Smells like a citrus IPA with some resin and an edge that almost smells on the verge of being skunked. However, the flavor is very good and much less pungent than the smell hinted at; light fruity hops and a totally unbitter, sweet cereal finish.
I'd have called this an IPL; it's got quite a lot of piney dry-hopped character that frankly overwhelms any pilsner qualities this may have started with. It was still pretty good, I thought. Just misnamed.
Unusually toasty flavor survives the nitro smoothing. More smooth than sweet, creamy mouthfeel. Tastes like an iced coffee drink rather than a beer until the toasted barley aftertaste reminds you.
A lot of winners at this year's stout fest! I wish I could tell you in more detail exactly what this tasted like, but my notes are basically: "Loved this. Cherry / tannic qualities really enhance this."
On cask, at room temperature, barely any carbonation. Lots of flavors coming out here, a kind of sweet roastiness and a bit of yeast funk that probably would have been lost on CO2. Interesting? Yes. It didn't exactly convert me to cask stouts, however.
The weirdest thing about this beer was the acrid / musty / pine cleanser paradox of a fragrance it had. The flavor was just as bipolar: at once light but also resinous and bitter. Ick.
A nice, dry, somewhat forward-bitter amber ale, but other than a brief hit of sweetness I could barely detect anything I would call pumpkin or pumpkin spice in this beer.
A nice, caramel dark amber beer with a lot of roasty coffee notes and a surprisingly strong but appropriate bitter finish that doesn't linger. Nice for a too-chilly summer day.