 shadey (1319), Rochester, New York, USA
Jan 16, 2008
12oz 2006 bottle. About 15 months of age. Poured into a brandy snifter, the color is a bright cranberry with thin head of white swirling cream. Aroma is a little alcoholic and estery. There’s a little bit of fruit, but even after several sips its overwhelming alcohol esters. Extremely disappointed in this otherwise great brewery.
AllAboutStout (452), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Pours a very opaque and muddy brownish red in color. No head forms at all on the pour. You can immediately pick up some fruity tones upon popping the cap. That’s where the positives cease. This tastes like a fruity alco-pop. Very fruity and alcoholic. Like a cheap bottle of Mad Dog 20/20. Medium mouthfeel and a somewhat cloying aspect. I love my boys at Founders, but they severly missed with this one.
Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA
May 14, 2008 On tap at The Oak Cafe. Transparent mahogany, ring of bubbles. Aroma has tons of fruit, banana, dark fruits and apple. Flavor on par with a big residuel sweetness. Slight alcohol warming. Nice silky smooth mouthfeel. On tap this was a nice brew, dissapointed when the bottles came out.
IlanMan (514), Winona, Minnesota, USA
May 4, 2008 Pour is a ruby red with a fruity aroma. Flavor has a sweet natural fruit character, floral notes, and a medium malt character. Alcohol is hidden quite well. Has a bit of a dry finish. Good. May buy again.
RAYBOY01 (1622), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Very strange brew...and not even remotely to style. Pours a coppery red with a huge and quickly dissapating tan head. The nose is just unappealing...solvent like and off-putting. The flavors are similarly odd...fruits, vaporous solvents, funky esters. yeast sediment and sweet affey tapple. I’m done.
dm9831 (571), Monee, Illinois, USA
Mar 16, 2008 a bottle obtained from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=14352> cornfield . thanks, but it turns out i had this one in my cellar already. this is not the bottle you gave me.
pours cloudy translucent apricot color, almost no head, some little bubbles. the nose is sweet fruity hints. the flavor continues with sweet fruitiness, to finish with a kind of bubbly, sweet fruitiness (at least the sweet fruitiness is not cloying. i knocked a point off for this beer’s lack of complexity, but an interesting attempt nonetheless. i detected no alcohol in this brew, so the 9.8% abv was hidden very well.
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