Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Black with a good sized tan head. Nose is big on maple syrup, dark malts, brown sugar melt, chocolate. Taste comprises light roast, big maple syrup presence again, chocolate melt, light roast, toffee fudge. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a maple syrup coated boozy blast. Not bad if a touch 1D on the maple syrup.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Black with a moderately presented tan cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, hazelnut, dark malts, toffee. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, nutty, spice, charr, roasted tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent enough stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Black with a good sized tan covering that stays for the show. Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, charr, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises coffee bean, roast malts, cacao nibs, light roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Tidy stout.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Black with a good sized khaki head, good lacing ensues. Nose is dried fruit rinds, cocoa powder, dark malts, light charr. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, light roast, dusty hops, toffee, dried fruits. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, drying close. Solid flavoursome stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Murky fruit smoothie orange with a thin off white covering that veers edgewards. Nose is ripe citric flesh, dank rip, pine resin, hop spice, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises raw pineapple, weed, dank notes, light stoned fruit esters. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with resinous hop bitterness allied to a balanced rising boost. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Clear golden blonde with a good sized off white head. Nose is ripe citric peel, grass, pine nip, airy malts, melon. Taste comprises orange peel, grapefruit, pine needle, citric tinged straw, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close cloaked with balanced grassy hop bitterness. Steady enough IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Moderately hazed orange with a limited off white cap. Nose is grass, ripe melon, tangerine, faint lime, straw. Taste comprises mixed tropical fruit esters, light minerality, orange peel, melon, grass. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spliced with juicy come leafy hop bitterness. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Fifth Hammer, Long Island City, 12/04/23. Hazed golden orange with a good sized lasting off white crown. Nose is pine needle, dank nip, grapefruit, orange pith. Taste comprises juicy citric flesh, ripe melon, hint of weed, dank kiss, hop spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come resinous hop bitterness. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours black. Chocolate, biscuit, Oreo, sweet milk chocolate, little nutty. Smooth. Good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours light copper. Herbal, peach, grain, apricot, fragrant. Medium body. Pleasant.