Left Hand Chainsaw Ale (Double Sawtooth)

darker copper color with some carmel, some wheat malt, some apricot and a hint of vanilla oak. meh. take it or leave it

Pours dark mahogany/amber with a nice creamy head. Aroma is strong malty caramel, very sweet. Flavor is very rich caramel, a strange bit of fruitiness, and even a touch of hops in the finish, well hidden 9%.

Bottle sampled in mid-May ’06: Slightly hazy copper orange with a nicely-lacing light tan head. Aroma has lots of sweet caramel malt with some earthy English hops. Body starts with good viscosity and lightly sweet pale toasty light caramel maltiness and an English earthy hoppy balance. Pretty well balanced and unique, but could hides its alcohol better.

Pours a dense mahogany honey color w/ full creamy froth. Froth reduces to a thick spattered canopy. Aromas of malt and rock candy. Full nectar w/ mellow residual effers that render a silky mouth feel. Massive caramel malts perform nicely w/ a moderate hop profile balancing it to the finish. Flavors of caramel, maple, cherries, and a slight hard candy essesnce. The candy performs as a modertor between the thick malt and asprin hops balancing this brew into infinity. Finishes w/ sweet asprin. Overall: for as big a brew this is, it’s quite blanced. Highly recommended. Connoisseurs Choice !

Sampled at the Richmond Beer Industry Gathering 2006. Hazy amber body with a small white head. Strong floral hops aroma. Dry floral hops flavor with a caramel ending.

Thanks to fatty for opening this up... Appears a dark, caramel toned amber with a light tan head that slowly fizzles into a bubbly collar. Spotty lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of toffee, brown sugar, cookie dough, cocoa, and caramel. Taste is of the same aromas but perhaps a bit more watered down than anticipated. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, slightly thin, doughy yeastiness up front, slightly hot at 9%, and mildly grainy.

Heavy caramel malt aroma with light hops. The appearance is brownish orange with a decent foamy head. Medium mouthfeel with light carbonation. The taste is malty, bready, and finishes with light hops. Not tons of interesting things going on in this one.

750ml bottle shared courtesy of Fatty (thanks!). Poured a deeper brownish / orangish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, lightly floral, oranges and cocoa. Tastes of caramel, oranges and had a bitter chocolate finish. Malty. Alcohol content well hidden.