[2/26/15] Draught at Fifth Quadrant in Portland. Clear deep golden-copper. Aroma of floral and citric hops and a malty note. Flavor has mild sweet malt, floral and citric hops and a bitterish finish. Medium-bodied. Decent.

Bomber at Imazato. Fruity nose, stone fruit, malty, some grapefruit but not as much as expected. Decent bitterness, full body. Seems a bit old, but no date.

Very dark brown color. White head. Big spur nose with tons of sour dark fruit and chocolate with modest roastiness. Huge molasses sour plum, chocolate and oak mouth. Intense. And fairly sour. Big sour molasses and dark fruit finish. Good stuff. Surprised it was in bourbon barrels, I couldn’t get any notes.

22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy amber orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out dry soapy hops, floral hops, and dry biscuity malt. Flavour is dry, with soapy floral hops and dry biscuity malt. Dry, soapy and clean, but pretty boring and pointless creation. Not too good.

Bottle - Earthy woody hops. Clearing gold with a bubbly head. Earthy hops and caramel sweetness. Decent but nothing great.

On tap at The Beer Junction, pours a hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out fresh peaches, with Belgian yeast, and some dry crackery malt. Flavour begins with fresh peaches, then sort of dies off towards the end. Promising start that sort of falters. Nice beer, but leaves something to be desired.

Draft - Light sweet peach candy. Hazy gold with a decent white head. Tart peach that dies much to quickly. Nice for that few seconds.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a slightly oily tan head that fades very fast and a touch of a ruby and violet tint when held up to the light. Aroma of alcohol, bourbon, whiskey, scotch, cognac and vanilla with only moderate amounts of roasted malt and pit fruits - there is a severe alcohol and spirit note to this one! Medium to LIGHT-bodied; Strong brett and sour notes at first show up with a lactic flavour and some definite oak, vanilla and bourbon notes, but also a good deal of carbonation, which is surprising, given the head on top and the age. Aftertaste shows more of a sour grape and brett flavour than the alcohol and spirits/oak, but a long complexity and a definite sweetness from caramel and toffee finish this out. Overall, a very interesting beer - not what I was expecting in the slightest bit, and perhaps that’s the best quality of this one. More of a sour or wild ale than anything else and the taste and nose are polar opposites. The body is a bit off here, I wish it had more of a syrupy feel, but this is like a lambic in body - very interesting and very nice to try. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 27-September-2013 for US$13,51 sampled at home on the other coast in Washington on 23-November-2014. Brewed: 23-November-2010, Bottled: 24-January-2013, Purchased: 27-September-2013, Sampled: 23-November-2014, exactly four years after brew date.

Lompoc Special Draft A dark molasses pour in a mason jar. The aroma is citrusy grapefruit hops & malty caramel - somewhat American Barleywine like. Very pithy grapefruit flavor with light fudge malt character. Fairly light bodied but overall it’s decent. This was such a bizarre beer that was hard to categorize, finally I just called it an Imperial Brown Ale. good but disjointed.

Draught at The Beer Junction, Seattle
Cloudy light amber color with generous head. Woody aroma, a bit footy. The mouthfeel is a bit tart and astringent, the flavor lightly funky, very light fruits. Would be better without pedio, but it’s nevertheless a good beer.