Can. Pours clear pale yellow with a small frothy whitish head that flops fast, faint grassy aroma, medium carbonation, mildly sweet malty taste, faint citrus flavor, thin body, medium finish. Meh lager.

Can, from the brewery. Pours opaque dark brown with almost no head, sharp woodsy rum aroma, low carbonation, mildly sweet woodsy taste with molasses and roasted malt, alcohol undertones, thin smooth body, long woodsy finish. Boozy and sweet bit still nice.

Can at beachside clam shack. Nose is wheat and some citrus. Ttsss of wheat, lemon, chinois, coriander, orange peel. Medium bodied. Decent

Taster pour on tap at Rhode Island Brew Fest. It's a lightly hazy pale yellow (urine), ring of off-white head and light lacing. Aroma is subtle wheat and spices. Taste is strong wheat, clove, mild fruit. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin, watery, smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, taste is way better than the aroma. Competently brewed. Decent.

Draft at the source. Pours clear gold with a white head. Toasted malt, corn, hay.

Draft at the source. Hazy yellow, white head. Light malt, hay, lemon notes.

Can at how random grab while visiting RI. Dirty orange pour. Nose is orange peel and caramel. Tastes similar some grapefruit, earth, candy, spices. Sweet finish. Light alcohol warming.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a barely visible, deep dark brown head but fades to just a thin oily layer coating the top of the deep brown tinted glowing beer with only about 20 per cent opacity here. Aroma of deep caramelised sugars, toffee, earth, raisins, nuts, grain and some maple syrup noticeable with a strong bite of rustic dirtiness. Medium-bodied; Strong rich malt and earthy notes dominate with a lot of assertive nuttiness, some raisins, figs, metal and slight astringent alcohol noticeable with plentiful sweetness showing some brown sugar, treacle, maple syrup and a slight dose of coffee towards the end, but that's fairly minimal. Aftertaste is deep, slightly dry, extremely malty and showing some thinner characteristics, but that's definitely due to the longer age that I've kept this, so expected. A nice beer that definitely doesn't show anywhere close to the 12 per cent alcohol that's listed, but does show a good deal of malts and earth, but the sweetness more than makes up for it. A tad simplistic (again, expected due to the age), but the sugars and grain notes are here and some rustic earthy and nutty flavours bring everything together decently well. I'd buy another bottle of this (or any vintage) if I can find it again or head up to Connecticut. Nice to sample such an old beer that I've kept for a long time on such a special day! I sampled this 75 cL blue bottle, purchased from Stop and Save Liqours in Newtown, Connecticut on 27-November-2013 for US$9,99 sampled at my mom's house on Christmas Eve, 24-December-2020 in celebration of the day and just over seven years after purchasing this one, and 10 years anniversary of the vintage!