Sonoran 200

Brewed by Sonoran Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Phoenix, Arizona USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Very sweet beer. It’s like maple syrup. But good sipping beer. Brewed with agave and dtale so you can store on you counter.

bottle at RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting ... Dark murky brown ... huge oxidiesed vanilla toffee nose ... oversweet sugers ... vanilla ... no balance ... rough sweet sugers ... big alcohol in finish

Big thanks to Hellbilly for this one! Pours murky brown/orange with no head. Aroma of agave, oak, sugar and raisins. Kinda has an aroma similar to Grappa. Taste is sweet and sugary, with smokey qualities like Mazcal, fruit, honey, agave. 19% abv is masked very well, this is pretty odd stuff but I like it.

Bottle shared with atom. Pours, nasty, murky brown. Looks like watered down maple syrup. Aroma is agave, a ton of burnt carmalized sugar, caramel, booze, brown sugar, and some fruit presence. Surprisingly tastes a whole lot better than it smells and looks. Fairly sweet overall. Sugar in the raw packet, agave, more balanced caramel, wet wood and some toffee flavors. The booze is nicely masked for 19%. Oily and sticky mouth feel. Finish is chalk full of wood. Not so pleasant nose, horrid looking, but kind of enjoyable.

Looks like wet diarrhea in the glass. Wow that is pretty nasty looking, so let’s hope it smells better than it looks. Woah... This is just too, fucking, much on the nose. Sweet raisins, some brown sugar, slight vanilla and chocolate notes, and a touch of oak. Sweet smelling so I’m not looking forward to how this tastes. Way too sweet and flat. Takes my fucking breath away with how sweet this is. Sweet raisins, agave syrup which gives this a maple character, more raisins in the finish, and just a ton of white sugar in the finish. This is, fucking, way too sweet for me, and the absence of carbonation makes this impossible for me to drink. Sorry guys, but this is just not something I want to drink more than one small sip of.

Shared by phaleslu, thanks Peter! Pour is clear copper and still. Aroma is powerful sweetness with a touch of squash-like sweetness. Also hints of agave and pine. Flavor is wicked sweet with hints of herbs and more sugar. Wow, a strange brewed product.

Sampled at a recent RB St. Louis gathering - Pours murky amber/brown with no real head going on here. The aroma is very sweet with notes of fruit (especially peaches), syrup and alcohol with a richness to it all. The body is very slice and velvety with no carbonation. The taste has sweet nectarines, agave sweetness and fruit punch. The flavors seem quite muddled. This was interesting and glad I got to try it, but it is definitely too sweet for my tastes.

Sampled at the St. Louis RB gathering. It poured a murky golden orange color with almost no head. The aroma was of caramel, apple, honey, and some toffee. The flavor was of honey, toffee, agave, and florals. Glad I had a chance to try this, really different.