 tjthresh (1257), LaPorte, Indiana and Belton, Missouri, USA
May 5, 2008 From a bottle at the 2008 Parkville Microbrewers Festival. Pour hazy copper with a dark tan head. Oak vanilla and cherry nose. Lots of wood and caramel flavors and very bitter. Medium body. High carbonation. Long dry bitter finish. This is a big sippin’ beer.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 07/15/2006
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, RBSG, 2006
clear dark amber, whispy white head, huge sweet malt aroma, lots of sweet malt flavor, an earthy woody essence, a touch of hot alcohol,
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Date: 08/03/2006
Source: aa
lots of sweet bourbon and vanilla in the aroma and flavor,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ***/4
yespr (5611), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Jul 1, 2007 RBSG07. From 75 cL bottle. Pours orange hazy. Aroma of malt and corn. Slight sweet and malty flavoured. Finish is malty bitterhops
CaptainCougar (4601), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Mar 11, 2007 Sampled on 7/15/06 at the RBSG ’06 Grand Tasting out of a growler courtesy of Sledge Jr: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, wispy ring of off-white head. Aroma of huge viscous sweet sticky honey and caramel malt with a healthy dose of alcohol. Body starts with a big sticky sweet fruity caramel toffee flavor along with some complex dark fruits, vanilla, butterscotch and a smooth, thick malty palate. Has a sticky warming finish but hides the alcohol relatively well.
RedHaze (369), Where the hell am I?, Nebraska, USA
Jan 14, 2007 750ml bottle.
Pours a bright copper color, with a tight one finger head that settles slowly to a thin cap and ring. The resulting lace is thick, and sticks nicely to the sides of my glass.
Smell; hints of oak-barrel, with a significant presence of whiskey. There’s some hints of fruits and grains, but everything seems to be a bit overrun by the oak barrel and whiskey aromas.
Taste; lots of fruit flavors with apples, raisins and plums, and maybe a little bit of figs as well. The middle has a nice sweet maltiness that fades into the oak-barrel and whiskey notes. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, with a very smooth carbonation that leads to a very nice drinkability.
So far this is the best beer that I’ve had from Upstream. I think I may have to go back for a couple more bottles.
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