Bush 7% (Clovis)

Name: Bush 7% (Clovis)
Date: 10/21/1997
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Ziggy’s, Chattanooga

hazy yellow, spicy hop aroma, light malt flavor, touch of bitterness
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Name: Bush 7% (Clovis)
Date: 05/25/2002

hazy dark orange, sweet fruity aroma with hints of dates, rich malt flavor, low bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: **/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Bottled, 330ml, aged 5.5yrs. Orange gold with short white head. Full and smooth beer, nicely aged but suffering, again, from the spicing up of belgian beers, so i got the usual suspects, including the dreaded clove and corriander notes. The beer was fine in its own right, there was a rounded hop and sweet, malty, bright, but the overbearing spice brings it down.

33 cl bottle with the blue clovis label, bought from a store notorious for selling really old stale beers- and this was no exception. Pours a diry cloudy yeasty brown with a fluffy lingering tan head. Artoma was still pretty good and reminded me a bit of a nice belgian strong or barleywine, with lots of sweet malts and oxidized soy which was nice. Flavor was pretty gross though, tart, a bit sour, astringent as all hell- definitely autolyzed with rubber and drity yeasty notes- blech. Drain pour for sure. Must try a new bush 7% if I get the chance.

(Bottle) Pours a murky golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, bread, spicy fruit cake, apple, and perfume. Flavor of apple, malt, earthiness, honey, florals, and light lemon. Quite different, interesting...

smooth yeasty cinammon easy drink coriander pepper both distract alcohol strong, masked and then hammers home