3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Hazy orange that turns to yellow towards th bottom of the glass. Small pillow of foam rests atop too. Aroma is filled with citrus. No real campfire aspects. Taste is citrus, usual yeastiness, and a hint of ash. Smooth and creamy texture. I wish there was less hop presence and more aspects of the woods and campfire. Still solid none the less.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours hazy orange/yellow with white head at Darkness Day 2010. Aroma of spicy yeast, with notes of lemon, wood, and apricot. Taste is sweet lemon, ash, and apricot with a note of spice, finishes fairly sweet and a touch dry. The way this brew melds together is remarkable, drinkable and highly complex.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had on cask while waiting for Darkness at DDay 2010. Little to no head. Super smooth. Some of the wood flavor coming through, but not much. The wood serves more to mellow some of the flavors...Actually prefer this to the regular stuff.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
had at darkness day while waiting in line to get y bottles. No head smell or citrus. Taste was lemon and honey with raelly no after taste. It was a good beer, but I don’t know if I’d get it again.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Glass at Darkness days. Pour is bright orange and murky with no head. Big lemon and honey and musty scents. Taste is lemon citrus and musty flavor. Beer was calm and slick with a chaulky finish. Tasty and interesting.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
at GTMW ’09. pour murky gold with no head. aroma of ash, yeasty, citrusy. flavors are ash, dry, yeasty, esters, grainy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask) Pours a murky amber body with a spare white head. Aroma of pineapple, florals, grass, honey, and herbs. Flavor of grass, herbal, citrus, florals, and subtle wood undertones.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Beer #16 at GTMW ’09, on cask at the Real Ale Tent. Considering how many branches our ash tree is shedding, I may want to know if I can use the wood like this. Cloudy, orangey-brown color, no head at all. The foam went right up my nose when I tried to smell it (occupational hazard). But I mostly get some light, likely American hop. Definitely an good example of a cask beer. Since I’ve not been hit in the mouth with a baseball bat, I can’t quite say what ash tastes like. But there’s a decent wood quality, not as pronounced as oak, but it helps keep me interested.
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