UPDATED: NOV 20, 2021 (Bottle) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with treacle-toffee, toast, nougat, dried fruit, figs, brown sugar, nuts, fudge and resin. Malty, fruity taste with notes of toast, treacle-toffee, hazelnuts, dried fruit, figs, dates, coffee, brown sugar and a generous resiny/piney bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, quite sweet. Tasty and fairly complex imperial brown ale, with a good hop presence. Very nice.

UPDATED: APR 7, 2020 Malty but great hop balance. Solid brown ale with big nutty buttery flavor/mouthfeel. Love it.

UPDATED: AUG 20, 2019 Big fan. Caramel, whiskey all flavors I tasted. Was please try surprised with this one.

This is another one of Lags brown ale-IPA hybrids. Even though this may not be my top 3 or so from them, it is still a SOLID beer. Nothing really wrong with this one......smooth, crisp, well-balanced, loaded with flavor but not too stong. This is actually one of their lighter beers that I've sampled.....at 7.3%! Might prefer the 2009 Correction Ale over this, but only by a narrow margin. Similar, but WTF more on the brown side. I am loving this hop finish though, maybe wet or fresh hopped? May have to sample again and adjust but right around a 4.0 give or take.

Starts with a huge noseful of caramel, whiskey and piney resins. Seems like sticky chunks of bark should be floating in this glass. Full-bodied brew with distinctive amounts of sweetness and bitterness leading to a solid sweet and dry finish. WTF indeed. Enjoyed three months after its Aug. 21, 2017, bottling. Label said gravity and IBUs unchanged but ABV now at 8.1%. Thank you. Fabulous soliloquy on the label: part Jimmy Stewart, part Humphrey Bogart, part Mystery Men.

Pours a clear dark amber with an off-white foam head. Aroma is caramel malts with pine and floral hops. Flavor is similar, a little resin. Bitter and well-carbonated. Pretty good.

Strong bourbon and malt aroma, reddish brown color, nice lacing, smooth bourbon flavor with hints of malt, chocolate, and hops. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Clear amber, covering lace. Full body, smooth texture, moderate flavor, hot mouthfeel, good length. Pronounced bitterness, dry but less so at the finish. Intensely hoppy, rich caramel background flavor. Strong personality, very enjoyable. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottled 199th day of 2017. Pours brown, great head of foam and lacing. Roasted Brown Ale nose with a citrus bitterness and booze. The underlying Brown Ale, I like. The intense bitterness and intrusive alcohol, I don't. No problems or complaints aboot the mouthfeel. Not for me. Not this fresh at least.

Quite bitter, only medium body. I think this beer is a barley wine effectively. Overrated on ratebeer.bottle on Berkeley ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone