 scraff (1612), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Apr 5, 2008
12oz - Dark reddish amber, thin lightly tanned head. Soft aromas of earthy chocolate and cherry tea ride faint toasted orange and caramel tones. Light citrus and tea notes balance on touches of mild chocolate. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, earthed chocolate finish. Not bad, not great...
LooseCannon (581), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Jul 10, 2008 12oz bottle. Thanks to Immy. Pours dark copper in color with thin brown head. Aroma malty and sweet. Taste malty, nutty and sour which was a turn-off!!!! with dry finish.
Immy (1477), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Jul 6, 2008 12 oz bottle. Clear, dark amber with a slight off white head. Mildly sweet nose of caramel, and nuts, somewhat tannic. Earthy flavor, mildly nutty, light tea. Not bad, but not great, either. Light side of medium body with decent carbonation.
Kinz (1871), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Jul 5, 2008 On tap at CAH Innsbrook’s Viriginia beer event. I am currently feeling very irritated with myself because they were also pouring the Cream Ale and I didn’t realize I hadn’t tried that one, so I skipped it. Grrrr. In any event, medium amber, slightly reddish, clear, good head. Light malt flavor, faint caramel, a faint roast note, and some faint floral hops on the finish. Aroma was very faintly floral. Light bodied. Just not much going on here. The roast note is what saves this. Glad mine wasn’t infected, hope they get their sanitation issues straightened out.
subcell (94), Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Jun 27, 2008 I purchased a 6 pack from Farm Fresh and got home with much excitement. That quickly ended when I smelled this beer. Then I tasted it and it was very sour and off. I later found out from Grape and Gourmet about the contamination issues. I would really like to try this at the factory.
dkachur (618), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Jun 13, 2008 Updated: Jul 9, 2008Bottle from Once Upon a Vine North in Richmond. Hazy pour is the color of Boston baked beans. Fruity aroma with caramel, toffee and berry notes. Taste is hoppy with berry and sour cherry notes along with a malty finish. A little on the thin side. Some people below seem to be getting sour notes and some are not. I did. Do we have infection issues again?
Update: fewer infection issues in the second bottle from the same sixer. Rating updated accordingly.
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