Ramapo Valley Skullcrusher

Pretends to be a Scotish Ale - but doesn’t even come close to the style. Nice red amber color, small layer of a head, nearly no nose. Short kind of alcohol taste. That’s it.

This was the worst beer I’ve ever had from a brew pub. I can’t believe they would be proud to serve this. If my eyes left my glass for half a second, I would’ve been convinced them someone spiked my beer with a cup of sugar. Way,way too sweet!

One of my two favs at RVB. Poured dark brown. Aroma of malt, bourbon, chocoff, nuts, and toffee. Tastes malty, with some chocoff, bourbon, and a slightly smoky, roasty finish. The finish was pseudo Impy stouty and a tad Belgian dubbly. Firm palate. Great complexity and a bold, interesting flavor. This one will not only crush your skull, it will bang your sister as well.

This is no Scottish ale...I'm not sure this is totally a beer. The aroma IS very much like bubble-gum, and that's also in the flavor as well. There's some cocoa and brown sugar in the flavor too, and it just doesn't taste good. Gasoline maybe. I realize it's called "skulllcrusher", but that doesn't mean it has to be fierce.

[growler] ORIGINAL - 2.8 - Very dark red, bordering on purple, with a small, dark brown head that disappears quickly - smells like plums and candy - initial flavor is like vinous bubble gum, which doesn't work very well - these make way for some plums and other dark fruits, which almost salvage the beer, but the bubble gum comes back in the finish, combining with some flavors I can't place that mix with it to give it an odd, medicine-like flavor - you know when you were a kid and the doctor gave you the liquid amoxicillin for your ear infections that was supposed to taste like bubble gum? it kind of tastes like that - disappointing. RE-RATE - so I've had the growler sitting in my fridge for almost a month - I went to dump it out and realized that it still had some carbonation, so I figured I would give it another shot, considering I paid the money for it and drank almost none of it - either my palate was way off when I tried it, or this beer got much better in one month's time - the odd, bubble gum flavor is pretty much completely gone, and the sweet, complex dark fruits really dominate the aroma and flavor - lots of brown sugar and some spice - odd for a scottish ale, but, as it turns out, quite a tasty brew - well-masked alcohol, too - a good argument for trying beers you don't like more than once - sometimes your tongue can lie to you.