Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008

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

Bottle, from State Line Liquors (Elkton, MD). Pours reddish amber, capped with a moderate-sized ten head. Aroma of caramel, rye, grapefruity hops, and some herbs. Rye hits the palate first, with dark chocolate, citrus, chili power, and toffee rounding out the edges. Rye and caramel cling to the palate for a fairly long finish. Flavorful and very drinkable.

Bottle sample at a tasting. ThanksDavid Cohen! Clear reddish-amber color. Aroma of piney hops, resin, some nuts, slight spiciness, some rye bread and some fruitiness. Sweetish flavor with some chewy malt at first, and later some spiciness and a bitter finish with resinous hops. Medium-bodied. OK

At a tasting, thanks David, almost no ght copper colour with just a touch of haziness, aroma of malt with some fruit and chocolate, flavours of malt, pronounced alcoholic bitterness, and some dark chocolate which lingers to a long sourish aftertaste, meduim bodied, no hint of caraway.

Thanks David, red to copper with a small cream colored head, aroma of cherries, yeast and a touch of toffee, flavor has some malt, yeast, dry fruits and a bit of scotch, finish is hoppy and bitter, body is medium. Hope might come with the Hop.

Pours a clear, copper color with 1/2 inch, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is composed of rye, light chocolate malts, smooth roasted doughy notes and a solid hops presence - light citrus and floral notes. Flavor starts off with rye, a grassy and lighter citrus hops note, light caramel in the middle and the caraway seeds comes through slight sweet with a strong tangy bite at the end. The beer has a lighter feeling and pretty low carbonation. Overall the rye is pretty strong in this brew but as a whole it is pretty good.

Bomber. Clear brown pour with a small, tan head on top. Aroma is herbal, doughy, a touch of aquavit, a bit metallic. Taste is better than the aroma, raisins, spicy rye, caramel, toffee, butterscotch, and a bit of tea. Pretty fruity. A bit of alcohol presence. Medium carbonation and a bit thin.

Bottle on 08/15/2009. Mostly clear copper amber body with a large rocky off-white head. Sweet rye, and grain aroma with a touch of roast. Fairly dry rye and grain flavor with some spicy hops and a bit of tea-like notes. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

This beer has a nice dark brown/ dark red color. Very pleasant to look at. There is not much head, it fades away rather quickly. This beer has a very pungent hop aroma, and I can smell the malts. It smells a bit thick. I also smell a little roast aroma. I got a limit edition bottle so I hope this is the right one. A bit weak on the flavor. This beer is smooth, and it is hoppy, but the flavors are rather weak. The hops are nice I love the hop flavor, but it is very mellow. The beer isn’t flat, but it is not as lively as I would like it to be. The beer is exceptionally creamy. Way to go on the palate. The malt flavor is noticeable and smooth. I truly appreciate this aspect of the beer. Overall, the hops are good, just a little on the weak side. The malt flavor and smoothness is very unique and exceeds most beers. Rating this year or more after rating this because the beer was tied to the red ale and now is a separate rating. That is the reason for this rating.