2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
(draught at brewpub) pours clear medium amber with nice bubbles. Nose of banana, spiced rum cake, and metal. Taste of rotten banana, very alcoholic, watery and nail polish. Not good, avoid.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at The Social Club, Indianapolis. Pours red, with a small ring of foam. Dry, dusty aroma. Flavour is sweet caramel, with some hop in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tulip at Brugge - Pungent aroma of spicy yeast and sticky malts. Even a little floral. Flavor is strong bubblegum yeast and chewy caramel malt. Palate is sweet and sticky. A little too sweet for my taste, but still good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draught at the brewpub. Served in a snifter. Pours a dark amber color with a thick light beige head that burns away slowly. Bubbles rising continuously, with a sheet of lacing on the glass. Earthy malt, fruit and spices in the nose. Medium, soft body with a spiced character and flavors of ripe fruit, yeast and malt. The finish is clove, coriander and fruit and doesn’t linger long. Slightly above average overall.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a slightly hazy orangish amber with a thin white head. Aroma had a nice combination of citrus hops, light fruits (apple) and a bit of a floral note. Flavor had more hop notes with some spice and a bit of a floral undertone.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Brugge. Pours a clear reddish brown with a big beige head. Aroma of banana and clove along with some other spices. Banana and clove flavor with some sweet malt and a spicy finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(labeled only as Thunder Monkey) Indy Winterfest ’08. Warm hazy brown with a thin creamy offwhite head. Big banana estery nose over dark malt. Very malty. Some spice, balanced. Creamy full body, average carbonation, but a bit heavier. Sweet malty backbone. Light astringency. Big esters, bubblegum. Some holiday spices, but no ginger.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a deep, dark red. Looks dark and delicious in the glass. Lots of things to like here, but the aroma isn’t one of them. Smells of damp earth and musky blankets, intentional I’m sure, but turned me off. Flavor more than makes up. Taste is candy and yeast, with just a touch of spice and notes of flowers. Flavor is nice and subtle, the yeast takes center stage but everything is held nicely in balance by the spice. Not overdone at all. Flavor is very, very nice.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
tap at the brewpub - Pours amber with a thin, lasting tan head. The aroma is of fruit accented malt with some spices and an odd funk that I really can’t figure out. It doesn’t smell like lambic yeast. It strikes me as almost sulfur-like, which makes me think my nose is crazy, but nevertheless it’s not a pleasant component of the aroma. The flavor is sweet and a little spicy with some yeast that’s not too bad, but convinces me that that’s the origins of the odd aroma. This medium bodied brew is drinkable, but just doesn’t work for me.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Brugge Brasserie (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a hazy dark caramel brown color with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and somewhat malty with notes of cooked mushrooms, spice, hints of barnyard funk and nutmeg. Flavor is slightly malty, slightly sweet with hints of spice, honey, some faint sour malt and barnyard funk. Generally light to medium body with a watery malty finish.
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