Bottled 10/05/15, drank on 10/29/15. Nice sweet bourbon aroma but not harsh at all. Taste is very pleasant with nice dark malt flavor but no harshness. This is slowly followed by a slight wooden barrel flavor that gives way to a moderate chili kick. Slight alcohol warmth in aftertaste, mixed with chili heat. Great stuff going on, distracting you totally from the 11% ABV.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Faint sweet aroma. First taste is fairly sweet and almost puckering. Finished smoothly with a sweet tinge that gives way to a neutral clean malt flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Great fruity hop aroma. Sharp hop bite with a hop aftertaste that lingers between a harshness and a full palate full of varied hop flavors.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet hop aroma. Crisp hop bite, gives way to a harsh hop flavor. Lingering hop aftertaste. Additional drinks mellows the hop edge and makes it nice.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet, almost vinegar aroma. Very smooth malt flavor with no significant hop flavor.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Strong pilsner aroma. Starts smooth them comes in with a sharp bite at the back end. Aftertaste you can taste the spruce flavor. A bit minty. In hindsight, I’m not sure I want my beer to taste like a pine tree…
2.5 out of 5 Stars.
Very sweet hop aroma, almost like pineapple juice. Clean, sweet bite. Full-flavored, but not overpowering. Slight hop flavor lingers and fades out with some sweetness. A lot of floaters in there. Only 2.5 months old, and bought from the cooler, so should be ok.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Clean hoppy aroma. Crisp flavor bite that comes in with a nice malt taste. Followed by hints of the rye sweetness but matched with a hop bite that keeps it from being too sweet. Fairly clean finish. Full flavored, but doesn’t come across as 8%, so it could be deceptive.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Strong sharp aroma of hops. Clean hop taste that gets slightly bitter them blends smoothly into a nice slightly sweet malt taste. Very smooth, with nice lingering hop flavors.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Strong sweet aroma. Sharp mix of hop sweetness and malt sweetness. Finishes with a clinging malt flavor that’s both sweet and clean.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
