3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to Secret Santa for this one. I figured a beer that closes out my styles would be appropriate for 2,600. The pour is dark brown, and looks like coppery reddish raspberry iced tea through my desk lamp, with a lot of floaties that look just like tea! The aroma is barleywiney, with a lot of dark fruit, caramelly malts, some molasses, and some peaty bourbony notes. Very nice aroma. The flavor is...wow...unique as hell. Like a dilute barleywine with some citrusy and dark fruity notes, plus a definite oaky bourbony element. Like if you mixed a bit of barleywine with a little bit of lemonade and a tiny bit of single malt bourbon, and then threw some ice in and let it melt. This one is as unique as it gets, and very good.
1.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle. Pours a caramel-brownish body with no head. The aroma isn’t enlightening to say the least - pretty bland, sweet cherry and raspberry along with sugar. Very sweet, mineral softness, sticky and artificial. Syrupy mouthfeel. Not good.
Sampled at the Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation on May 28, 2006.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
0.25L Bottle
Brown, low blanket head. Aroma has Molassis, horseblanket, and a citric fruityness. Sets in with minerally dustyness, unpleasant chemical notes and horseblanket, a sugary sweet caramel note follows all the way through. Falls a bit flat after that - strangely unharmonic. Sparkly mouthfeel.
Nutty finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
"My second faro, am a fan of this style. Poured a dark orange color. Aroma was oaky and hops some yeats. Flavor was oaky and mabye some sweet rum flavor. Finished so smooth wish i could find this more often."
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Brown colour with almost no head. Slightly sweet aroma. Sweet flavor with brown sugar, some hints of sourness. Short aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown, pale beige head. Refreshingly tart, nice caramel flavours. Some brown sugar there too. Quite fruity in flavour and aroma. Suprisingly more pleasant than other faros i’ve tried.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
pours a dark maroon with no head. aroma is oak, raspberry, and dust. dead mouthfeel. strawberry jelly tatse with some pear juice. some sour tart in the finish, but not much.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle At Archer Ale House
Pours a hazy light brown witha modest but dense head and wispy lacing. Dry and musty aroma. Tart woody and of apples, pears and slightly spicy. Quite dry aftertaste. Very interesting
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