 Cornfield (4254), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
May 8, 2008
Nice. It poured a hazy copper body with a lofty off-white head that coated the glass heavily with lace. It had a floral, earthy nose along with some caramel and toast. That caramel turns a bit dusty in the flavor, perhaps because of the increase in the hoppy bitterness, still floral but accompanied by a sharp citric bite. The finish is a moderate, prolonged bitterness. Good stuff.
Happy 20th Anniversary, GI-Cly! I wish you could be with us another score of years.
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Ughsmash (2835), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
May 28, 2008 On tap at Goose – Clybourn. Poured slightly hazy apricot with a creamy cap of beige head. The aroma picked up soft floral and almost meaty notes.. medium-skinned fruits as well.. not bad, but didn’t draw me in. Sweeter fruity and toffee notes in the flavor with dry medium fruit skin bitterness surrounding.. fruity and oaky notes on the finish.. tasty. About medium-bodied on the palate and quite dry with a spicy back-end.. this grew on me as I drank more.
Walt (2257), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 23, 2008 Cask: pour is hazed coppery amber with a thin tight bubbled off white head...smell is toasty and sweet at first with a citric bitterness coming out...taste is toasty at first with a chewy lingering bitterness 7 3 7 3 16
Draft: pour is coppery amber but not as ruby as the casek and a thin off white head...smell is much sweeter with some caramelized sugar and has less of a hop presence...taste is very sweet with lots of toastyness and caramel and a faint metallic citric bitterness...not as hop forward as the cask...the draft will be my actual rating, as I think it will be around longer than the cask...
swoopjones (1048), Buffalo, New York, USA
May 21, 2008 On tap @ Goose Island Clybourn. Pours a a dark slightly murky copper. Nice hop filled aroma with some sweeter malts. Very well balanced beer, some floral aspects present. Nice medium to fuller body. Pretty good beer
NobleSquirrel (646), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 20, 2008 Dark Amber. Nose is toasty and hoppy. Taste is very grainy, lots of crystal malt character coming through. Lots of body as a result. Interesting beer that takes on more of the malt character than usual due to underattenuation. interesting and very drinkable, though not particular "Belgian" in character.
alexanderj (1196), Roanoke, Virginia, USA
May 20, 2008 Sample at Clybourn. Aroma was very strong and downright delicious. Flavor was similar to the aroma; a balance of caramel, fruit and flowers. Found it good to very good for the style.
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