3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Funky sour nose with sour cherries, light vinegar, some toffee and a touch of bourbon. The taste is light to moderately sweet and lightly tart, a bit too much bitterness... flavors of sour cherries, apple, toffee, oak and hops.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Glass at the brewpub. Medium dark brown with a smallish off white head. An odd fruit aroma with wild yeast. This is funky in a sour way and has some nice fruit flavors. It is not vinegar but is sour. Very interesting, especially with that yeast. Tasty!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled on draft at GTMW 2011. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin head. Earthy and tart aroma with notes of honey, apples, faint chocolate and even fainter mint. The taste is caramel, toffee, earthy, stone fruits, minty hops. Slightly tart. Medium bodied.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
tap at hopcat a few months back. big grass, sour and dryness, oak, and a hint of caramel. the sourness is becoming evident in almost every single big livery beer available. its a good thing, but some are beginning to blend together
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Fiery orange-brown body, thin, clumping off-white head. Bright citrus nose with tannic, leafy hops, pine cones, and sweet berries. Fascinating blend of sour lemon, pineapple, and vinaigrette flavors with oak, and bitter, leafy hops. Excellent beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewery. This orange ale poured with a rich beige head and tangy oak aroma. This is a blend of Curvana and Jax Double IPA. It tastes mostly like a DIPA with some sour oak notes. There is a very nice malt flavor with a little alcohol.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the Livery. Cloudy orange with creamy, medium off white head. Aroma is citrus and grapefruit, dirty, sweeter, bourbon. Flavor is bourbon, lots of green hops, sweeter caramel, a little alc. Medium body and creamy head. Nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the Livery and served in a snifter. Cloudy dark orange/amber pour with a thin, short-lived head of light beige foam. Lots of lace. The aroma included a ton of fresh citrus, caramel, oak, and also some afterthoughts of sour fruit. The flavor had a solid malty caramel backbone followed by bitter grapefruit, oranges, dark fruit skins, dry oak, and a hint of white wine. Starts fairly sweet but has a nice, dry finish...especially for a high gravity beer. Full-bodied, but highly drinkable. Light carbonation. Very nice. Almost no trace of the 10.5% ABV. Really nice.
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