3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap, Philly location. Pours a clear amber with a small frothy off-white head. Huge spicy nose, lots of Christmas like notes of pine trees. The flavor is full of fruity malts and lots of spices, reminds me a bit of Anchor Christmas. Medium bodied with soft fizzy carbonation. Pretty decent overall, but it really doesn’t taste like a beer meant for June consumption.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at Triumph. I’m still being amazed by these beers. A gruit! And well executed. It poured a hazy deep orange with a creamy thin, white head that left excellent, sheety lace. Very intense aroma full of lavender perfume, cloves, cinnamon stick, nutmeg. Taste is full of cinnamon and lavender to the point it is almost numbing on the palate. But it was not the gross herbal bomb I was expecting. There is a nice caramel malt backing and a sticky sweetness that cuts through the herbal medley. Well done.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a reddish brown. Aroma is earthyness and spices (but they were faint). Taste is sweet and spicey. Very creamy, coats the tongue and leaves a sweet aftertaste. Nice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
11th October 2008. GABF. Clear brown beer. Spicy but not overdone. Softish palate. Some ginger? Dry finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the Princeton location. Poured a deeper amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of earthiness, some toast, and caramel. Tastes of the same earthiness, caramel, and some herbalness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at P-town. Pours a deep mostly clear woody copper-brown with a thin to no head. Aroma is diacetyl , but light and still able to get past it- some lighter than expected herbs and spices- very un-gruit like- some light ginger , pepper and grassiness. Flavor is also a slight ginger, some grassy yarrow, and a medium toffee munich- toasted malt, light burnt hint, more butter which makes it finish a bit slick. Odd- even for a gruit, but still good- herbs are restrained throughout.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
@Princeton-on hand pump-pours a disappearing offwhite bubbles with amber color. Aroma is sweet/bready-medium malt, some earthiness. Taste is sweet/bready-medium malt, wood, very earthy, medium fruity. Soft carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Pours an amber body with a thin lacing. Caramel malts, toasted malt, and spices. Some bitter earth tones, berries, ginger notes. A nice hop-less ale.
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