Telegraph Robust Ale

750ml bottle from South Bay Drugs. Pours a mostly clear copper color with a big off white heaving not much lacing, very bubbly. When I first opened the beer it almost seemed infected. Had a very metallic nose and the flavor was also off and a little metallic. As the brew got to sit and air out a bit, it developed some nice characteristics. Some nice citrus and banana notes. Flavor was quite yeasty with some citrus notes.

This is indeed a sipper. Alcohol sneaks up on you. Subdued flavor in between a pale and a barleywine.

Cloudy copper color with some crimson highlights and a big eggshell head. Aroma is caramel, honey, banana, and lemongrass. Flavor shows off some citrusy hops, brown sugar, banana, and biscuit. Medium mouthfeel. Best of the bunch.

Bottle. Sent in picture to be uploaded. Served cold, and still nearly took my face off. Would have gushed for sure. Still, pours with a huge rocky, barely off-white head over a light copper body. Aroma is strong with banana esters, burnt brown sugar, peach, spices, apricot, leather, earth and pear skin. Slightly phenolic. Taste is pear eau de vie, earth, slight metallicy, bready, spicy and grassy. Long duration. Very earthy. Very lively carbonation, just a hint of alcohol in the form of brandy. Lightish body for the alcohol.

Bottle from South Bay Drug. Cork came out with a lot of pressure behind it. Poured hazy amber with a large finely bubbled beige head. Smells like fresh light fruits, sugar, spice and everything nice. That’s what good Belgians are made of. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is a little citrus, a little brown sugar, a little peach/apricot, a little yeast spice, and maybe even something like grassy hop. Finishes a bit astringent. But it’s not super bitter. Fairly well balanced. Finishing sweet and bitter - seems reasonable for a Belgian.

tap at City Beer. Pours with a cloudy amber color, different what I expected. It has very unique aromas and flavors, a heavy dose of hops,paired with cloves, spices and fruit. This beer needs some getting used to, I was not impressed the first time, but gave it another try and liked it much better.

Orangey-red colour. Spicy aroma with dark fruit. Chewy, very toasty and astringent. Fairly husky, slightly spicy and with good caramel notes.

Draught @ Hamilton’s, SD. Bright orange, barely any head. Fruity nose with guava pastry, custard apple, quite sweet. Slightly sticky palate. Nice hop character but the sweetness bothers me a bit: tropical fruit, bamboo. Nice stuff but not dry enough for my taste.