 Arayaga2 (755), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 13, 2008
Hazy honey yellow with minimal head and lacing. Aroma is sweet... apple, pineapple and light spices. Taste is odd with a lot of apple, a hint of mint and chamomile, and a dash of funk. High residual sweetness gets a bit cloying toward the bottom of a snifter. Despite its appearance, there is a fair amount of carbonation.
General_Gao (2509), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Sep 1, 2008 Thanks to iowaherkeye for bringing this bottle to his ’farewell to Iowa’ tasting. Poured a slightly hazy golden color with a white head. I smelled subdued maple syrup and pear. Medium bodied and slightly sweet. I tasted pear, husky grain, toffee, powdered sugar, and clove. Not bad.
pepsican (727), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Thanks iowaherkeye! Light amber pour with a medium white head. Light cork, apple, and yeast aroma. Flavor is green apple, apricot, pineapple, yeast. Lightly tart dry finish with a touch of belgian yeast sweetness and some booze. This held up really well, and didn’t have a hint of being oxidized.
TURDFERGUSON (1136), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 17, 2008 750mL bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of kmweaver. Thanks Ken! This beer was incredibly oxidized. Thats all I really tasted. Maybe some yeastiness as well, but not much of the unibroue house character was left. I must confess, I still have not grown into loving these oxidized messes.
wilkie (1091), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Jul 14, 2008 750mL bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of puzzl. Thanks, Andy, and once again thanks ken for the preamble. Pours yellow/golden, cloudy, with a white head and lacing. Aroma is dark fruits and yeast. Flavor similar, with candy sugar, sweet, soft finish.
I wrote something else at the bottom that I can’t read! :( Campfire shoulda been bigger!
kmweaver (2010), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Jul 13, 2008 750mL bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of puzzl. Thanks, Andy! Pours a hazy, golden color; thin, off-white head with patchy lacing; decent looking beer. Lots of dried caramel and yeastiness in the aroma; dried fruits, caramelized bananas, and caramelized sugar; a touch watery at the edges. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of dried fruits, dry caramel, and basic citrus upfront; loads of breadiness, dough, and complex yeast character; highly carbonated; quite tasty overall. Plenty of oxidation at this point. Medium finish: dry caramel, breadiness, and brown sugar; soft, dry end.
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