3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice, brownish amber pour with off white head. Aroma is sweet bread, caramel, toffee. Flavor is full and rich, nice toffee and caramel notes, lots of bread. Some chocolate. Some light roast, nuts, biscuits. Pretty delicious. Full mouthfeel, good carbonation. Really delicious fall beer. This beer is like camping outdoors when I was a kid in boyscouts.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a brown-amber color with a thin off-white head. Aroma light caramel, buttery-biscuit malts, and light hoppiness. Taste is much the same with a very smooth mouthfeel. Very drinkable and balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 4, 2011 Bottle at Bodega in La Crosse. Pours brown with amber highlights and a medium thick and fluffy off-white head that dissipates steadily. The aroma is chocolate and nuts. Medium body with flavors of roasted malt, chocolate and fruit. The finish is malty with sweet chocolate aftertaste. Above average overall.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Clear light brown pour, little bit of carbonation and a nice sweet malty and nutty aroma. Flavor is light malt, chestnuts, wheat bread and slightly brown sugar sweet on the finish. Great session beer, and very tasty.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours a gorgeous chestnut color, glowing and robust with a sticky off-white colored head. Aroma has just a touch of roast and crunchy nuttiness, clean with just a hint of fermentation character and soft alcohol. Flavor follows, very dry, faint chocolate and roast, not a ton of depth, but very drinkable, like spicy hoppiness with just a touch of citrus. Light bodied with active fizzy carbonation, thin and drinkable but does have just a slight syrupiness left after. Another Dan Carey dance, getting the most out of the least.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown pour. Sweet malts on the nose. Flavor is very much the same, a mix of sweetness and malty goodness. A fine addition to the NG lineup.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown-orange, beige cover. Aroma is burnt caramel, toasty. Taste is burnt sugar, caramel, toasty, crisp finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle - Dark rosy brown pour with a small foamy white head. Real nutty on the nose, with some bready malt, an herbal note, and--crazily--a whiff of buttered popcorn salt. Hmm. Taste is fairly subdued, bready malt with a touch of hops, light caramel, a whiff of milk chocolate. Man...I could drink a case of this. Soft and velvety in the mouth. Fantastic.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
New Glarus hits this one out of the park. Pours a rich ruddish-brown color with medium-sized, light tan head. Aroma is of rich caramel, mild cocoa, roasted grain and earthy hops. I’m not a bock guy by any means, but this one definitely changed my mind. Everything is in perfect balance and the amount of hop profile, not leaning way or the other, keeps this usually malt-forward beer interesting for a hop head like me. Delicious!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 5, 2010 12 oz. Thanks Lithy. Opaque dirty copper-brown with a lasting cream above. Nose is earthy spice, apples, cinnamon, and faint chocolate and molasses. Medium body is sorta smoothly carbonated, to the sweet side, and slightly astringent. Flavor is mild blend of earthy spices: old cumin, tired cinnamon and spent ginger with some sweet and sour rotten apple. Nice earthy fall flavors, but not really much to my liking.
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