Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008

Formerly brewed at Bison Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Berkeley, California USA

Tap: Light brown with a little haze. Veggies and celery in the flavor as well as some sweetness. Interesting balance with sweet alcohol and a little bitterness. Ok beer, good cause. I guess all proceeds go to breast cancer research.

Bottle: Mahogany ruby color with light head and lacing. Nose of vegetal rye and caramel with some grape and light smoked fig. The rye notes are odd; as uaul to me but the earthy hops blend well. Seems a lot like Denny Conn’s Rye PA. Balanced and drinkable despite the moderate body.

Love the 22 ounce Bison Reunion series!--Hazy red body with a small fuzzy whitish head. Nutty, fruity, piny esters. Caramel, gritty, hoppy, spicy grippiness. Sweet, malty, and for real. Some dryish crisp, dope and dank beer. Toffee, bomby, glorious. Way good!

22oz Bomber. Really enjoyed this one . Pours a deep amber with decent sized white head. Nice caramel malt aroma & Flavor. Roasty, toasty & well balanced hop bitterness. Nice beer

Courtesy of Tony – Oldsmar Tap House. Pours clear copper with weak off white head. The aroma is malty, roasty and semi sweet caramel malts that move toward mild fruity esters and floral perfume hop notes. Over all a mild aroma. The taste is the same with caramel and roasty to crystal malts along with mild fruity esters and floral and maybe pine hoppiness. Nice.

22oz bomber. Pours a deep, clear brown with strong copper highlights and a medium-sized, light tan head that leaves thin wisps of lace all over the glass. The aroma is malty and sweet with some notes of spicy hops. The flavor is rich and malty: caramel, biscuits, toffee, and spice. It is quite rich in malt character and has a strong residual sweetness - but not cloying. The finish is full but has a decent level of balancing, spicy hops - delicious actually, and enough bitterness so that the aftertaste is hoppy. The mouthfeel is full and rich with a suitable level of carbonation that lighten the body enough to make it dangerously drinkable. Overall, a very tasty, rich, malty, big American Brown ale. The flavors of rye and caraway seed were subtle if even detectable (I couldn’t really tell). It could be that the character they impart is too similar to the spicy hop variety used so that their contribution isn’t as apparent.

bottle. cranberry brown pour with clarity. particulate floating aimlessly. almost no head. hops and rye, rich malts and light dark fruit in aroma. nice roasted malt backbone that leaves a dense nutty aftertaste. nicely hopped with light fruit. a nice drinker.

Pours a clear brown. Slim head. Aroma of rye malt, caramel, spice. Taste is of caramel malt, biscuit, spice, earthy hop. Finishes a little spicy. Mouth is medium body and carbonation.