Boulder Beer Killer Penguin Ale

Formerly brewed at Boulder Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boulder, Colorado USA

Nice dark amber color,small white head that faded quickly and left little behind.The aroma was malty and caramel with a decent light fruit and maybe a mild spice thrown in there as well.The flavor was mild malt and fruit with a decent sweet side and mild hops over all i’d say not bad and better then some brews i’ve had of this style.It’s well worth a try at least once and for sure a few more times beyond that.

Deep garnet red in colour, short lived off-white head. Sweet pineapple taste, strong hop presence with an equally present hop aftertaste. Finest lacing clings to the glass all of the way to the bottom. All of the characteristics of a world-class west coast IPA; grapefruit, pine, orange, pineapple, rather acidic. Pleasant malty balance, with a touch of spice in the aftertaste.

Aroma: strong pineapple juice and other tropical fruit flavors, also some carmel malts, yeast, hops, and earthiness.
Appearance: deep cherry red color, creamy head, lacing.
Flavor: hops, moss/earthiness, slight bittersweet chocolate, grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, and hints of other tropical fruit flavors; some maltiness as well. quite complex.
Palate: smooth with great hop bite--hoppy, malty lingering aftertaste.

Dark orange and slightly murky. Pours with a decent head, with a strong, wafting nose of straw, cherries, burnt malts, plum, cinnamon, a symphony of various spices, and an undertone resembling most Belgian quadrupels. Citric acidity of grapefruit and orange peel, pineapple, pine and dark fruit from the hops, and a nice pleasent orange bite in the middle, before it settles out into a wood and grapefruit flavored finish. Needs a bit more holding up the hops, though.

Fruity, spicy and lightly grainy aroma, with touches of candy apple and piney, woody Pacific Northwest hops, perhaps some very faint alcohol. Deep garnet color, faintly hazy, with a slight, fine head. Flavor is fruity and tangy to start, becoming sweeter and sugary with faint notes of cherry and a moderately bitter, citric and spicy finish. Light amount of acidity present, mouthfeel is rather thin, smooth and low in effervescence. Better than many spiced Winter ales.

Very attractive, an orange-tinted ruby, with an even firm layer of foam which dissipates gradually leaving a pitted creamy head that clings just right. Nicely clear and almost glowing. Aroma is a bit of a letdown, with a strong earthiness joined with winter spices of nutmeg and ginseng. Highly reminiscent of Anchor's OSA but without the malt layers to support it. Surprisingly, the flavor makes me take that back: a nicely pillowed backbone of toasted biscuity malt, a complement of earthiness. The spices are subdued, mainly present in the aftertaste, and not well defined. Hop flavors are difficult to identify but are well balanced in the semi-dry finish. Not too bad for a spiced ale, although I think they could do better after a few more wintry attempts at it.

A delicious, heavily spiced dark ale...just the right amount of hops added. For some reason, I'm not having a lot of success describing this one. It isn't extremely complex; the ale just a very good winter warmer. The alcohol is well-hidden, I thought 7% max. The labels are kind of a turnoff -- juvenile. But of the ones I've tried, the Killer Penguin is especially mature and well-crafted.

Reddish color with a huge, foamy, off-white head. Aroma is malty with a maple-syrup like sweet with caramel. Flavor has caramel and some toasted malts, with a pretty significant bitterness towards the finish. An alright brew.