Black Oak Transvestites Tipple

Cask ale
Appearance :Bright hazy amber, porous rocky top.
Nose :Tropical fruits , citrus , grapefruit , sweet honey on golden grain.6+
Flavour/Palate:
Soft character with weak like base that was neatly paired with citric touches. Some of session character, some of wheat and pale ale. Neat crossover brew.

Cask GTA’s @BeerBistro. Aroma of pineapple,malt, hazy golden, no head. Tastes is subtle pineapple,nectarines?, light flourish of some hops. Light bodied, nice mouthfeel, bitter too. Very unique offering!

Cask. Murky yellow-orange with a bubbly white ring of head. Smells fresh and leafy with lots of pineapple along with apricot and orange zest. Quite dry, bready in the middle, zesty orange flavouring...Refreshing and tasty.

Cask. At BeerBistro, 2007 Golden Tap Awards. This was voted best of fest, and it was a toss-up for me whether this or the Scotch-Irish smoked beer; Poured a murky pale orange-yellow, with a small bubbly off-white head - looked great, couldn’t figure out what this mystery beer was, but if it’s a hefe, it looks great. Up-front aroma was of tart tropical fruits, almost overripe and sour, the sourness deepened as it warmed - light candy malt and plenty of green herbal hops and spice. The taste really caught me off guard - unexpectedly bitter over the base of sweet tart fruity malt, hints of licorice and a nice acidity to it. Thick yet light body (I know, I know), acidic, mild carbonation, a syrupy, overripe fruit linger .... an very nice malt/spice concoction that while not exactly balanced, was fresh and packed a punch, and quite a taste/aroma discontinuity to it.

Cask at 2007 Golden Tap Awards, beerbistro. Pours a hazy orange with a spare diminishing white head. Nice aroma with lots of hops and fruit. Flavour’s oh so easy to drink! Lots of hops and fruit all well balanced -- very simple but very enjoyable. Average bodied. Great stuff, i could easily have pint after pint of this.

[534-20070818] Cask @ BeerBistro (Golden Taps, Toronto, ON). Tangerine citrus fruit and orange seeds aroma. Hazy, orange brown body with some bubbles instead of head. Like the pale ale with some extra citrus hops, has a light wheat background and nice aftertaste. Medium body, light bitterness. Well-blended and surprisingly my second queenish encounter of the week -- the first wore a frilly skirt and gaily swing danced around some Montreal nightclubs, while this second one golden tapped its way home with the festival award... Seems this naughty bitter was the better toddy, boys.
Overheard at a nearby table: "This is the best tranny I’ve ever tasted!"

Cask at 2007 Golden Tap Awards. Lightly hazy golden yellow body with not much in the way of a head. Moderate floral aroma, vague citrus. Pleasant bitterness in the flavour with light floral notes that mingel with the citrus fruitiness. Average palate is a touch flat. I really didn’t pick up on more than a very light pineapple note, but I may have been attributing that as the citrus/fruity character. Quaffable.

Cask sample at the 2007 GTAs. Slightly hazy golden with a faint white head. Aroma - lots and lots of pineapple, with some citrus hints as well. It’s appealing, but I would’ve liked more beer-like notes in there. Soft body. Flavour is very nice - the pineapple is still prominent, but the base beer comes through a bit more, and balances the fruitiness very well. Finish has a good level of bitterness - dry hopped, perhaps? Aside from the lopsided aroma, this is pretty successful experiment.