2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sample at Seneca Lodge Brewfest. 03DE11.
App.: Very deep mahogany with a tan rim.
Aroma: Roasted grains, lightly fruity, hints of herbals, hints of esters.
Palate: Medium body, fairly lively effervescence.
Flav.: Roasted malt/grain, grapes, kinda fruity, faint herbals, touches of vanilla?; off-dry with limited bitterness and a fruity roasted malt finish.
More Brown than Old?
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A clean dark brown ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, a sweet nutty malt with light solvent notes, oily. In mouth, a sweet nutty malt with solventy notes, caramel, diacetyl, boring. On tap at Seneca Lodge Brewfest, Dec. 3 2011.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
tap at Brewpub - this one sort of defies style description. Lightly roasted malts with some chocolate and nut character. Plenty of caramel and some toffee notes. Creamy body. Not bad.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap 8/1/2011 Pours a deep dark brown with a tan head that seemed to last forever. Aromas of chocolate, caramel, roasted grains, and a bit of toffee. Smells is quite inviting. Taste is roasty and malty. Chocolate caramel and toffee mixed with a hint of astringency sum up the taste experience here. Fizzy carbonation ruined the mouthfeel for me here, this one seemed a bit over carbonated. Decent brew that might be better served a bit less bubbly.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the brewpub. Pours copper brown with a beige head. Roasty sweet malt aroma with a hint of coffee. The flavor has roasted malt, caramel, nuts, and coffee. Easily the best offering I had.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Another nice beer on tap. Dark amber, very nice head and lacing, big malt feel. Very nice overall.. Alcohol is not that prevalent.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample on tap at brewpub. Notes of coffee and nutty roasted malt. Bit of chocolate with neutral fruit and some mild herbal hops. Dark copper brown clear with hops and light tan lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Starts with a bit of caramel and chocolate, coffee and nutty roasted grain. Neutral fruit and light nutty bitter after.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I don’t get how this is a mild. It’s more a cross between a shwartbier and an old ale, with lots of different malts use to give it an interesting malt complexity. It is also 6.5% not consistent with a mild. IBU is 28, there is a modest hopping. Very decent dark malty aroma and taste. Moderately Chocolate creamy.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Muted aroma, sight roast and cherries. Deep crimson in color with a slight head. Flavor abounds with soft caramel, toffee, roasted malts and a noticable brown sugar. Terrific English style ale.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewery. Dark brown, little head. Tasty, slightly sweet and roasty.
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