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Appearance:
Pours a beautiful burnt copper colour with a pure white head. A really good looking beer, crystal clear and the colour on it, wow, it's a really great looking beer.
Aroma:
I am not sure how old the beer is, but I would say is a wee bit old as the hops are very subtle. What I do pickup is piney/resiny aromas backed up by a sweet malt character of biscuit/caramel. I do pick up a bit of diacetyl in the beer, which does not take anything away from the beer, but it is there. Does add a nice butterscotch/caramel aroma to the beer though.
Mouthfeel:
Medium mouth feel with good carbonation. Small tight bubbles streaming up the glass which keeps the beer with a nice fat white cap. Carbonation is spot on which keep the flavours moving around the palate.
Flavour:
A nice assertive bitterness up front which smooth out into a nice caramel/biscuit aftertaste. Pine and resin with a bit of citrus, with the caramel/biscuit combination the hop and malt comes across as marmalade flavour. Very fresh tasting beer, what the nose lacked the flavour makes up. There is still a slight bit of diacetyl but in the background and does not take away from the beer but add to it.
Overall:
This is a fantastic looking beer, the colour on it is amazing, I can waste an hour just watching the carbonation stream up the beer. The aroma is dying off which show the diacetyl in the beer, but which also does not distract from the beer flavours. Piney/resin/marmalade/caramel and biscuit, this is what I pick up in the beer and they go so very well together. In the end this beer is great to drink after mowing the lawn and just wanting to chill out. Great beer! Thanks to Grant Baker for sending it to me to try, really do appreciate it!
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