Whole Foods Cru dOr

Butterscotch colored with decent, creamy tan head / Nose of sweet malt and caramel / Medium to full body with thick, slightly cloying malts, with good dry hop underpining and finish / Flavors of caramel, toasted dry hops, and banana / Lacking some complexity, but good.

Lack of carbonation and head-retention are the major flaws in this otherwise tasty beer. Pours dark amber with a banana nose with sweet malt and honey notes. There’s a Belgian feel in the mouth and a bread yeast lingering element. Tasty, but not outstanding-would be good at about $2/bottle.

Bottle. Pours a clear deep bubbly orange-amber with an average size frothy beige head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, some light sugary sweetness, fruit (esp. banana) and spices -- not too shabby actually. Flavour’s fruity and sweet along with Belgian yeast, malt, light hops and some alcohol and spices in the finish. Thick mouthfeel. Medium bodied. This was better then I expected -- I don’t love it but it’s pretty good and it’s well made.

Poured from 12 oz a hazy reddish-brown with medium sized light-tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, yeast, and banana, Flavor has a lot of sugary bubble gum, banana, brown sugar, alcohol vapor, and a slight metallic note. There is also a bit of dough and yeast but very slight. The palate is sticky sweet with a slight spiciness and a growing alcohol prescence as the beer warmed. I found this beer to have a lack of carbonation after the initial pour. Overall, the flavor starts well but lacks carbonation and spice. An OK beer but better choice are out there.

bottled, ruby/brown pour with nice medium tan head, sweet malt aroma with hops with fruity notes, strong flavor of malt/fruit/hops but leaves the palate a nice fruity alcohol flavor, may be too sweet for some but pretty tasty stuff.