PB & C Dark Strong Ale

Dark color, nice creamy head. Light cheesy aroma, some roasted malts, yeast. Some roasted malts flavor, with a light sourness and yeast. Unbalanced, raw.

Bottle.(Volo) Pours dark brown with large fine white top. Slightly sour, grainy nose, fruity rich back drop with light hint of lactose. Medium bodied, acidic coffee, dark roasted malt character in the middle, a bit flat at finish helped with good dose of clean alcohol.

Bottle (330ml). Shared with blankboy, tupalev, Dave B, and R++ - courtesty of R. Poured cloudy dark brown with a smallish beige-brown head. Nice roasty aroma, smokey, with an interesting salty/sour olive character and light very dry hops. Salty and tart fruit taste, the dry hops are more forefront, but this is big malt and decently roasty - mouthfeel is jangling tastes vying for attention, overall dry, astringent, average body - really interesting but I think needs balancing - or identity.

Bottle. Very dark brown with a moderate creamy tan head. (3+) Sweet malt aroma with light notes of acidity. Light dry malt in the flavour with a light hint of green apples, fairly sour undertones are a bit off-puting. Average to thin palate is effervescent. Meh.

Bar Volo. A dark beer with off-white head. A bit of chocolate malt, otherwise astringent sourish with some malting offset though not bitter. The roastedness added to the astringency and I suppose it cries for lasagna accompaniment. Relatively Good aroma though.