3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at the Maple Shade location. Beautiful deep mahogany, nose steeped in luscious caramel/toffee and Munich-type melanoidins/Maillards. Dry caramel-heavy flavor with a light floral undertone, a little rubbery-astringent at the margin but clean and flavor-packed for its slightness. Medium-full body.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
At Maple Shade. Clear deep amber little rimming head; slight aroma of malty something like Peeps; Flava is sweet malt with some notes of hay; very light fizzy body; finishes dry and tangy grassy
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Maple Shade–pours copper with an offwhite head. Aroma is musty medium malt. Taste is musty medium malt-roasty, slight earthy hops. 3.0
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nitro at the Maple Shade location. Mahogany with a two finger tan head. Very very smooth feel to it. Aroma of malt, nuts, caramel, maybe a bit of coffee. Taste is quite subtle. Not at all sweet. Nicely balanced with a good bit of bitterness. Aftertaste is long lasting.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Lightly hazy brown color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, nuts, roast, vanilla, and toast. Taste of nuts, caramel malts, toffee, toasted dough, and a semi-sweet finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nitro draft at Maple Shade. Classic nitro pour, velvety smooth white head over a crisp deep amber body. Big malty aroma with earth notes. The flavor was great with lots of earth, a slight hint of nut and some sweetness. Can’t believe this one isn’t even 4%, so much flavor, so much aroma, wow phenomenal.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the North Wales location. Poured a medium amberish/copperish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of toast, caramel, and a lighter earthiness. Tastes of toasted nuts, caramel, and some roastiness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a clear copper color with no head. Small aroma of toasted malts, grain, and nuts. Flavor of toasted malts, nuts, and some molasses. Smooth, but seems watered down and a bit weak.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Consumed while enjoying (as a non-participant) the Iron Hill Twilight Criterium cycling race / party. Pour was full brown color, off-white almost tannish colored head, served on nitro. The aroma was peaty malts and some chocolate. The flavor followed, more than a touch of the peaty smoke that the description reads, but not over the top either. Darned smooth mouthfeel, sweet but appropriately so, balanced by a light roast or hop bitterness too. A style that now bores me, but a good shot at it by IH.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nitro, 1st rating of this brew. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Nose is nice with peaty malts. Taste is sweet, malty, rich and quite smooth.
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