 PilsnerPeter (1622), Flushing, New York, USA
Apr 7, 2008
Tap at the Brewpub: Brown pour with an amber hue, and a thin off-white head. Looks pretty muddy, and I like it! Toasty aroma with some mild brown sugar qualities. It has that nice, dense, creamy body that Black Forest’s beers generally have. The flavor shows some dark malt sweetness, caramel-like, but doesn’t seem Belgian. I think it’s the yeast he used. Stuff seems more like a Scotch Ale. Has a mild roast and an earthy touch. The Belgian candi-sugar isn’t apparent at all, but overall it’s pretty tasty; however it didn’t have much Belgian character.
Chapel (300), Levittown, New York, USA
Mar 31, 2008 Describing it as ’all mixed together’ is really the best way to describe it. Rather a cloudy ruby headless pour. General flavor of some light cherry and amber flavors, with a hop finish that seemed strangely out of place. It isn’t bad, it just feels awkwardly put together. However, I must say that of the 5 things on tap at the brewpub that day, I would choose this one hands down again.
Eyedrinkale (3115), Beer Town, New York, USA
Jul 31, 2007 Draft @ Black Forest. Nice dance between malt and hops here with a nice cherry flavor mixed in with the sweet caramels. Poor head retention though and although the flavors were all mixed up, it all comes back together. Nice job Joe.
notalush (2128), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
Jun 9, 2007 Tap at the brewpub - strange - it’s as if a doppelbock and a dubbel had a bastard child - the aroma is an interesting mix of sweet german malts and light belgian yeast and candi sugar notes - the flavor isn’t as sweet as the aroma suggests - some caramel and slight munich malt flavors, along with notes of cherries and a mild tartness on the back end - some raisin and brown sugar in the finish - fairly light and easy to drink, despite it’s strength - an interesting hybrid.
hophead75 (1732), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
May 29, 2007 sampled at the brewpub, took a growler of this one. Deep reddish amber in color. Aroma is very malty, caramel, with fruit and sugar notes. Taste is again, pretty sweet (but not overly cloying) caramal, raisins, sugar, with not much hop presence in the finish.
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