Mishawaka Shagbark Hickory Farmhouse Ale

Bottle. Clear golden body with under a small foamy white head. Bready, spicy aroma - dough, pepper, cardomom. The spiciness is the most dominant aspect making for an inviting beer. Spicy, chalky flavor - cracker, toasted caramel malt, spice with a lingering sweet finish. Still oddly dry after a while though. A decent enough beer.

Thanks Mike for this bomber. Pours to a glassy golden body. Thin to non-existent white head. The aroma is syrupy and has lots of floral hops, seems smokey, tart and yeasty. The flavor starts off as lots of bananas and yeast, morphs into a toasty malt, and finishes off woody and sweet. The palate is sweet and moderately bodied. Sort of an abbey double meets saison. Strange.

Clear gold scotch-like body. Thin fizzy head. Aroma has sweet aromatic esters, some edgy sweet similarities to other beers too... like malty pineapple. Lightly dried sweet flowery malt flavor, orange blossom / honey. Okay beer.

Golden hue with a small fizzy head and some lace. The aroma has notes of grassy and floral hops, hickory, biscuity malts, oak, and barnyard yeast esters. Starts with a nice fruity twang on the palate followed by bready pale malt and that hickory bite. Very woody finish and a bit astringent. Not bad but hardly as good as hoped. (Neither a Saison or Biere de Garde, yep Belgian Ale works)

Draft sample at IBGF 06. Orange golden color with a moderate white fizzy head that diminished quickly with fair lacing. Moderate banana wheat citrus aroma. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet citrus flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.