Draft at HopMonk-Sonoma. Color of burnished copper, small creamy head. Malty aroma, dark bread, caramel. Taste is more caramel, bread, toasty. Really nice flavors without being boozy. Delicious.

At RateBeer Best 2017. Comes dark brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of malt, fruit, and caramel. Taste is malt, dark fruit, caramel, and brown sugar. Obviously on the sweet side.

Keg at the Flavor Bistro with all my RB bros. Pours clear, deep brown with a foamy, tan head. The nose holds toasted malts, caramel, light earth. Medium sweet flavour with more toasted bread character, more caramel, earth, dried berries. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with earthy bitterness, hints of pine, toasted caramel. OK stuff. Pushes the limits of ’malt liquor’, I will add.

Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours clear brown. Aroma: Burnt lager indeed, little roast, but mostly pale malts and a nice veil of hops on top. Medium body, lots of toasted malts and nuts, quite bitter but also caramelly sweet. Nice

@RBB Dark amber. Toasty aroma and flavor as advertised. Sweet leaning malt bite. Cool if not really a standout.

Keg at Flavor, SR, 29/01/16. Rich mahogany brown with a decent tan head. Nose is malt, light spice, dark fruit rinds, raises. Taste comprises biscuit crumble, brown bread, dark malt, molasses, light spice, dried raisins, toffee. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Super solid for style.

I finally get to try the epic, legendary, whispered about malt liquor. Poured up on tap at the Flavor Bistro during RBWG16 where it exhibits a mahogany colored body that supports a lasting tan head of foam. The aroma offers up sweet malts blended with roasted malts and a biscuit malt character. The taste is sugary sweet with malts before getting into a thin dark roasted maltiness and a light sense of sweet nuttiness. As it warmed a bit I got a sliver of burnt malts and faint lagery fruity esters coming to the surface.

Draft at Flavor, served in a pint glass. Pours a somewhat cloudy amber with a finger of off-white head, lasting and bubbly. Big toasted malts, obviously, with chocolate, nuts, brown sugar, caramel, leaves, and earth. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a malty, toasty mouthfeel that finishes dry. I hate to boast, but after wanting for so long, I’ve had Toast. It’s really good, too.

On tap at Flavor Bistro - Santa Rosa. Pour is dark brown with a medium beige head. Flavor and aroma of light sweet malt, dried fruit, toasted grain, and a touch of caramel. Finish is malty with a bit of seasonal spice.

[1/29/16] Draught at Flavor Bistro in Santa Rosa. Very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, toast, nuts. Sweet flavor with caramel, toast, nuts, chocolate. Medium-bodied. Nice, but how is this a malt liquor?!