Surly Two

Formerly brewed at Surly Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Another old rating. Pours a black color with some red notes to it. Aroma was of chocolate and a light tartness on the nose. Flavor was pretty good and had some cranberry notes coming through.

750mL Bottle. #264. Weird paste and glue aroma, with a bit of half-rotten bog cranberries. There’s a dusting of chocolate and some alcohol. Slightly garbagey and old smelling. A touch of solvent. Pours a clearish black-brown, with a foamy head in creamy tan. Flavor has a brisk charred roast that marries with a touch of jellied cranberry sauce and some orange peel. The stout base seems a little thin. There’s a palpable dusty hop presence and some light plant stems. Alcohol well underlaid, with this tasting more like 6%. As a fruit beer, this is a pretty good stout. Honestly, this is probably a decent stout, but the fruit is just not a presence. Otherwise, it’s good work with malts.

4/25/2009: Surly Two is dark brown color is some sort of fruit that is not apparent at first in the aroma. The flavor is dry, sweet, and tart with a hint of roast. The fruit the becomes obvisous - CRANBERRY! This is a very good and very balanced beer.

Sample from bottle at Dark Lord Day 2009. Rating #95 for this beer.

Bottle at DLD 09 ... black ... thin lacing ... sweet roast malt nose ... little sourness ...little coffee ... dark fruits

dalzale hooks me up wtih my #1 wanted beer with a nice big sample at DLD. YESSSS! Nice brown pour. Chocolate, toffee, cranberry, coffee and some toffee. Flavor is really nice. Full bodied, nice chocolate notes and the cranberries are noticeable but in a sour way. Damn its good. Thanks again my friend!

Pours brown with some reddish hues. The aroma had plenty of chocolate and roasted type malts with an underlying cranberry tartness. The flavor really let the fruit shine though. This was one of the most interesting beers of the day for me.

Bottle shared graciously by DalzAle at DLD ’09 (Munster, IN). Woot! Pours a dark brownish opaque pour with some ruby notes around the edges. Light brownish head that clings to the sides of the glass. Aromas push some darker malts, well covered by tart cranberries and their sweetness and light bitterness. Body throws darker malts, some roast and coffee with more subtle chocolate. The cranberries steal the show for me, with dark fruit elements and that telltale tartness. Tart takes over the roast, and really bumps this beer beyond for me. Fantastic!

Bottle at a Club-Tasting (THX to Me). Black - offwhite head. Cherry, berries, cranberries, wood, oakey notes, chocolate, nutty notes, caramel, tart, nice bitterness, light coffee, dried fruits. Lovely thick light oily body. Very nice.