mreusch (445), Olathe, Kansas, USA Jul 21, 2008 12oz. handbottle, with thanks to BBB63. Pours a clear light orange with a big foamy tan head, good retention and lacing. Aroma is fruity, light spice, yeast, and candied fruit. Flavor is more candied fruit sweetness, with light yeast and spice. A bit sweet and one dimensional for my tastes, but certainly drinkable. Thanks for the chance to try Mike! SQNfan (436), Wheaton, Illinois, USA Mar 17, 2008 Copper/orange/rust in color this poured a thin head . Aromas were of bananas, rock candy, yeast and spice. The palate was smooth, rich and oily with similar flavors. There was solid palate weight but I wish the flavors packed more of a concentrated punch. StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Feb 3, 2008 Semi-hazed with a gradient chestnut hue and a few bubbles at the edges. Aroma revels in caramel apples crested with nuts. Fried bananas with gummy brown sugar and emulsified caramel bubble gum break the nose. Sweet dulche de leche and tres leches cakes bridge the nose to the mouth. Flavor imbeds the brown sugar banana bread with gooey sweet and eggy crème brule custard. A hint of earthen chestnuts rolled with a nutmeg and caramel milk component become increasingly prominent. Soft ginger apple traits siege the medium-to-fuller bodied balance as baked brown sugar bananas take us home. Thanks for sharing, Mike! 1FastSTi (2388), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA Jan 6, 2008 Thanks Mike. The beer pours to a rusty amber body with a thin white head. The aroma is yeasty bananas foster. Very unique but more of a tripel in my opinion. The flavor is yeasty bananas, medium light candi sugar. Doesn’t have that intense dark candi sugar like in a quad. This, to me, is a triple (and apparently the brewer think the same). Skyview (2803), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA Dec 28, 2007 Sampled during Cheesehead YeHA in Brookfield, Wisconsin and shared by BBB63. Pours a hazy light caramel amber brew with no head but a thin film on glass top (I got a later pour). Aroma of banana esters, yeast and some light caramel malt. Taste is medium bodied, no carbonation with flavors of light caramel malt, some fruity character, yeast and a touch of white pepper/spice. Finish has a slight apricot and banana aftertaste with a high alcohol warmth.
|