fudge and vanilla-caramel maltiness give the impression of a full body, as creamy, tight carbonation helps intensify this character as well. Minimal scratchiness from the dark malts, and a very flavorful coffee create a highly drinkable beer, that still manages appropriate attenuation, for all the maltiness. Went down very fast, I must admit, with just a marvelous texture. Warming found the malts grow slightly too sweet/tacky and allowed some odd esters/phenols to emerge, just as in the aroma, but I was just about done with my glass by that time. Some dark malt/coffee astringency builds up on the finish. Alcohol not noted.

Small beige head...color--golden leaning more towards the orange side...smells a little sweet with caramel aromas mixed with honey...in the mouth...a silky feel, followed by a quick bitterness, then evens out...flavor is sour yeast and bitters...also has an orange rind flavor to it...aroma and mouth feel make this beer appealing

Sample at the Mill Hill Saloon in Trenton, NJ: The beer is brownish-amber with a medium thin beige head that has good retention. Thin rings of lacing. Bready malt, grain and floral hops aroma. Medium body with a mellow fruit and malt character, and grassy hops in the background. The finish is sweet at first with a light hops and spicy alcohol aftertaste. Above average overall.

Deep amber, orange color. Small white head. Mild toasted malt nose with a floral hop balance. Sweet caramel malt flavor upfront with notes of dried fruit and brown sugar. Hops come through in the finish. Smooth and flavorful, you can drink several of these in one session. Nicely done.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Pours a clear, reddish brown with a beige head. Sweetish, roasted malt aroma - some vanilla also. Medium body with sweetish, roasted malt, lightly burned with some cola notes and a dry, burned bitterness from the malt. 310807

Dark mahogany color. A beer based on (sweet) caramel, with a respectable body and (IMO) not much bitterness, also some roastedmalt; but lack of complexity and interest.

Bottle pours a hazy dingy orange coor with a huge sandy colored head. Aroma is definately hops but its a bit off. Papery and of wood and some orange. Nice malty and bitter hop combo. Not over the top hoppiness. Decent all around.