UPDATED: SEP 17, 2022 Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased from Beers of the world - Henrietta circa 2010, savoured on 17 September 2022; eye: brown with a mahogany hue, opaque, no effervescence, ring and island of beige head, no lacing; nose: madeira, caramel, slight spices; mouth: madeira, caramel, slight spices, unpleasant acridness, molasses, finale in caramel with presence of spices, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly raspy texture; in summary: fair for such an old beer FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, achetée chez Beers of the world - Henrietta circa 2010, savourée le 17 septembre 2022; œil : brune avec une teinte acajou, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlot de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : madère, caramel, très léger épices; bouche : madère, caramel, très léger épices, âcreté déplaisante, mélasse, finale en caramel avec présence d’épices, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : correct pour une bière si vieille

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2021 Bottled a long bit ago. Nice clean rye, bittter finish, some caramel malts and grain. Good

UPDATED: APR 21, 2020 Nice rye flavor comes through the malt base, really mellow with a hint of bitterness in the finish. Little head with a lot of sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Very enjoyable beer, better than their Racer 5 beer in my opinion. Aroma is quite neutral, with a light to medium mouth feel. It doesn't taste like an 8% beer.

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2020 Keg at Flagstaff Brewery, Flagstaff, AZ on 15/04/2008. A nice bitter beer and the rye really shines through with more cereal notes.

UPDATED: JAN 24, 2019 Got it In the big bottle at a Safeway in Oakland. Not too much rye malt flavor, just enough.

Out the bottle it's a cookie and light caramel aroma. Nice and light. Taste is heavy and basementy. Biscuit and burnt baked goods. Long lasting burnt sort of cookie butter taste.

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2018 From backlog. Bottle at Extended Stay America, Cypress, Ca. Dark amber with offwhite head. Malts, hops, sweetness, rye.

Tap at ray jays. Copper red with medium white head. Nice malty nose. Taste is perfectly balanced. Good hop character, with heavy sweetness. Very well done. A good beer to always have on hand.

Draft at Rohnert Park location. Dark amber with creamy head, curtains of lacing. Malty aroma, some funky hops. Taste brings in the rye, dark bread flavors, more of the hops, and leaves with a nice lasting tingling on the tongue. Flavorful.

Draft. Pours ruddy brown with off-white head and lacing. Spicy nose with bready malt notes. Spicy upfront with bready malt and stone fruit notes.