3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 beerbaaron (1780) - Arizona, USA - MAY 30, 2015
Draft at the tasting room. Mahogany with an off white head. Sweetness and roast. Caramel. A little coffee/roast. A little nutty. Minimal aroma. Fairly dry. Nothing fancy but good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 daknole (10346) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - MAR 1, 2015
Medium brown pour, tan head. Nutty flavors up front, toasted bread, maybe a hint of raisins. Not bad at all.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 Caytinator (1005) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - SEP 1, 2013
Pint on tap. Pours a dark mahogany color, with no lacing and a small head. It has a nice appetizing aroma, very inviting. The taste is nutty on the nose, but then blends into a wonderfully complex quadrupel-style warmness. Lots of dark fruits and a bit of alcohol seep through. Nice suprise from boderlands here, fun medium-heavy beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 FlacoAlto (4013) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - MAY 14, 2013
A vigorous pour into my Teku glass produces a two-finger thick, lightly brown tinged, tan colored head. The beer is a dark brown color and shows a brilliantly clear, bright cranberry red hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells nutty, with lots of berry fruit like notes and a touch of a metallic edge to it. Somehow the beer smells a bit sweetened, which seems wrapped up in the berry and nut notes somehow; and the warmer the beer gets the more it reminds me of cherry cough syrup.. The grain / malt character contributes notes of toasted whole grain, and when you really dig for it a drying, slightly roasted note in the finish.
The beer is fairly sweet, it has lots of berry notes to it, a soft nuttiness and it finishes with a bitterness that seems to clash with the upfront notes. The body has a viscosity to it, and a certain heft, though it is still fairly drinkable overall. There is a touch of a metallic edge to this beer, and this part of it reminds me a bit of stale, left overnight beer. The carbonation provides a light effervescence that seems about right. Light roasted notes are present as a backdrop, and seem to also accentuate the bitterness in the finish. This has an herbal edge to it, and the berry notes also seem to be accentuated by a light, but noticeable hop character. As the beer warms up a phenolic, ester-like, wild character starts to come out more and make this just a bit on the unpalatable side.
I was hoping for a bit more from this beer; really it seems that the malt richness is a bit more subdued than I would like to see here. This is not a bad beer, but I was hoping for quite a bit more here.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Sledutah (6191) - Utah, USA - APR 19, 2013
On tap at the brewery
Appearance: Clear dark brown with a small beige, light lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts and nutty
Taste: Toasted malts, nutty and chocolate
Nice and clean
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