4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
@ Immy Backyard Throwdown. Caramely on the nose. Cherry and cranberry on the palate with a little tartness. Very very good.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Tap at ACBF. It is beyond me how this beer wound up with such high ratings. Incredibly boozy and the tartness and acidity from the cranberry created a beer that tasted practically infected. Poorly, poorly integrated components, memorable in a bad way.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On draft at ACBF09. Pours brown with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon or some type of liquor and also maybe putrid vomit. Yeah, this smelled pretty bad. Flavor of very sweet malt and roasted notes with a tart, lactic finish. This was very odd and very bad. People liked this???
4/4/5/3/11 (2.7/5)
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
ACBF09. Did not enjoy this. Fruit notes in the aroma, wouldn’t say they’re cranberry. Flavor is of cheap cranberry juice with cheap vodka. Reminded me of college.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Another old rating. Pours a black color with some red notes to it. Aroma was of chocolate and a light tartness on the nose. Flavor was pretty good and had some cranberry notes coming through.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750mL Bottle. #264. Weird paste and glue aroma, with a bit of half-rotten bog cranberries. There’s a dusting of chocolate and some alcohol. Slightly garbagey and old smelling. A touch of solvent. Pours a clearish black-brown, with a foamy head in creamy tan. Flavor has a brisk charred roast that marries with a touch of jellied cranberry sauce and some orange peel. The stout base seems a little thin. There’s a palpable dusty hop presence and some light plant stems. Alcohol well underlaid, with this tasting more like 6%. As a fruit beer, this is a pretty good stout. Honestly, this is probably a decent stout, but the fruit is just not a presence. Otherwise, it’s good work with malts.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
4/25/2009: Surly Two is dark brown color is some sort of fruit that is not apparent at first in the aroma. The flavor is dry, sweet, and tart with a hint of roast. The fruit the becomes obvisous - CRANBERRY! This is a very good and very balanced beer.
Sample from bottle at Dark Lord Day 2009. Rating #95 for this beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at DLD 09 ... black ... thin lacing ... sweet roast malt nose ... little sourness ...little coffee ... dark fruits
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