Pisgah Equinox

Brewed by Pisgah Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Black Mountain, North Carolina USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Pours a darker amber color with a decent amount of head. Malt on the nose with a very subtle hint of hops. Medium bodied with a nice clean finish on the palate. Nice lacing on the glass but very brief indeed. Not too bad, but not too great at the same time.

Sampled on draft at the brewery. Pours a reddish copper with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is nutty and slightly tart with a bit of a hop bite. Taste is nuts, caramel, sweet malts and assertive citrus hop notes. Medium bodied.

Tap @ Barley’s Taproom. I know a lot of people like this beer but it is just ok for me. It didn’t do anything special. Its good, but nothing with high marks.

Yet another growler from Degarth. Thanks. The pour is brown with amber highlights to go along with a tan head and nice lacing. The aroma is a bit mild with some malty roastiness mixed with light dark fruitiness. The taste is much like the aroma with dates, prunes and some raisins that slowly turn more and more into a roasted maltiness. The finish is mostly roasted malts that linger for some time. For an organic beer I didn’t pick up any of the stale malts that have become a hallmark of an organic brew, to me.

Growler courtesy of Degarth. Awesome, thanks Joe!

caramel brown pour...off white head, abotu 1.5 fingers thick...decent retention, some nice lacing...nose of bready malts, some fruity esters...also get some hops, mainly floral in nature...some chocolate and dark sweet notes as well...flavor is pretty much identical to the aroma, but a bit toned down in each regard...medium bodied, average-high carbonation...slightly sticky on the palate...finish is medium length, bready and sweet, then with some floral perfumey hops and finally finishing with some chocolate.

A mild nose that for some reason made me think of bubblegum -- but on the tongue it was anything but! A nice raisiny quality, with a lot more besides. It was superb with a cube of sharp cheddar, and I wrote to myself to try this with winter soup.

Draft at Barley’s in Asheville. Odd aroma. Very malty and not much hop presence here. Not impressed.

Draught. Pours dark amber with fluffy beige head. The aroma is spicy grains with some grassy hop notes. The flavor is brown sugar, some nutmeg, then dry hoppy bitterness. Some honeyish sweetness bounces around. Clean aftertaste. Ok.