21st Amendment Fireside Chat

21st Amendment Brewery
Brewed at Cold Spring Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Date: November 12, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, The Fred
Appearance: opaque dark amber with ruby edges, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet spicy aroma, caramel sweetness, spicyness with cinnamon and nutmeg, light smoke
Flavor: sweet and spicy flavor, caramel sweetness, smokey, lots of spicyness, light cinnamon
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

(12oz can, courtesy of ericandersnavy) Pours a clear amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, sweat, caramel, allspice, roasted malt, and burnt bread. Flavor of cinnamon, roasted malt, nutmeg, caramel, brown sugar, and earthiness with a dry finish.

Draft. Large milkshakey beige head, dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, some bittersweet chocolate, light cherry. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, raisin, some milk chocolate. Soft medium body, low carbonation.

Can. Pours dark brown with a bubbly tan head. Aromas of dark malt and cinnamon? Near med body with moderate carb. Flavor is sort of chocolate and cinnamon with some other spicing. It’s a bit gummy. Everything I can remember from Cold Spring is short on ingredients, and this is no exception. The malt’s too thin to support the spice.

Draft. Poured hazy brown with an average frothy brown head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate to heavy dark malt and spice aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy spice and dark sweet flavor with a medium to heavy spice sweet finish of moderated duration. Refreshing complex beer.

12oz can: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Has a lightly sweet toasty caramel nose with some off-putting oaky sour cherry notes. Starts with decent fullness and light caramel malty sweetness with some light cinnamon spice and tart fruitiness before an astringently bitter finish. Seems infected and doesn’t really match the description.

On tap. Pours with a hazed deep brown hued body with a small tan head. Aromas are malty, caramel, brown sugar and light spice. Flavors are grainy, wheat, soggy malt, brown sugar, light spice, some clove and cinnamon. Lively bubbles, medium bitter.

A winter warmer. Brown that is malty and spices are mostly nutmeg and cinnamon. Pleasant and drinkable. Medium mouthfeel, above average carbonation. brown with a minimal head.Malty aroma, surprisingly little spices in nose.

Can. Pours clear dark brown to black with an average, frothy light tan head, medium retention with fair lacing. Aroma is cookie, caramel, nutty, and toast malt, light perfume alcohol, spicy and earthy hops, dark fruity esters of dates and plums with light spices (cinnamon, nutmeg). Flavor is toasted malt with caramel and nutty notes, cinnamon, nutmeg, dates and plums, spicy alcohol, light hops and bitterness with a sweet mouthfeel yet dry finish. Full body, medium-high warmth, and medium carbonation.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of nutmeg, nutty, chocolate, caramel, earthy. Tastes semi sweet and spicy with some fruity elements and some tea like elements on the finish. Clunk, uh oh looks like we have a problem. Etc, etc...