flatmatt Profile

500 mL bottle, labeled as 2023 vintage. Pours black with a brown head. Sweet cocoa syrup, soy, vanilla, and molasses in the aroma. Flavor is very syrupy cocoa, coffee, vanilla, bourbon, soy, molasses, caramel. Lots of sweet, syrupy flavors going on. Very good!

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2026 at 04:46

7.8

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Barleywine Ale from Founders Brewing Co. 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a white head. Toasty caramel-honey aroma. Nice sweet toasty malt flavor, caramel/honey biscuit with bitter hops, citrus. Just a good barley wine.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2025 at 04:13

8.3

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Son of a Nutcracker from Drafting Table Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at HopCat Livonia. A black pour with a very light tan or off-white head. Heavy hazelnut in the aroma with vanilla, cocoa, and coffee. Flavor has hazelnut and coffee leading the way, syrupy cocoa, vanilla. Well balanced despite the strong flavors. Very nice.

Tried from Draft at HopCat - Livonia on 30 Dec 2025 at 02:30

flatmatt added a new beer Son of a Nutcracker by Drafting Table Brewing Company
1 month ago

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Winter Lager from Brew Detroit 1 month ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at HopCat Livonia. Pours a clear coppery amber with a white head. Toffee/molasses in the aroma. Flavor is toasty molasses and toffee, ginger, and nutmeg. Pleasant, with the spices on the lighter side but still very distinct.

Tried from Draft at HopCat - Livonia on 30 Dec 2025 at 00:30

6.9

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Free Ski from Drafting Table Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16 oz can from Plum Market West Ann Arbor dated 05-Dec-2025. Lighter amber pour, clear with a white head. Toasty caramelly malts and piney hops in the aroma. Flavor has the toasty hops with caramel and butterscotch, plus some piney, floral, herbal hops. Okay, but not their best work.

Tried from Can from Plum Market - Ann Arbor West on 22 Dec 2025 at 04:11

7.6

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Long Strange Trip from Kickstand Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Yeasty, pearlike aroma. Flavor is also yeast-dominant, clove and pear, some green apple and white grape mixing with the pear, especially toward the finish. Pretty good, not overly sweet. Nice.

Tried from Can on 14 Dec 2025 at 05:06

7.5

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Oakspire: Four Roses from New Belgium Brewing Company 2 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz bottle. Pours a largely clear amber with a white head. Dark fruit aroma, molasses, bourbon. Flavor is bourbon forward with notes of oak, dark fruit, molasses, caramel, and some booze. Body is fairly restrained for a 9% beer. I think I'd like a bit more body. Overall tasty, though.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2025 at 03:49

8.1

flatmatt (2380) reviewed Double Buzz Blanket from Drafting Table Brewing Company 2 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pour from a 16 oz can. Deept brown to black with a light tan head. Rich coffee aroma, cocoa, cream. Flavor is a good mix of coffee and cocoa with a light to medium roastiness, molasses, creamy vanilla. Smooth but a bit syrupy with some booziness. A tasty mix.

Tried from Can at Drafting Table Brewing Company on 15 Nov 2025 at 02:57

flatmatt added a new beer Double Buzz Blanket by Drafting Table Brewing Company
2 months ago