 Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA
May 24, 2005 Gravity cask: orange with no head. Aroma is very muted citrus fruit. Flavor is all citrus fruit (lots of orange) without the bitterness. Was a little oily flat, but found this very drinkable nonetheless.
11026 (1886), USA
Apr 23, 2005 From a gravity fed cask. Orange amber in color with no head. Pretty much completely lacking in carbonation. To me this beer is confused with oak and bock influences. A bit malty sweet up front, perhaps some leftover bock? Not a lot of bourbon or oak influence. Hoppy but not much else. Their regular IPA from which this was based is much better.
Eyedrinkale (3091), Beer Town, New York, USA
Apr 22, 2005 Gravity pour @ brewery. Something just wasn’t right as I sat almost right in front of the firkin as it was tapped. Not an ounce of carbonation anywhere. Supposedly this IPA was aged in bourbon barrels that a bock sat in before this. I bet the bock was better. I didnt taste any oak. Nor did I get any floral anything. This was just a flat mess.
Pailhead (2299), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
Apr 22, 2005 On cask: Orange and grapefruit hop aroma. Real hazy orange without much head. Mostly a large bubbled ring that eventually fades to nothing. Flavor is of a real mellow IPA. Very citrusy with a decent hop finish. Don’t know if they achieved what they were looking for because I don’t get any bourbon flavor and very little oak flavor. Since this was also aged in a bock barrel, I’m suprised that there is no real bock flavor, although it may be what added to the maltiness and smoothness. Really seems like a maltier, more mellowed out, and obviously less carbonated version of their IPA (The Big Three). Whether they achieved what they wanted, not sure, but still pretty good.
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