 Beerman6686 (816), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 29, 2008
Poured a light brown color with an off white head. Aroma was dried fruits and some caramel and biscuts. Flavor was actually alot fuller than I had expected, nice mleding of sweet malts and some hop bittering and biscut flavors.
SuperDave70 (929), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
Nov 27, 2008 Clear light brown pour with amber highlights and nearly no head. Aroma of light fruit, light toasted malt and a touch of hops and earthiness. Flavor starts out nice enough, including all of the elements from the aroma. But then I pick up a strange rubbery element that always comes through for me in this style. I don’t know why I continue to try them, since I obviously have something weird going on with my taste buds.
adavis234 (28), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Oct 31, 2008 Pours a light brown color, close to the color of apple cider and the fruity notes make the aroma reminiscent of it as well. Thin, off white head. Malty flavor of caramel with coffee and nuts hints in the aftertaste. A crisp beer that’s light but still manages to pack in some flavor.
GreatLibations (1327), Sasquatcho, Arizona, USA
Sep 9, 2008 Totally English in every way. Pours mahogany with a spattered head that actually lasts although shallow. Strong aromas of malted fruitcake and caramel. Medium full nectar with NIL effers. It’s practically flat. Strong malted brownie and coffee cake flavors attend this party. A balanced bittering component holds it all together.
FlacoAlto (2216), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Aug 23, 2008 A very vigorous pour into my 25cl tulip glass barely summons forth a bit more than a finger-thick head. The beer is a dark red color that shows a brilliantly clear, pale cranberry hue with just a touch of copper when held up to the light. The aroma is at first quit malt focused with an almost molasses like note. A touch of earthiness is here as well contributed by both the hops and a somewhat overly caramelized malt character (is it starting to show signs of oxidation?). Some slight fruity hop notes are here in the aroma too contributing a mix of light, but sweet citrus and a soft berry note. <br /><br />
Sweet tasting and only slightly carbonated, the beer finishes with an oxidized sherry like note that definitely shouldn’t beer here this soon. A touch of herbal hops, some light bitterness and a touch of berry character struggles to be noticeable through the oxidation and the malt character, that should be so vibrant, is just muted and dead.<br /><br />
Definitely disappointing, this is a fresh to AZ beer as far as I know and should be in much better condition than this. It seems that something likely happened at bottling time with this as it doesn’t even reach an English level of carbonation. Perhaps this is a single off bottle, but at $6 it is hard to justify buying another one to test that theory out.<br /><br />
Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ
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