2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at Duclaw, Bowie on 14 July 2006. Mid brown / copper colour - quite good looking. Sweet shop confectionery, cream soda and bubblegum are prominent in the aroma and flavour. Very sweet and rather sickly. Not really my thing at all. Certainly not euphoric.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at Bel Aire Pub: Sweet aroma of toffee, nuts, chocolate, light butterscotch, slight cream, light coffee, and a hint of malt. Poured amber in color with a small creamy, dense, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer, as well as around the edges. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Almost no lacing. Flavor is medium to heavily sweet. Tastes of malt, toffee, birch beer, cream, butterscotch, light coffee, and a hint of chocolate. Light to medium body. Thin, then dry texture. Average carbonation. Medium to heavily sweet, malt, toffee, butterscotch, and slight cream finish is dry.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap. Pours clear amber with a small, frothy white head, low retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toffee, toasted), light hops (earthy), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of dates. Flavor is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, coffee, toffee, toasted), light hops (earthy), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of dates and vanilla. Medium body, carbonation, and creaminess, low warmth and a medium sweet finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
on tap-pours an offwhite head with copper color. Aroma is brownie/cocoa. Taste is toffee/some brownie/cocoa-medium/dark malt, 2nd earthy hops. Finishes better than the 1st ½ pint.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours a browish amber with a smaller off white head. Aroma was all toffee, almost in an artificial way. Tasted like toffee soda.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
4oz sample from a flight. Pour is tarnished brass with a finger of cream colored foam on top. Nose is almonds, toffee, caramel corn, butter, and malt. Taste is right on with a caramel nut finish. This may be a desert brew, but darn is it diverse and scrumptious. It’s more like a Christmas dessert than a beer. Time to look forward to the holidays! :)
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap @ DuClaw Brewpub, BWI. Mahogany, nice light tan head. Nose is vanilla, some roast, quite sweet. Flavor is vanilla, coffee, a bit of chocolate. Overly sweet.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ bWI Airport, medium to light brown pour. chocolate malts, cofffee & toffee in the aroma. add some caramel in the flavor. Pretty flavorful brown ale
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 9/20
Part of a 9 piece sampler at DuClaw Bowie, MD. Clear orange, off white head. Aroma is roasted nuts. Flavor is roasted nuts, caramel, coconut, and vanilla. A bit too sweet for me.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Shared with Travlr, on tap. Dark amber color with minimum white head. Smells sweet, nice. Hazelnut flavors jump out in the first moments on the tongue, followed by caramel and sugar. It does seem a bit thin/watery though. Average
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