 smcolw (389), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 31, 2009
Impressive, rich head of three fingers. Settles slowly and in a rocky fashion. The color is a neutral amber with lots of cloudiness.
Strong maple candy aroma. This could almost be a Port wine in terms of the sweet nose.
Thin body. Interesting bitterness that caught me completely by surprise. I like the contrast of maple sweetness with the bitter hop. The aftertaste is disappointing--very short lived. It lands on me like a good novelty beer--very different, interesting, but only mildly worth drinking.
shp555 (1776), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Pours a light copper red color with a tan head. Aroma is honey, maple, fruity, and floral. Flavor is maple, honey, fruity, floral, and a bitter spicy finish.
ChainGangGuy (2619), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 1, 2010 Best Before: March 2010.
Appearance: Pours out a clear, amber-hued body with a tall, fairly airy, off-white head.
Smell: Sweet-scented, malty nose with notes of toasted malts coated in Grade A maple syrup, charred sugars, butterscotch, and encrusted with flaked organic oats.
Taste: Initial taste of toasty malts blended with some maple syrup and lavish butterscotch sweetness with a hint of well-burnt table sugar. Nutty oat character. Earthy, zesty hops provide a decent ’pop’ of bitterness lending a good contrast to the sweet tastes going on. Touch of acidity on the back half leading in the dry malt finish with a lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Reasonably smooth mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Provides a nice little change of pace with it’s addition of maple and the whole organic thing, provided you’re in to that, which, personally, I am not. Hey, at least I’m honest about it!
sirpsycho (356), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 1.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 4/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 5/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle, best before date of 03/10. Pours an amber, small, off-white/yellow head. Aroma is a very avgue touch of cereal and malt. An annoying metallic taste comes out front and center right away, after taste is a touch maple, malt, but the metallic flavor is still lingering in the background. Thin to medium body.
BroSpud (617), , Massachusetts, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 12oz bottle. A bit underwhelmed with this one. I have liked most of the other Peak Organics I have tasted but this one did not quite stand up to the others. A somewhat bland ale with very little maple that I could detect.
fiulijn (7520), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 Draught at Spuyten Duyvil, New York
Hazy amber color; creamy persistent head. The aroma is too simple, light cereals and malt. It has medium body strength, malt flavor, a bit on the dry side; the oats give a pleasant but very light touch. Ordinary.
NobleSquirrel (1122), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 9, 2009 Draft at Sheffield’s. Pours a nice amber with offwhite head. Nose is pleasant, like a serial mash with light maple notes. Taste is much the same, like eating a bowl of oatmeal with a kiss of brown sugar. Very nice grainy notes come through. Stays robust. I actually thought this was pretty good and exactly what I would expect from an oat ale. Nice.
thornecb (1819), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 Pours lazy amber into a Sam glass. White head quickly recedes to sicken surface. Sour butterscotch aroma. Soft with sweet Brach’s butterscotch and sour candy corns. Dried wood finish.
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