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RATINGS: 589   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.48   SEASONAL: Spring   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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We brewed this Special High Gravity Cream Ale in serious celebration of the return of the salubrious Spring... With the long dark days of the Season of Damp nearly behind us and the possibilities of a long languid Summer ahead.


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3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Miksu (4538) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - JUL 8, 2009
12 oz. bottle at PBF. Copper-amber color with creamy head. Sweet, fruity, flowery and hoppy aroma with notes of mango. Bittersweet, toffeish, nutty, mangoish and orangey flavor. Tasty tropical fruity hop character.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
omhper (17478) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - JUL 7, 2009
Bottled at PBF. Clear golden, medium sized airy head. Conensed sweaty lychee aroma. Sweet and malty. Buttery malt wrapped in a thick blanket of hops. Hop driven despite solid body. Long perfumy bitterness.

3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
milewide (1205) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - JUL 7, 2009
Medium amber color with medium head. Malt sweetness dominates. Little hop flavor. Solid body.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - JUL 6, 2009
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is lots of fruity and flowery hops. Flavour is caramel malts, some sweet fruityness as well as some mild grainy notes. Balanced. Grassy finish.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
1more4dessert (293) - Upstate, New York, USA - JUL 3, 2009
burnt orange with decent french vanilla head. Malts and sugars dominate the flavor profile but there is some earthy hopiness going on backstage and it makes a curtain call in the finish

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
sayravai (4655) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JUL 3, 2009
(Bottled) Slightly hazy amber with a very small head. Aroma is strong in both maltiness and nutty-aromatic hops - maybe slightly stuffy. Flavor of nutty hops, some dried fruit, grainy malt. Medium to full body, low carbonation. A solid strong ale with pleasant hopping.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
TBone (9999) - Pori, FINLAND - JUL 3, 2009
Bottled (PBF). Clear pale amber color, small white head. Bready hoppy aroma. Starts light and metallic ... then bready hoppy. Very simple, fruity hoppy, almost APA-like flavor.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
nqualls (1452) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - JUN 30, 2009

Source:Sample at a tasting in Nashville.
Glass:Snifter.
Appearance:Poured a hazy orange color with a thin beige head.
Aroma:Caramel malt and floral hops.
Flavor:Sweet malt dominates, with a mild bitter finish.
Palate:Medium/full body with mild carbonation.
Overall:Kind of disjointed with some different flavors that don’t mesh well with each other.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
topherh (1861) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - JUN 12, 2009
Pours an orangish amber with a lot of hoppy aroma. Flavor is rich malts with plenty of hops to balance it out. Not what I was expecting from a string cream ale, but good.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
tokyogoat (1503) - San Diego, California, USA - MAY 7, 2009
Pours a surprising amber/copper color with a good amount of carbonation. Very bitter with hops, with some syrupy malt. Not that well balanced. This isnt a bad beer, but it also wasnt what I was planning on drinking.


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