 DocLock (4083), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
May 1, 2008
Coppery brown pour. Nose is caramel malt, brown sugar, some tannins, some hops. Tastes malty with backup hops, some mid-palate tannins, nuts, and figgy fruit, with a meedium palate heft.
swoopjones (1092), Buffalo, New York, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Bottle. Pours a light amber with light cola like body. Aroma is carmel malts with some odd out of place sourness. Taste was tart & sour with some onderlying caramelsweet malts. Not sure if this bottle went bad but down the drain it went after a sip or two
BlackDonald (1040), North Carolina, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Decent, straightforward take on the style. I found this to be very pleasant and easy to drink. Pours a clear burnt auburn coloring, with a small but sticky tan head. Looks like a glass of iced tea. Earthy floral aroma, with a semi sweet caramel maltiness, toasted toffee and a bit of light fruitiness that lingers well into the finish. I must have had a fresh bottle, this tasted really nice to me compared to the other ratings.
Dickinsonbeer (2512), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Aug 7, 2008 12 oz beer. Porus a medium amber clear, lgiht carb, and a thin lasting head. Aroma is pretty weak- light caramel, some dusty toasted malts, stale lightly orange metallic hops. Stale toasted and crystal malts, cardboardy, with a slight earthyl pine sol and orange cleaner slick feel in the mouthfeel. Dry earthy finish. Tastes old, but was only bottled a couple months ago. What gives?
zappafan99 (283), Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Aug 6, 2008 Taste 8/8( bottle Aug20/07). Looks: Copper with thin tight-bubble head. Aroma: Odd...very yeasty and cherry. Like a mild malty lambic. Taste: Thin to medium bodied, yeasty brew with a little cherry. Grain/straw with a very American ESB taste. No tea, more caramel and yeast/sour.
probstk (644), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Aug 4, 2008 12 fl. oz. bottle via Lubiere, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.
App.: A lovely shade of deep auburn, clear, remnants of a light tan head.
Aroma: Quite sour, almost a touch of lambic with the organic acids and a hint of funk, a little caramel malt behind that, sour cherries and other tart fruits,
Palate: Medium body and carbonation, with some astringency.
Flav.: An odd, sour fruitiness, a bit earthy and vinous, a touch of wood, slightly peppery (maybe); a bit tart, somewhat bitter with a mineral-malt finish that softens into brown sugar.
I think something is wrong here. Didn’t expect that much tang. Maybe the pesticides act like preservatives...
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