3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft at The Wedge brewery, Asheville. Served incorrectly in a standard pint glass. Poured deep brown with light khaki head. Started sweet with some subtle notes of figs, plums, raisins present. A bit thin. Decent.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at brewery 7.5% abv. A red/brown with a small head. Scent is caramel, sugar, and fruit. Taste is sweet fruits and sugar.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy ruby-brown with a white head. Aroma of sweet malt and light roast. Flavor again of sweet malt and sweet fruits. Only a hint of spices. Pretty chill beer, on the sweet side though.
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3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
OK, I rarely say anything is too hoppy, but this wasn’t really like an abbey ale. Reddish copper, with a thin ring of foam Smell sweet and amlty, but the flavor is more like, I dunno, a standard brown ale with some Belgian yeast or something. Tasty, but kind of odd...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Copper with tan head and lace. Light brown sugar and bread on the aroma. Bread brown sugar and Belgian yeast. Medium bodied with good carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draught from the brewery, it pours a deep hickory-walnut into the glass with an eggshell head that reduces to a thin ring leaving spotty webbed lacing. Some caramel, brown sugar and hints of farmyard aromas. The flavors are of caramel malt with some cherry aftereffects, lightly toasted brown sugar, and finishing with just a hint of phenols and pepper. A tad unilateral, the body still has some substance and is medium without being cloying. The palate is slightly oily with light notes of carbonation keeping the mouthfeel alive. A decent Abbey nonetheless.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
1L bottle-pours a foamy tan head that laces and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-roasty/toffee, secondary earthy hops. Taste is sweet medium/dark malt-cocoa powder/roasty/toffee, secondary earthy hops, yeast, raisin/prune.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Serving: 750 ml bottle from Bruisin Ales
It pours a hazy, deep brown color with a creamy, tan head. Decent head retention and good lacing. The nose is big and boozy with notes of ripe fruit, golden raisins, spice, and yeast. The flavor isn’t as bold as the nose. Notes of yeast, boozy fruit, earth and a touch of soap. Medium to rich body with medium to high, slightly aggressive carbonation and a short to medium, malty finish. A pretty decent but not great abbey ale. I would like to try this one again at the brewery.
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