3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
murky brown with a large whipped cream beige head. aroma is lightly soured with notes of apples, hops, wood, and light fruit. flavor is woody, fruity(apple, pear). creamy palate. medium bodied.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a hazy dark orange-red with a thin off white cover. A nice fruity caramel aroma, citrus orange and an woodiness. Taste if unfortunately thinner, light caramel, a nuttiness, and more grapefruit fruity hops.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle shown BB07/16/06...cloudy rich amber color with long lasting fluffy tan head...aromas of stone fruit, berries, wheat bread and a sour woodiness. flavor is full of raisins, dried herbs,earthy bread and a bit of nutty dryness. cask like mouth feel. past its prime but delicious...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly friuty with a bitter edge. The bottle I bought was exrtremly expensive pointing to a premium product, which it isn’t.Still nice to see it back on the shelves.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Cobber of color with a light brown head. An aroma with notes of sweets, raisins, apples, hops and crab apples. A flavor with notes of sweets, apples, raisins and with a bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, LCBO. Dark hazy orange, medium creamy foamy head. Nice musty aroma - very dry, dust, wood chips. Taste isn’t bad - fruity, malt, good amount of hops. Lots of fruit in finish. Light to medium mouthfeel. I wanted a little more omph in flavour - more malt, less fruit, which got thin and almost cloying after a while. But, while the whole thing is a little muted, it is still a solid bitter and enjoyable.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Hazy medium orange, head way too big no matter what I tried when pouring. Aroma was bread and some moldy floral hops. Flavor was bread, anise hops, almost seedy somehow. As it warmed, a bit of caramel arrived. Did not care for the hop profile of this at all.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The beer emerges from the 500ml brown bottle a bemused rusty orange color with a mount Everest sized frothy light tan head and a bazillion tons of sediment, well maybe only the size of K-2 and just a ton or two of goodies floating in suspension, with the left over lace a thick blanket to cover the glass. Nose has an unmistakable woody aroma, fresh malts, a bit soapy, fresh and clean, the start is nicely malted and lightly sweet with a light to medium feel at the top. Finish is pesky in its acidity, the hops ever so spicy and pleasant, very dry and long lasting aftertaste, what better treat after a long day of drudgery and the ride home in this 106-degree heat amongst some of the worst drivers on God’s green earth.
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