Pours a reddish black with a good amount of carbonation and a frothy head that leaves a beautiful lacing. Aroma is malty and sweet, with brown sugar, caramel, and maybe a touch of dark fruit. Flavor is nice, with some notes of roasted malt, sugar- has some of the qualities of a sweet stout. Palate is decent but nothing noteworthy. A good beer.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy reddish brown with a one finger light tan head and pretty decent lacing. Nose is floral and citrus hops, dark fruits with some alcohol. Taste is sweet malt and some dark fruits at first with citrus malts dominating after that, before some resin bite rounds it out. There’s a touch of alcohol in the finish as well. Medium mouth feel. Good beer. Comes off like a hoppy barley wine.

Pours dark amber with thick fizzy head. Aroma is malt with some pine/resin hop aroma. Flavor is okay, I was not blown away. Good balance. Tastes a bit like the scotch ale I just finished... with a bit more hop balance. Decent drinkable beer.

Appearance: This ale poured a rich mahogony with a gorgeous, rich thick pillowy head. As I swirl the beer in my tulip glass, the head continues to refresh. Aroma: I am a bit surprised that there is not a greater intensity. The beer smells fresh and green, but doesn’t possess a huge aroma. Taste: The first flavor I notice from this beer is a slightly bitter hop taste that lingers on the palate. The hops are definitely present, but it seems to be missing some malt presence. Some slight chocolate malt flavors make themselves felt, but the hoppiness dominates. Mouthfeel: Lighter than expected. The hop oils linger on the palate long after the beer is gone. Overall: This is a solid brew, but I have had other amber ales that I find better, most notably Terrapin’s Big Hoppy Monster and Lagunitas’ Lucky 13. This beer is more on the lines of Troegs Hopback Amber. A good beer, but not the best I’ve had of this style.

22oz in Liefmans glass. Pours deep amber with low cream-colored head. Plum, raisin, grass, alcohol, and pineapple nose. Big sweet pine and crystal taste that brings me right back to One Horse Town at The Old Vic. Some yeast character after the gulp. And drink it. "People who like this beer LOVE this beer." --Jon Plise