Mr. Sinister
Tri-City Brewing Company

Im sampling a cold 12 oz crowler poured into a snifter. Beer is part of a trade a few months ago, and this beer has been in my cellar since arrival in March.
The beer pours a chestnut color with some ruby highlights and a fizzy khaki colored head of 1 cm. This foam fades to the thinnest of edge layers soon after the pour. Not much light passes through the glass.
The aroma on this beer is some caramel and a lot of dark fruit. I get red grapes and plums, plus a bit of raisin. There is some unknown tart or sour candy scent. Didnt expect that to be honest. Not boozy and no real hop presence.
First sip reveals a medium body with a bit of thinner watery texture and fine but sharp carbonation. This beer is a bit all over the place on physical traits. It does drink pretty easy , but Im not sure its supposed to per the style and brewer intent.
Flavor is toffee and raisin with some brown sugar and then a good dose of tart fruit. red grape and raspberry tartness. The booziness does show up a bit here with peppery bite, but not warmth. No hop character anywhere here either.
This beer is fine, I worry that the tart notes are unintended and that the beer isnt a semblance of its best self. But it was a fine thing to drink on this Sunday evening.

Poured the color of iced tea and ended up with a distinct reddish hue when in the snifter. There was a bone white head for a split second or so, no real lacing.
The taste was, Essentially a malty red wine. Not sure how else to describe it
The feel is thinner than expected but not bad. Too easy to drink quickly.
OA, not sure if I’d want this often, but it would definitely be good on some occasions.

 

Tastes like rotgut wine and mineral spirits. It leaves you with the uneasy sense that you've been poisoned. Never again!