4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On Tap at Summits. Summits? Pours a medium amber, slighty hazy, and a nice lasting thin head. Aroma is fruity with esters, caramel apples, and thick with raisins. Rum like aroma but alcohol is hidden well- also a good addition of citrus hops. Flavor is thickly sweet- but not cloying at all. More fruits, raisins, rum, light chocolate malt, dark crystal malt, and a clean citrus bitterness in the end. Very smooth overall. They should bottle this. I bet it would age very very well.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Murky brown, with a dense, sturdy brown head. Initial whiff of piney hops, then a nicetoasty background. Surprisingly creamy palate. Big earthy, dirty hop bite up front, then a smooth, somewhat caramelly toasty malt flavor. Hop bitterness returns for the finish - big and sticky, with an almost tar-like flavor, plus some black papper. A little bit of alcohol burn at the end. Draft at Barley’s, Knoxville.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught at Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas
Dark brown color. Unexpected fruity aroma. Full malty flavor, fruity and aromatic hop, round, sweet caramel, light liquorice, well blended. Excellent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a hazy brown color with an orange hue and small creamy beige head. Sweet malty aroma of caramel, candy, and oranges. Citrus hops mixed in. Sweet malty flavor to start. Light citrus and acidity grows to a large expanding piney bitterness. Very long finish. Medium to full body.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught, brewed at Issaquah Chestnut colour with yellow, fine head. Sweet nose, molasses indeed, syrupy. Maybe some grapes. Quite hoppy, bitter taste, and not at all sweet despite the backing and adjuncts. In fact, the finish is even harsh metallic without pine. Retronasal some cake. Dry, despite, etc., etc. Full bodied. The balance is not quite there. Lots of differences between nose & taste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft on 15th at Summit’s Atlanta. Muddy brown with a moderate head. Sweet caramelly malt aroma, with some dark fruits in there and some grassy citrus hops. Similar malty flavors with the grassy citrus hops, and it seemed a bit less fruity than the aroma. Clean finish. Decent beer - it was good, but at the same time, it wasn’t a wow for me.
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Murky reddish brown color with a decent white head. Aroma is nutty and full of obvious malty sweetness. Unfortunate raisin and butter flavor with an abrasive bitter finish. I found myself enjoying this beer less with every sip until I finally pushed the glass away about 3/4 of the way through. It’s just not good.
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Ehh, against the grain on this one. Looked great, a hazy dark brown with a tan head, and had a decent spicy/hoppy aroma. Taste was definitely malty but a quite unpleasant combination of spices and hops that assaulted my tongue. Usually i like beers with lots of odd ingredients, this one just fell short.
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