Bottle from bittermestupid. Thanks Greg! Pours dark reddish brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma has lots of chocolate and smooth dark malt. Med minus body. Flavor is smooth dark malt, coffee and some dark chocolate. Flavor seems to be quite different from the aroma. It’s not exactly dry, but there’s enough chocolate and burnt malt to make up for that. Drinks really well.

Clear golden with a frothy white head. Aroma is light, with grainy malts, sweetness, and some earthy hops. A bit of floral comes in the flavor but mostly earthy hops and light grain. Not much going on here but not offensive at all. Would be a great tailgating beer.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating(but this can’t be too old). Big pop of carbonation upon opening. Pours a very hazy reddish orange color with a huge 2-3 finger light khaki head that lasts forever. This took forever to fully pour in to the glass. Obscene amounts of carbonation streaming up from the bottom of the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, caramel, rye, toast, orange rind, pine, and light herbal. Ok aromas, but it is difficult to really smell anything through 3 fingers of head that wont go anywhere. Taste of grapefruit, caramel, pine, rye, toast, orange zest, floral, and herbal. Fair amount of bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, rye, caramel, toast, and herbal on the finish for a bit. Good balance of bitterness and sweetness; with good flavor balance as well. No cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a fairly creamy and crisp mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a good rye beer. The obscene over carbonation almost killed it for me, but after swirling out some of the carbonation it turned out pretty good. Some nice balance of flavors; very smooth to drink. I can bet this is a nice one with proper carbonation levels.

Sample at the DBLDP on 09/02/2012: Dark amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Small patches of lacing. The aroma is rye spices, malt and hops. Light-bodied with flavors of rye malt, grassy hops and a bit of fruit. The finish is hoppy with a rye aftertaste. Decent overall.

From the 8/2012 3R6P tasting +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a large foamy dark brown head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sweet cocoa, anise and cherry. The flavor was sweetish and bitter with floral and fruity hops and notes of cherry, anise, root beer and a bit of charcoal. Long bitter floral hop finish with lingering black licorice and charcoal. Moderately full bodied. Decent.

Sample at Jackie O’s as part of Ohio Brew Week. This brew is a slightly hazy golden color with a medium ivory white head that dissipates to an outer ring eventually. Minimal lacing on the glass. Aroma of bananas and yeast. Light body with flavors of overripe banana, malt and yeast. The finish is fruity with a mild wheat aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

Sample at Jackie O’s as part of Ohio Brew Week (and my 800th Ohio beer). Clear pale golden pour with a medium thin white head that burns away to an outer ring quickly. Top ring of lacing on the glass with spots underneath. Aroma of mild hops and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, herbs and biscuit malt. The finish is lightly hoppy with a short fruity aftertaste. Decent overall.

22oz bomber poured into a tulip. From Herchick, thanks Bob! Pours a clear dark ruby with about a finger of light tan head. Aroma is citrus dominated with a hint of pine resin and grapefruit. Taste is light bitter. Citrus and pine mostly. It seems the taste is way out of line with how good it smells. Medium bodied with a pretty slick texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. I’ve had one other beer from TBK and I liked that one a lot more. Regardless, very drinkable.