BrewCzar (108), St Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Aug 23, 2008 Bottle Pours a clear amber with a small quickly dissipating head. Aroma is sweet with notes of peach, white grapes, and hops. Taste starts slightly sweet with hints of light fruits, pine, and malts. Has a slight sourness to it. Finishes bitter and dry with some hoppiness. dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Aug 8, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Pours red/orange with small white, rimming head. Nose is peach, caramel, slight chocolate and a touch of fruity hops. Taste is caramel and raisin, with slight chocolate and mild cherry, and some biscuit. Mild hop finish. Nice sugary sweet after. Not bad. Naka (526), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Aug 8, 2008 Shared with Juart. Pours a very clear amber orange color with a thick frothy cream-colored head... about 1 1/2 fingers. Aroma of some papery hops, peach, artificial pineapple, and a hint of bitey cider. An extremely musty hop taste. A little bit of peach tea and brown sugar, but the hops take front stage. Decent body, but not great. Leaves a pretty strong lingering bitter. Nate (2554), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Aug 8, 2008 From bottle courtesy of dpjuart. Mild fruity hops, peaches, and light butter. Sweet caramel, bit of biscuit. Medium orange-amber clear with thin off-white head. Medium watery body with medium-high carbonation. Light acidity. Starts sweet with raisin and caramel, light biscuit. Herbal spicy hops that aren’t too bitter, but lend a bit of grassy character in the finish. Sweet after with light bitter. Imaena (259), Portland, Maine, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Jul 3, 2008 Cask, Bottle, Draught... out of the tanks at a tour of the factory.
This is my go to local beer. Deep amber color with fair head retention. Malts are in your face with hops settling in behind. A ripper of a beer at the price point. Be careful not to mistake this for a session beer @ 7% abv. zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Jun 25, 2008 Amber copper body/ white top. Roast malt and little hops in the weak aroma. Taste is robust malt and good hop finish. Full flavor and body. Alcohol is quite present. Would buy occasionally. Beershine (2710), Traipsing Around, Cambodia
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jun 20, 2008 Draught @ Great Lost bear. Rich, copper hue with good lacing. Balanced aroma, slightly sweet and slightly metallic too. Smooth, clean, balanced with nice hoppy finish even though not sure what it’s trying to say. It’s a solid strong ale with a soft mouthfeel, dangerously sessionable. joeymacaroni (223), Wagontown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jun 12, 2008 this was my pick out of the sampler pack i got at a local distributor. very artistic bottle (much cooler than the pic they have up to the left). pours reddish amber with a finger thick head. lots of malt in this, with a large caramel/ brown sugar flavor and an assertive hoppiness, which exerts a citrusy blend on the brew. long-lasting, well-balanced aftertaste. would buy again!
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