Bull & Bush Punk Up The Yams

Brewed by Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Slightly murky tawny/ruby in color, with a head that doesn’t last long at all. Sugary nose of brown sugar, earthiness, and a little bit of sweet-potato essence (don’t know if I would have guessed that if not for the name...). Smooth balanced flavor with lively yet fine carbonation, nice earthy sweetness with just enough gentle grassy/herbal bitterness to balance it. Doesn’t taste anything like sweet potato casserole like I feared and secretly hoped, but is more like a Belgian Dubbel, with dusty earthy maltiness, a bit of brown sugar, and some light herbal tones. No yam or sweet potato notes on the flavor.

draft pours reddish dark brown with light tan head. Aroma of carrot cake, yam, nutmeg, caramel, malts and spices. Flavor mimics aroma except for a subtle red wine tartness on the finish. Medium bodied, wouldn’t have thought it was 8%. There are notes of wood; oak; almost slightly bark-like on the finish.