 heemer77 (3611), Savannah, Missouri, USA
Jun 16, 2008 On tap at the brewpub. The body was dark copper with a white head. The aroma was malty bread with some caramel and oranges. The taste was burnt almonds with some black tea. A fairly bitter finish.
CharlesDarwin (1334), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 20, 2007 On cask at the brewpub. No aroma. Hard to drawn anything other than faint brown sugar. Pours a clear brown, with rocky off-white head above. Flavor is a sweet and woody. A light tooth of crispness in sugar and old hop bitterness. Short. A little light on the carbonation, even for a cask beer. Not as soft and supple as I would have expected. Meh.
frankenkitty (1789), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
Jul 10, 2007 Pours with a foamy ecru head over clear, deep copper. Light apple cider vinegar notes behind a base of malts in the aroma leaves me a bit disheartened, but the vinegar is only minor in the flavor which otherwise has a full malted grain sweetness followed by an elegant bitterness. Smooth and rather thick on the palate with a dry finish.
<font size=-4>Hand-pull pint off the engine at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/michigan/ann-arbor/grizzly-peak-brewing-co/1744.htm> Grizzly Peak Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI 48104</font>
Dogbrick (2166), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Apr 19, 2007 Cask sample at the brewpub: Clear ruddy amber color with a negligible off-white head and spotty lacing. Aroma of caramel, bready malt and fruit. Medium-bodied and kind of creamy with toasted malt and subtle peppery hops flavors. The finish is equal parts hops and malt. Decent overall.
Sammy (2969), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jan 30, 2007 Their standard cask. A little head on a dark reddish tinge. A hoppy fruity aroma, perhaps some wheat, and taste, but taste does not deliver on the aroma. Strange carbonation like it was infected, yeast: it was musty, fungy like.
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