3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown Coloring with Sandy Head. Hoppy Aroma. Malty Character, Creamy Dry Mouthfeel...Also Some Bitterness and Hop Bite at The End. . Overall a Very Decent Brown Ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Was actually listed as batch 1037, but seemed the same. Deep mahogany. Very hoppy, bit citric character to it with some sweetness, some light peat and smoke as well. Basically a decent brown with lots of hops, which isn’t a bad thing.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Take a pretty decent nut brown ale and hop it up sustantially and you wind up with this experimental brew. A little tart/sour thing going on too, but I’m sure why. Very prominent alcohol burn. I’d like to try this again.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Growler. Dark reddish brown color. Aroma has a little nut with more than a fair helping of raw alcoholic fire. The taste is more bitter than most browns. Dry malt base. A little wood. Something was a bit sour, though it could have just been the time spent in the growler.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Cask. Barleywinesque aroma, rich floral hops and sweet fruit and malt; rich and flowering. Slightly hazed orange-brown, a tinge murky, with a cask creamy head, peach colored. Hoppy! Dominated on the front end. Finishes with a nutty brown run. Pretty good balance, but particularly hoppy for the style. Interesting for a brown with a heaviness on the hops, but still a decent showing of the nutty brown characteristics. Tangy, with a tinge of sour lemon. Palate is an interesting mingling of dry and sweet, with some flourishes of honey and oak. Alcohol is fairly well hidden.
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