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Big Time Emeritus Ale

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RATINGS: 2   MEAN: 3.3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.05   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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Ex Big Time brewer and GABF medal winner Kevin Forhan returned for a visit. Kevin left Big Time about 2 years ago and has been living in Spain with his wife, Lisa. On Thursday Oct. 20th many area brewers gathered at Big Time to urge on Kevin and current brewer Bill as they made a beer to honor Big Time's 17th Anniversary,. 1988-2005. It was deja vu all over. Kevin was moving around like he had never been gone. It kind of scared him.. The result is Emeritus Ale which will be on tap this month - November 2005


3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Oakes (10184) - Gibsons, British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 4, 2005
Hazy tan-amber colour. Chewy, woody flavours. The hops are pretty rich but balanced by a lot of pale malt. Resiny bitterness at first, but a sweet finish. Deceptive strength. Drinkable beer that straddles the line between Imperial and standard IPA.

2.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
OldMrCrow (1420) - Seattle, Washington, USA - NOV 26, 2005
On tap at the Big Time Brewery in Seattle

Pours dark orange-amber with no head. The aroma is as expected, a big pine/citrus hopped beer with whiffs of alcohol in the nose. But the mouthfeel was disappointing: flat, sticky, oily - and made worse by the syrupy sweetness of the brew itself. This beer featured a reasonable dose of hops, but the sweet malts and the hard bite from the high alcohol content made for a disappointing overall experience, relative the usually very good IPAs and double IPAs at the Big Time.


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