Cask @ Horse Brass... Poured really dark, ruby-red and complete opaque with a frothy, beige head. Honestly couldn’t cach much of the aroma being how smoking the Horse Brass Pub is. Palate was incredibly smooth and a created a great coating in the mouth. Smoked, roasted malt flavors with cocoa beans and maybe plums or other fruits. Robust and malt towards the finish.

On tap at the ski resort where the Shining was filmed. Pours a muddy reddish brown with a nice beige head. Aroma is strong with lots of nutty malts, peat, toffee sweetness, and roast. Flavor is initially very peaty and smokey which is followed by a dose of hefty malt sweetness which included chocolate, roast, and toffee. A touch of dark fruits too. Thick and heavy. Warming and nice to drink during a break in boarding.

Green Dragon Pub NYE 07 with Bikesandbeer and his gf Jessi. Draft. @ Green Dragon Pub in Portland Oregon. Pours completely opage amber brown with a tan ring. Nose is pretty sweet and nice. Taste is sweet malty with a lingering sweetness with some smokey notes as well.

Pours dark amber with a soft off-white head. Malty and smokey nose. Very nice flavor, dark fruity, earthy, and smoked flavors meld into a hearty beer. Hops balance all the sweetness up front. One of the better beers from Mt. Hood i’ve had.

This is the BEST Winter beer period! It could be the best beer anytime if it wasn’t only available seasonally in the Winter. I have been an advocate for this beer since I first tasted it about 8 years ago. I have had a personal keg of it for the last 4 years and look forward to its release every October. Everyone, young, old, wine drinkers, beer drinkers, whomever has tasted this has either liked it or raved about it as well. I’m certain it could be a very hot seller if it was more widely distributed and advertised. I’ll never miss a Winter without it if I can help it! It is a full, rich, wonderfully complex flavor and also terrific appearance.