3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at the taproom, 8.7% ABV
With Columbus and Cascade
Beautiful amber color, with creamy persistent head. The aroma is mild, some malt, some manure and sage aroma. It has a good body, smooth mouthfeel, some malt flavor; it was given as made with spruce, but it also has a very strong feeling of sage and some rosemary; correct bitterness.
I’m not in favor for beers brewed with herbs and resins; but it’s well brewed although weird. So, it’s difficult to drink too much of it.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gold with small lasting beige head.Nose of spruce.Big medicinal spruce profile with lots of hops
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Without question, the most assertively dry and spruce-heavy beer I’ve ever tasted. Makes Alba Scots Pine Ale taste under-flavored.
Beautiful golden/amber color, nice lasting one inch rocky, white head, strong nose of spruce sap and earthy hops that carry over BIGTIME into the flavor. This is, basically, like sucking on a Christmas tree, but with ample malt backing, and a subtly spicy underpinning that compel you to keep coming back for another sip.
The alcohol is relatively restrained, and the extreme dryness makes this feasible as a strong (albeit dangerous)session ale,
Yet another winner from this tiny, wonderful neighborhood gem of a brewery.
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