Lakefront Eastside Dark

Bottle from sampler from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a deep reddish brown with minimal head but decent retention. Aroma is sweet and roasty. Chewy texture. Taste of coffee, brown sugar, dark fruits. I like this.

(bottle) Pours light brown with an off-white head. Aroma of light banana, bubblegum, light hops, and toffee. Taste is somewhat hoppy with a little bit of toasted maltiness and chocolate to it as well. Medium mouthfeel, decent.

Reddish brown with a thin tan head. Light spice on the nose to go with sweet malt. Creamy texture. A little light on the palate leading to a light dry, chalky hop finish. A so-so beer.

From a 355 ml bottle with a brewed date of Aug 2007-Week One. Pours a rich brown with a little ruby inside. Aroma of smoked barley and chocolate. Fairly heavy mouthfeel. Flavor is very much like chocolate, cocoa, and everything else with similar qualities. This is a reasonably drinkable brew and it reminded me of a milder North Coast Rasputin’s Imperial.

12 oz bottle. dark amber color. malty aroma. lighter bodied than I expected. nutty malt flavors.

Bottle, pale brown body with off-white head. Aroma of malts with hint of smoke and coffee. Taste of dark malts, caramel, and maybe burnt toffee. Somewhat sticky aftertaste.

This was tasty. Dark brown opaque body with a strong coffee aroma. Coffee hints on the body with some chocolate hints but a light clean finish. Very nice.

Pours a fairly clear brown head with a reasonable amount of head. The aroma is a bit nutty like a brown ale, but not a lot of fruitiness. There’s a bit of dark dried fruit like the prunes in some doppelbocks as well as some brown sugar. Not that bad of a beer.