3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught) Pours a cloudy amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of sour fruit, oak, pine, and light citrus. Flavor of oak, light sourness, roasted malt, vinous, and hops (grapefruit, light pine).
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at FoBAB. Poured near clear medium caramel with a short cap of beige head. The aroma was sweet and hoppy with grapefruit backed by caramel.. a touch of oak and bourbon surrounded as well.. quite nice. The flavor didn’t hold up as well.. spicy bourbon and sour oak laced throughout with toffee and pale malts at the core.. scratchy, oaky bitterness rode out the finish, joined by a hint of tobacco.. decent components, but they did not play very well together. Medium-bodied and sour overall on the palate with a sharp, bitter, grainy final impression after the swallow.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
FoBAB 2008, Chicago: This poured a hazy, deep amber body with a small bubbly head. It had a sharp aroma of old grassy hops supported by whiskey, oak, and caramel. It had a strong taste of alcohol, flaming caramel, a grassy hop bitterness, and an off sourness. Seems a bit confused.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
FoBAB 2008: Yes, I had to wait till FoBAB to try this beer since I missed the brief moment it was on tap at the brewery. The brew is coppery and oily with a small fading head. The aroma has notes of rye whiskey, wood, vanilla, herbal and grassy hops, caramel, and some tart bacteria funk. The taste starts with a big boozy attack, very much bourbon influenced. Some sweet malt and twangy fruits noted as well. Bitter hop driven finish and a wierd spicy note too. The mouth feel is very warming and oily, highly aggressive palate. Not too bad but appears to have spent to much time in the barrel.
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.
3.8 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.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
FoBAB 2008 - pours hazy amber, soapy head, nose is grassy, sweet malt. flavors are grass, orange, pine, grapefruit, and sourish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at GTMW 2009 (Madison, WI). Pours a decent hazed amber, decent offwhite head that laces well and stays at a thick film. Aromas are belgian yeast covered up by some good fruit and good floral hopping. Initial is florals, mellow belgian yeast giving way to dominant fruit and liberal American hops. Very fruity: apple, pear, citrus fruits. Tartness comes onto the palate lighter but seems covered up by a good dose of hopping. A bit strong overall with a fruity lightly bitter finish.
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