 joekfsu (118), Boardman, Ohio, USA
May 8, 2008
22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy amber with 2 cm off white head that is slowly diminishing. Aroma of malt, earth, and caramel. Initial flavor was a mellow sweetness, nothing real distinctive. Ends kind of the same, bland malty sweetness. Some carbonation, light lacing, light to medium body, and almost no alcohol noted. Overall pretty mediocre.
fidel (119), Livermore, California, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Dark redish amber, grainy, fruity, malty, caramel, creamy, smooth, slight chocolate.
dkachur (723), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Excerpted from my review at cvillebeergeek.blogspot.com....
Appearance: A very subtly hazed dark tinged orange color. A moderate pour produced a very small head. Moderate head retention and little specks of lacing. 3.5/5.0
Aroma: The aroma is pleasant, a slightly earthy graininess with a caramel tinge. But, the beer loses points because even after agitation, the aroma is very faint. 2.5/5.0
Taste: Interesting, in a bad way. Very earthy and grainy taste. There is a surprising creaminess, some caramel notes and an off-putting vegetal note. It’s not quite rotting broccoli, but it gets close. A caramel sweetness grows as the beer warms and the whole thing doesn’t quite achieve balance. 2.0/5.0
Mouthfeel: Despite the creamy taste, this is a little too thin. Slightly tart, the carbonation starts off average and quickly falls flat. 2.0/5.0
Drinkability: I don’t find this to be a pleasant experience, and finishing the 22 oz. bottle comes across as a chore. At 6.5%, the drinking quickly to minimize the taste trick can be risky. 2.0/5.0
Overall: Ironic! The beer I rated because my first bottle of this hit the ground ends up being rated better! That’s macro beer for you. Nothing offputting and inoffensive. Even though Moylan’s is a craft brewery and definitely turns out some great beers, this is not one of them. 2.35/5.0
EricE (209), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Aug 8, 2008 Clear brown pour with a red tint. Thin bubbly head. Slight chocolate cocoa aroma, yeasty with a touch of bourbon and oak. There was a little bit of an unpleasant pungent aroma present. Intense chocolate pudding flavor. Bitter roast aftertaste with some cream. Slight bit of skunkiness to it. Not bad.
Skeegle (312), USA
Aug 3, 2008 Wow this was a very different ale. Very different. It was intensely grainy but not bready or yeasty at all. It tasted like your throat would taste had you stuck your nose in a bag of golden crisps after the cereal was gone and snorted the left over fuzzy crumbs. Very different beer, and its always nice to try one that really strays from the norm, so I give this one some extra points.
DocLock (4083), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 2, 2008 Draft at Green Leafe. Pours deep coppery with ruby edges and off-white head. Nose is caramel malt, vinous fruit, hopcit. Tastes caramel malty with a promouned vinous red grapey fruity flavor, plus some earthy, cognacy, and berry flavors, with loads of malt. Nice complexoty and body, and smooth. Nice.
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