3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at San Diego Real Ale Fest, Carlsbad (6/12/09): Pours a transparent dark amber copper with a frothy, creamy well-lacing light beige head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel malt and fruity raisin complexity. Body starts with good fullness and sweet toasty caramely English malty character with a nice piny hop balance and some light fruity complexity. Finishes slightly warming and semi-sweet A nicely-styled and enjoyable brew.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On Tap at Blue Palms. Small tan head over a beautiful hazed amber body. Lightly hoppy with a few dark fruits and some toffee. Taste is rich with toffee, cherry, plum, and coconut milk. Silky mouthfeel. Light bubbles...great.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Rich amber beer with alight tan head. Toffee aroma with a bit of spice. Toffee and caramel flavor with a bit of earthiness. Medium-plus bodied Toffee and caramel lingers.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
8th rating. Tap at Stone’s Firestone night tonight. Pours copper with no head. Nose is sweet and boozy. Taste is sweet, boozy, somewhat hoppy, very much liquory, and east coast hoppy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Firestone night at Stone Bistro. Pours a dark copper with off-white head. Lots of fruit in this one. Caramel, grapefruit, toffee, dark fruit, and sweet bready malt. Pretty good beer, well balanced.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Pizza Port Real Ale Fest 2009. Pours a medium copper color with a one finger thick beige head, spotty lacing. Lots of caramel and toffee on the nose as well as light herbal hops and spice. Flavor was also very malty with tons of toffee and finishing with a sturdy hop backbone.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the brewery in Paso Robles,
it was an opaque gold pour with a nice balance between hops and malt. Very smooth
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy reddish brown with a full sheet of frothiness laced to all hell. Nose was toasty with underlying hoppiness pointing in a herbal, spicy direction. Plump, citrus flavors..fruit flesh, like apricot and overripe peach. Bitter finish that turns somewhat chalky and/or plasticy. full bodied.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask at Real ale festival. Sweet buttery delicous awesomeness. Easy to drink. vanilla oakiness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark orange brown pour with thin white head. Malt and caramel aroma. Fruity flavour. Fruity finish with some piney hop. Very full bodies.
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