 hopscotch (4460), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 8, 2008 Rating #4300... Bottle... SMAACMSM O-Town Throwdown, Part Sept... Clear copper ale with a large, frothy, white head. Incredible retention. Metallic, meaty, vinous aroma with a note of toffee. Medium to full-bodied and oily with lively carbonation. A touch metallic, meaty and sweet. Lingering, lightly bitter, mostly sweet finish. Big THANKS to johnykat for shipping these bottles down from PA!
mgumby10 (1624), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 1, 2008 Courtesy hopscotch. Pours a clear, amber maroon, with a small off white head. The smell is of big sweet malts, and alot of dark fruit. Apples and plums mostly, as I seemingly get in most scotch ales I try. The flavor is much the same, with the fruits being the most prominent, and gives it a nice crisp bitterness in the finish. It was a touch maybe overcarbonated wihich was a flaw, but overall not bad.
Lothore (226), California, USA
Apr 26, 2008 A- Pours a deep reddish brown with a small fizzy head that dissipates rather quickly.
S- Smells sweet, yeasty, with hints of lighter fruitiness.
T- Taste is much darker than expected, almost dubbelesque with strong tones of dark fruit throughout the middle, a hop bitterness at the end but with a bit of a weak beginning.
M- Thick and a bit too carbonated for my taste.
D- In my opinion this is a good brew that misses the mark a little. I like it but I couldn’t session it and it just seems like it doesn’t come together cohesively enough.
dpjuart (555), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 12, 2008 2/29/07 - 12 oz. bottle split with Naka. Pours red/caramel w/ minimal head, none exactly. Nose is an odd caramel w/ some fruity esters, pear and peach. Taste is pretty much the same, a thin, watery caramel taste w/ a touch of fruit, apple, raisin. Some bitter on the back of the tongue. A bit too fruity for a wee heavy, but decent. Very Belgian-esque. Some alcohol warmth.
Naka (412), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 1, 2008 12oz courtesy of Juart. Pours red with an amber hue. Malty nose with some vanilla, peach, and brown sugar. Flavor doesn’t hit you right away. A decent malt sweetness of toffee, fruit, with a subtle bitter note. A really dry finish. Taste is almost like a dubbel. A very light carbonation, and not really much body at all.
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