Sweet aroma of whiskey or bourbon barrel. Fairly smooth taste up front, followed by a warm, dark sweetness. Fades out with a hint of dark malt aftertaste and a large alcohol sweetness/warmth. This bottle is probably 3 years old as I’m drinking it in Oct 2013 and the bottle has a twist cap. Founders ended that years ago. There was residue at the bottom that I poured out in the sink at the end of the bottle. Not sure if that was a sign of the age or not.
Slightly sweet aroma. Nice mild hop taste that blends in with a malty sweetness. Mild sweetness flavor lingers, drawing you back for another and another drink. Dangerous…
Slight hop aroma. Initial hop bite with a fresh taste. Hop flavor quickly fills your mouth and fades slowly while a hint of maltiness creeps in. Nice thick cloudiness that glows but you can’t see through.
Very nice sweet, strong hop aroma. Initial taste hits your palate like a nice strong stout with a big roasted malt flavor. Somehow in a kind of seamless transition the dark malt flavor it’s replaced by a clean hop flavor that fades out slowly. Very interesting flavor combination and trip through the taste buds.
Sweet, dry, hoppy aroma. Crisp flavor bite quickly followed by sweetness. Fairly substantial hop flavor but quickly smacked by a maltiness that leaves little aftertaste but a mild lingering.
Mild dry sweetness aroma. Initially sweet flavor that gets quickly whacked by a clean malt taste that quickly kills any aftertaste other than a quick lingering of malt with a hint of hop sweetness.
No real aroma. Nice mildly sweet hop flavor. Leaves you with a nice light hoppiness that fades out quickly and cleanly. Nice thick looking, unfiltered beer.
Slight sweet smell. Nice even flavored hop flavor, with a nice malty hop flavor on the end. Leaves you with a slightly sweet, but clean taste. Flavorful, but not over the top.
Slight sweet aroma that becomes a strong sweet fresh grain taste as it gets close to the nose. Slightly hoppy taste with a bit of a bite at the end. Fades into a malty taste that’s fairly mild but has hints of graininess to it.