3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazed red pour with watery white head and lace. Aroma of abv, sour apples, and a hinto funk. Boozy, nice warmth sour cherries and fruity. Medium bodied and well carbonated.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
tap @ pap 3/4/11.
hazy red appearance.
saboteur-like nose... herbaceous, nutty and salty mixed with alcohol, flowers, caramel and a mild sourness akin to cider vinegar.
big nutty wood flavor sits atop notes of medicine/rubber/smoke, salt, caramel and a touch of the aforementioned sourness. it is on the sweeter side but alcohol cuts through. medium body. 6/4/6/3/15
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours a disappearing off white head with bubbles and murky amber/brown color. Aroma is wood, some apple. Taste is wood, some apple, medium malt, some acidity.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Oakquinox. Pours with no head and a hazed bronze-brown body. Aromas of apple cider, mulling spices, brandy, caramel and toffee. Flavors of oak, brandy, cranberry, caramel. Tannic with a dry finish. Completely flat.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Papago. Pour is burnt copper with an off-white head. Aroma shows notes of roasted caramel and calvados. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of oak and caramelized peaches.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Caramel colored pour. Aroma is heavy up front with alcohol, brandy, malt, light peat, brown sugar. Flavor hits up front with booze then the calvados comes out with some syrup and light toffee.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Papago. Pours a dark red/brown color with a small white head. A sweet brandy and scotch ale malty nose. Rich sweet apple brandy, some fruity toasted malts, heat, easy going with a thin palate- which was nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(On draught at papago). Pours mahogany woth off-white head. Aroma of apple brandy. Taste is sweet with some heat. Medium bodied with hot finish. Not bad.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is all around a beautiful beer. Clear dark orange with no head. Amazingly floral rose hip apple brandy caramel and oak aroma and taste. Just outstandingly complex with a silky smooth palate. A really enjoyable beer hands down.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Bailey’s Taproom Third Anniversary Barrel Aged Fest. Pours out a copper/amber topped with a small sand head. Aroma was of sweet apple, light booze, citrus, and some malt. Taste was much as the aroma but with the apple leading the way. A touch of oak but not until the very end.
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