 ChainGangGuy (1536), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
May 11, 2008
Appearance: Pours a rich mahogany-hued body with a small, frothy, ivory-colored head.
Smell: Aroma full of spice and herb sprinkled caramel with a bit of spruce underneath.
Taste: Dry caramel flavor with a restrained sweetness. Tastes of spice and dried herbs. Medium bitterness. A few spruce tips. Light herbal, bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: It’s okay! Relatively mild in terms of flavor and spice character when compared to it’s winter warmer brethren. Which is fine, as some of the ones on the far end can, frankly, be rather gross.
Beerman6686 (724), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Poured a dark caramel color with an off white head. Arma was of caramel, roasted malts, and some spices. Flavor was actually more spiced than the description describes, maybe some ginger?, also lots of sweetness and hardly any hops to back it up.
Dacrza (159), Great Meadows, New Jersey, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Pours a glowing red amber body in a tumbler with a short off-white head that settles quickly--almost the appearance of iced tea...nice barley and malt aroma straight away with the slight spruce and hops moving in late--with some spices too--nice balance! Smooth, mildly effervescent body that warms with each sip... somewhat fizzy... quite a malty ale with minimal hop balance belying its nose... quite an American approximation of the ESB? Brother Jer decided to select this as our "light" beer to the Yanks/O’s tailgate--whoops... that "never" implies a year-round treat..as such, not bad, borderlining as complex, but still holds to its basic caramel malts--the spices are too "secret" to move the beer into that winter beer genre...
robforbes (735), Bremerton, Washington, USA
Jul 30, 2008 pours a clear caramel with medium size dirty-white head, good lacing.
smell is of spice, pepper, nutmeg, touch of pine, caramel, malt hidden in the back.
taste is caramel, spice, roasted nuts, malt, very christmasy, weak on the palate, some pine.
esjaygee (733), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 27, 2008 Semi hazy amber with a medium slowly dissipating off-white head. Aroma of caramel, mild alcohol, hops and spice. Taste is more of the same with a spicy, piney bitter finish. Somewhat astringent too.
pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
Jul 16, 2008 7-13-08 bottle
Medium red amber with a good off-white head and nice streaked lacing. Smell is spiced nutmeg and hops and is a touch floral. Flavor is decent hops but is so light and subtle. Drinkable, but just not much to it.
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