Delicious dark malt aroma that dances around the line of overly sweet/boozy and nicely balanced. Varied flavor on the palate of dark malts and yeast sweetness. Finishes fairly clean, but with brief flavor of dark malt. So flavorful, that’s strong, but just inches back from the borderline of being too much.
Bright flowery hop aromas. Crisp bite on first drink, softens, them replaced by flavorful hop expressions. A little bit of malt and yeast in aftertaste, but finished fairly cleanly.
Bright, fresh aroma of hops, with a little bit of pine/resin. Slightly crisp hop bite on the palate that spreads out broadly to give tastes of both hops and malt. Full flavored, but not too bitter. Hops aftertaste lingers, then fades slowly.
Spicy, sharp, dark malt aroma with an alcohol aroma. Taste is very broad across the palate with a sweet softness. Finishes pretty clean with a slight malty sweetness. Slight hint of dark chocolate in the aftertaste, but not bitter or sweet, just kinda roasty.
Sweet, citrusy hop aroma. Fairly dry on the palate (yeast effect?) with a minor citrus sweetness. This gets replaced by a slightly caramel malt sweetness. Leaves the palate with a pleasant slight sweetness of malt and yeast work citrus hops hiding in background. Very pleasant.
Be sure to swirl the can to get any hop residue mixed up and into your glass.
Sweet hop aroma, almost sugary. Hop twang with a slight caramel malt backbone, and a slightly bitter hop edge in the aftertaste. This gives way to a flower hop flavor that them fades slowly.
Nice dark malt aroma. Taste is smooth, without a bite, with nice flavor. Flavor is broad with dark malt and some sweetness. Interesting combination of dark malt and rye. Finishes work very little lingering flavors after a bit of sweetness fades.
Nice floral hop bouquet, with a tiny hint of dark malt in background. Very smooth, with hop flavor but no hop bite. Very interesting mingling of hop flavors and slightly sweet dark malts, with neither flavor taking center stage. Very clean, soft finish, with no real lingering flavors except a hint of malt.
Aroma of sweet fruity hops, like pineapple. Smooth clean taste with a very slight hop edge that fades into a fruity taste and mild malt taste. Very slight lingering hop flavor in aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Craft beer and homebrew from a Michigan perspective.