Flossmoor Station 10

Formerly brewed at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Old Ale
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Deep brown body capped by a creamy tan head. Nose was caramel malts, fruit, brown sugar, oak. The flavor was a pleasant amalgum of the aromas. Very sippable.

pours black, no head. delicate bubbles around the rim. aroma is woody, alcoholy and grape winey. flavor is very busy, with medicinal alcohol, rich wine, wood chips, then vanilla and citrus fruit. the finish retains the medicinal taste of alcohol. very complex. - (warning: pointless story coming on!!!) reminds of the alcoholic brew that danny jaster once brought to our basement that me, rayboy01 and cornfield drank. it was a bottle that contained a little bit of every alcohol in his parents house; whiskey, gin, vodka, etc, all poured into a bottle and dyed purple for some reason. only cornfield and i had the stomach to drink it. this beer tastes nothing like that mixture, but the complexity of it reminded me of the story. sorry. i’ll try to not let it happen again).

my home brewpub ==> <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/flossmoor-sta Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery

On tap at FoBAB ’07. Dark brown with tan head. Fruity aroma with oak, very pleasant. Cherry flavor with winey grape, slight bourbon notes. Light body. Pretty great.

FoBAB 2007: Muddy brown with a small frothy head but no lace. The aroma has notes of cherry, blackberry, walnut, marzipan, bitter chocolates, pipe tobacco and light bourbon vapours.

The taste is confusing but really good. Hard to wrap my palate around this beer. It is one moment sour and a touch funky, the next rich and sweet then adds a charred smoky quality just to add to the mix. The mouth feel aggressive and biting with a surprisingly dry finish. I would like to sit down with a snifter of this to try to figure it all out. Easily the best Flossmoor beer I had this day.

on tap at FoBAB V: pours dark brown. nose has lots of bourbon. flavor is really winey and cherries! good mouth feel. really winey. a little messy though.

On tap at the station. This sounds like a bad idea, 10 beers in one barrel. This should be a complete alcoholic sweet mess, but it actually turns out wonderful. Pours syruppy black with a small head. Aroma of red fruit, cherries, raspberries, roast, strong and tempting. Lots of cherries and raspberries in this. Malty sweet but a nice sourness balancing it out. Very bold with burnt charred oak and a decent amount alcohol. Reminiscent of wine and brandy. My mom even surprisingly enjoys its similarities to wine. Pretty tasty stuff.

Goblet at FSRB. Not really an anniversary brew, but 10 different BA beers poured together and barrel-aged some more, a true "suicide slush!" Very heady alcohol nose with grenadine and raspberries (a Framboise de Flossmoor well represented here). Black body in the goblet with a tiny ring of foam. Belgian type sourness on a bed of alcohol pervades. Secondary flashes of brandy, coffee, vanilla, and an oily stout. A true sock in the mush!

"What an aroma! This is the best I ever got off! What can I say about this elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! Small craft warnings! It’s made for the home! The office! On fruits!" – Jeff Simmons, <a href="www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token 200 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/200-Motels-Origin Motels.

Super rich dark brown beer. Light floating creamy white head. Nose had malt, whiskey, vanilla, oak, wood, pepper, and spices. Super alcohol taste that slapped the mouth, lingered, and the laughed its way down the throat. While mostly dominated with the thick chocolate, molasses, whiskey, and oat flavors, there was some subtle detection of apples and pears. Full rounded texture.