Carver Celebration Strong Ale

Brewed by Carver Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Durango, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Had this at Vail Beer Fest. 2-oz sample in a snifter. This beer poured a hazy medium-brown color with a small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing head. The aroma contained light malty notes of roasted grain and coffee, light hoppy notes of green grass and light miscellaneous notes of peach and honey. It smelled nice, but was a bit timid and simple, perhaps. The flavor was moderately sweet and lightly bitter with a long, increasingly bitter finish that ended with a playful, harshly bitter pop at the end. Nice pine retronasals here, too. The body was light-to-medium, the texture was watery and the carbonation was soft.

Vail Fest 2006. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (cookie, caramel), lightly hoppy (apricot, resin). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Mild aroma, mild flavor...as with other Carver beers, not much goin’ on.