Draft at Harlow’s in Peterboro, NH. Bam! Long Trail has been a reliable brew for me for a while, but I think they out did themselves. Medium amber pour, very light white crown. Damp, sweetish aroma. Fruity, almost as a Barleywine, but not as much hop attack. Fairly smooth, and some honey flavor too. Alcohol is detectable. Very strong Am. Strong ale.

On tap at McMenamin’s. Mild sweet malt aroma with a bit of light honey and yeast. Dark amber clear with thin off-white lacing head. Medium heavy body with medium carbonation. Starts sweet with light malt sweetness and some golden raisins. Light sugar and caramel. A little to sweet for my tastes, with not enough bitter hops. Meh.

Draft at ginger man. Pours an amber body with a light off white head. Sweet with roasted caramel, actually just load of malt, a bit grainy, with some light hop bitterness to finish. Weird i thought this was going to be a trippel.

Tap. Deep amber beer with a thin amber head. Aroma is quite spicy and malty. A fairly prominent caramel and toasted grain aroma. Flavour is quite rich and sweet but there is a pretty significant amount of noble hops. Fairly fruity with a nice earthy/dried fruit component. Warming alcohol but it wasn’t as hot or boozy. It’s quite different from its two little brothers... sort of like a hoppy doppel alt... if such a thing existed.

Draught: This one pours a somewhat ruby tinged mahogany. There was almost no head and lacing. I was not quite sure what to make of the aroma. There was a sweetness to it, but it lacked any kind of caramel, toffee of fruits that you might expect with a beer like this. It smelled a bit astringent. There was not a lot of sweetness to the taste. In fact, it had a very dry finish. A bit of alcohol to the taste, maybe some fruits and caramel, maybe a bit woody. I do not think I will be drinking this one again. It just was not that good.