3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Small beige head, clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, caramel, light alcohol, cherry. Medium-full body, some resin.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bomber at Churchkey. Bright amber color, medium tan head. Aroma of pine, caramel, butterscotch. Taste has plenty of hoppy bitterness, a nice change from most barleywines. Nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle. Release #3. Poured an amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of toasted nuts, caramel, some floralness, and a little bready. Tastes of bread, some citrus, toast, caramel, lighter dark fruits, and floral hops.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Backcountry Pizza poured a clear rddish brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of toffee, carmel, dark fruit and ligt earhiness. Palate was medim bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, toffee, dark fruit and light earthiness with a smooth lingering toffee finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a clear copper hued body with a large off-white head with good retention and lacing. Aromas show large amounts of caramelization, caramel malt as well, bready, raisin, fig, mild floral, jammy, brandy, estery, mild fusel alcohol. Flavors are fruity, jammy, dry, faded hops, very bitter with a lot of alcohol. Medium esters, resin. A bit of an earthy/woody finish. Big, warming with a creamy mouthfeel.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice dark brown pour, beige head. Sweet and hoppy aroma, some brown sugar, light raisin notes and some resin. Flavor is a nice mix of sweet and hoppy. Good resin balance with sweet toffee.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz Bottle, Release #1: Pours a clear deep copper amber with a stringy-lacing off-white head. Has a sweet toasty caramel nose with some light fruity notes and lots of fresh citrusy hops. Starts with good fullness and sweet light caramel malt with a good balance of fresh hop flavor and bitterness and some light fruity complexity before a slight drier and warming bittersweet finish. True to style and should age well.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Amber in color with a khaki head. Sweet caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. Grapes, raisins, plum, and citrus fruit notes. A little bit boozy, some pine, and lightly herbal. Sugar and malt forward flavor of caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. Light bitterness of pine and herbal hops. Citrus peel, raisin, grape, and plum fruitiness. Kind of warm/alcoholic on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber, Release #2, thanks to Connie! Poured a lovely shade of fiery orange with a couple fingers’ worth of beige head.. this looked really nice. The aroma picked up warm, darker fruits, toasty oak, and sweet molasses undertones.. dank earthy and fruity hops around.. a little too aggressive with sherry notes on the back-end, but solid overall. The flavor found sweet caramel, molasses, and whiskey-y notes at the core.. lots of fruity, greener hoppage around as well and peppery alcohol.. finished oily and spicy, and it sure warmed up the belly. Heavier-bodied with moderate-plus carbonation on the palate.. syrupy and oily at times as mentioned.. just an OK feel and flow.. overall some tasty stuff that was a tad raw.. maybe a cellar candidate.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Release #1 bottle from Whole Foods Market P Street, which means I’ve had it several months. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of toffee malts, brown sugar, citrus hops and faint nutty notes. The taste is brown sugar, toffee, citrus, molasses, bitter finish and faint alcohol warmth. Medium-full bodied. Nice.
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