Served on draft at the brewpub, 6/28/10. Pours a dark slightly hazy reddish copper color with a medium sized offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Malty aroma with notes of caramel and raisins. The taste is caramel, raisins, toffee, light nutty and anise-like notes and a leafy hop finish. Medium bodied. Tasty beer.

Served on draft at the brewpub, 5/30/10. Pours a slightly hazy color with a medium offwhite head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee and a bit of butter with a complex assortment of hop notes, including resin, citrus, tropical and earthy notes. The taste is bitter hops with citrus. minty and resiny notes along with toffee and a bit of butter. Medium bodied. Decent beer.

Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a dark brown color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and tart fruity notes. The taste is powdery cocoa, chocolate, faint and tart fruit notes and a bitter leafy hop finish. A bit chalky. Smooth, medium bodied. Nice beer. 5/14/10.

Growler from the brewpub on 4/19/10. Pours a dark red color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of vanilla, maple and faint raisins. The taste is caramel, toffee, raisins, peppery oak notes and vanilla in the finish. Medium bodied. The wood works nicely with this one.

Growler from the brewpub, Pours a clear pale gold color with a thin head. Fair head retention and poor lacing. Aroma of pale malts, corn, grass and apple-like fruity notes. The taste is grainy malts, corn, faint grass and fruity notes, some alcohol present. Medium bodied. Fairly decent.

Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear pale golden color with a medium frothy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of pale malts, melon, and leafy, floral hops. The taste is minty hops, tea, green apple, caramel, other stone fruit notes. Medium bodied. Good, but definitely an odd beast.

on tap-pours a thin off white head and yellow color. Aroma is pine, medium malt. Taste is pine hops, medium malt-caramel. Soft carbonation.

on tap-pours a rich light brown head and black color. Aroma is coffee grounds, roasty. Taste is coffee grounds, roasty-dark malt, some acidic hops. Not my taste.

on tap-pours an off white head and copper color. Aroma is mild medium malt, earthy. Taste is medium malt-toffee, earthy hops.

on tap-pours a white ring for a head and pale yellow color. Aroma is musty, yeast, rock candy, light malt. Taste is spice, musty, yeast, rock candy, light malt. Soft carbonation/effervescence.