Keep the hops comming John "more hops" Mayer. A great cold weather beer with lots of flavor and a high %.

Had it on tap. It was at cool-room temp., small whitish head (hard to tell in the dark bar), looked like a barley wine--dark-red, clear. I could smell the hops before drinking it, and a little spice, not much else. Texture wise, the carbonation was pretty low, which contributed to it’s denseness--again, much like a strong barelywine. Now for the flavor: this beer was all over the place, moving from sweet bubble-gummy flavors, to piney hops, to bittersweet malts, to spicey syrup qualities. I agree with the other rater that the raisins/molasses aren’t very present. The alcohol was not apparent--but by the end of the beer I could tell it was around 9-11%. At no point was the flavor week or artificial--very consistent throughout. I really liked this one, although it left me a little confused!

On tap. Dirty dark brown color, small brown head. Malty sweetness of dark fruits and molasses, with just enough dryness on the finish. Warming going down, with a lingering spiced tea flavor. In cold weather, I could drink nothing but this beer.

<i>Draught at Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas</i><br />Dark brown color. Unexpected fruity aroma. Full malty flavor, fruity and aromatic hop, round, sweet caramel, light liquorice, well blended. Excellent.

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.