3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Winking Lizard 5th Annual Real Ale Fest on 3/23/13. Clear amber pour with a thick off-white head. Aroma of malt and a pungent unpleasantness. Malty and caramelly flavor with some grassy hops before a malty finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ Tap and Handle Fort Collins. Pours a dark golden appearance with a cream tan head. Angel food cake, Pez, vanilla, sweet malty aroma. Orange creamsickle, vanilla, citrusy, a bit spicy flavor. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask version at Winking Lizard’s 5th Annual Real Ale Fest (03/23/13): The beer is a hazy amber color with a medium thin foamy off-white head that recedes slowly. Strings of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and hops. Light to medium body with flavors of sweet malt, citrus and grassy hops. The finish is sweet with a toasted malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Churchkey for the tap takeover. Murky amber with a sudsy white head. Bready cereal grains with hints of acetone lead to doughy herbal nectar stone fruits. Medium body with low carbonation. Disappointing after the rest of this boss lineup.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Hazy amber body, small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit/orange, some pine, light bread/caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit/orange, some pine, light bread/caramel. Soft light-medium body.
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