BigBen2120 (564), Derry, New Hampshire, USA Jun 7, 2008 12oz brown bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester as part of this brewerys sampler 8-pack. Pours a dark amber with a good half inch or so of off-white head. Smells bready with a fair bit of caramel. Tastes biscuity with strong caramel and chocolate. Medium in body with moderate carbonation. Actually a pretty tasty beer, and pretty damn drinkable. One of this brewerys better offerings IMO.
17thfloor (728), Chicago, Illinois, USA Oct 7, 2008 Pours a clear glowing copper with a medium thick frothy creamy white head. Sweet toasted caramel malt aroma, toasted honey and a bit sour like wet newspaper. Sweet and toasty malts, seems more crystal than caramel. Sour and metallic, light hop fruitiness and lightly buttery. A nice vienna but not even close to Eliot Ness. Weaker body, watery, soft corse carbonation. CaryTheDude (283), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA Sep 14, 2008 Very nice. Doesn’t quite have the cutting hoppy flavor it advertises, but the maltiness finish isn’t bad, and even though it lingers it doesn’t get stale. Excellent beer. mcjay (80), Neenah, Wisconsin, USA Sep 8, 2008 Updated: Sep 13, 2008On tap at miller park. Deep amber color with a thin white head. Dry roasted malty flavor with a hint of chocolate and a light caramel aroma. Go Brewers! dutch23mp (87), Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA Sep 4, 2008 12 oz bottle rich flavor not the best in appearance but makes up in taste taste of fruit and very easy but favorable hop taste. great taste I would buy this beer again. I had the celebration beer before this but this is probably their flagship brew, I like it better. Indra (1845), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA Aug 30, 2008 12oz. bottle. Predominantly malty aroma, plenty of dark caramel sweetness, nut and toasted grain, along with a gently fruity, floral background that shows hints of apple and berry. Clear deep amber color with a very slight, subsiding head. Flavor is lightly bitter and spicy to start, turning malty and somewhat sweet thereafter, with further toasty caramel, breadiness and an herbal, tangy, fruity finish. Smooth and easy-going mouthfeel, body is medium. Very drinkable, tasty and balanced throughout, certainly one of the best of its style.
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