Draft...This beer rocks!... Crystal clear copper ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Terrific retention. The aroma is mostly of sweat and malt. It’s also vineous and caramelly. Very malty-sweet flavor, but not cloyingly so. Lots of other cool flavors... toffee, brown sugar and caramel popcorn with a whisper of milk chocolate. Full-bodied and ultra creamy with lively carbonation. Lengthy, malty-sweet finish. World class brew!

I had this the other night and it is basically a different beer than it used to be. Much bigger beer with more malt and hop presence and a nice flavor range that reminds me of some of a big west coast version of an English ale.

On tap...strange, I’ve got some friends who love this stuff. I’m not getting it. What I had last week wasn’t as weak as the samples tried by hotstuff and thedm, but I’d have to agree with their assessment of the "taste loss". This beer fought the battle but lost. Color is ok, translucent yellow-brownish...could be dishwater hued. Mouthfeel was ok too, but the flavor/aromas were just too hard to find let alone enjoy. Some malts, but that’s about it. I’d be interested to hear what others think.

Draft at Hoppers in Tampa, FL. I was not able to detect any aroma with this beer at all. Weird. It formed a large sized off-white head with fine sized bubbles that quickly dissipated. The body was uncarbonated and transparent with a yellow-orange hue. The flavor was malty and some caramel notes. The mouthfeel was fairly smooth and this was a medium bodied beer with a fair amount of lacing.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 104. This draft brew was sampled at the East Lake Road Hoppers Tampa Florida. This brew poured a large head of finely sized off-white colored long lasting bubbles that left behind a softly carbonated transparent light brown colored body. The aroma was very mild and almost non-existant with only a fain hint of malt. The mouthfeel contained a minimal hop bite and the flavor was that of brown malts mild hops and caramel.