Draft poured a hazy amber color with a white head and great lacing.
Aromas of citrus, apricot and subtle tropical notes. Light toffee notes with subtle candy undertones.
Flavors of grapefruit, caramel and bitter malts. Dry tropical and floral notes.
The Finish - Bitter up front with a strong citrus presence. Subtle malty caramel flavors midway through with a nice dose of dry hops in the back end.
Rated = 9
Bottle poured a dark amber color, almost brown. Minimal tan head with fair lacing.
Aromas are of damp grains, subtle caramel and candy notes. Fresh light hop undertones with floral hints.
Flavors are bitter caramel and candy overtones with a boozyness that dosent over power the flavors. There are some light fruity flavors of tangerine, dates and cherries.
The Finish; This appears to be a really good year for this beer. Varied, subtle flavors throughout of malts and hops with a great boozy body.
Rated = 10
Can poured a slightly hazy yellow color with a white head and minimal lacing.
Aromas are citrus and tropical fruit with subtle sweet malty notes and candy undertones.
Flavors are of grapefruit, tapioca, apricot and spicy hop notes. Hints of candy with a solid malt body.
Rated = 9
Bottle poured black with a light brown head if fair lacing.
Aromas of coffee and fruity hops. Hints of caramel and toasted malts.
Flavors are fruity and bitter, with notes of coffee, fig and dates.
Rated = 9
Can poured black with a significant light brown head that settled quickly into fair lacing.
Aromas are smokey with fig and liquorice up front. Subtle woody notes with hints of chocolate.
Flavors are of dark fruit...fig, dates, berries and a significant hit of anise. Nice body with good hop flavors.
The Finish; all the flavors work well together but the anise stands out throughout the beer.
Rated = 8
Bottle pours a clear amber color with a significant white head that settles out fairly quickly to a nice lacing.
Malty aromas with hints of caramel. Hops hang out just under the malts with hints of citrus and apricot.
Flavors of bitter citrus and tropical fruits. Subtle candy notes with malty undertones.
The Finish; Bitter and dry fruityness with malty undertones. Caramel flavors linger, with the toung feeling shocked by the hops.
Rated = 8
Bottle pours simi clear amber color with an insignificant white head and minimal lacing.
Aromas of hoppy citrus and caramel malts.
Flavors of bitter malts and dry hoppyness. Strong grapefruit notes with undertones of apricot. Subtle malts.
The Finish; First time having this beer I didn't care much for it. This review is on the second and third beer...a week after the first beer. I like it more this time...solid hops with a nice malt body, strong citrus flavors with undertones of tropical fruit. Subtle notes of toffee and caramel.
Rated = 7
