Blind Spot
High Water Brewing

 

Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma has spices and dark fruits. Taste is definitely on the sweet side with spices and molasses. Overall it's a nice spiced stout but nothing special.

L: Pours brilliant black with a tan 2” head that grips the sides of the glass.
S: Fruit aromas, spice, herbs and dark malts.
T: Spicy, fruit and dark malt, chocolate with plum, raisin, grape, hint of wine, light sweetness. Flavors are soft and not harsh or burnt.
F: Medium to above on the carbonation. Medium on the body.
O: An interesting beer but the herbs and spices would shine with lighter malts and the heavier malts might do better with different herbs and spices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A- pours black with a small creamy white head that has decent retention, leaving a small layer floating in top

S- lots of spices coming through, getting cooked vegetables, nutmeg & ginger, cooked spinach and some herbal spices

T- the spice flavors follow the aromas with cooked spinach and vegetables, slightly tart mid-palate, nutmeg, roasted malt with a touch of chocolate on the back end. This one just seems all over the place

M- medium body with low carbonation, foamy mouthfeel with a smooth finish

O- this seemed like an herbed beer that was trying to be a stout. The flavors just didn't blend well for me. It may have paired better with food rather than on its own

 

 

 

 

Poured a thin head on a black colored body.
Well, the ginger comes through strong in the smell. The cardamon and the roasted malt are there too.
The taste is roasted malt at first and then the spices take off with the rest of the profile.
The texture is smooth with a crispiness and moderate carbonation.
The does not do it for me. The smell is way off and the taste has to many spices.

 

 

22oz bomber. Released January 10th 2012. Served in a tulip.

Pours an opaque dark brown with two fingers of dark beige foam. Settles to a thick ring. Bits of lacing.

Aroma of a lot of spices. Ginger seems to be the strongest with licorice right behind that. Some sweet chocolate malt backs things up.

Flavor seems to match the nose quite accurately, although not as sweet as I was expecting. Middle and finish are quite drying and spicy. ABV is buried in the flavor, but you feel warmth after several sips. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste.

Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Overall the feel tilts towards thick, but only slightly.

A "winter warmer" in July. Why not?

A - Pours a dark black with just a hint of brown mixed in and a finger of frothy khaki colored head. The head fades down fairly slowly leaving behind some nice lacing.

S - Aroma is a mix of holiday spices with some clove, cinnamon, and ginger. There is some dark sweet and roasty malts beneath with a hint of dark fruitiness.

T - Starts off with some holiday spices with some cinnamon, ginger, a hint of sweet dark fruit, and some sweet caramel malts. Through the middle, a bit of roasted malt come through with some more spices and a bit of of light fruity flavors. The finish is a mix of sweet lightly roasted malts with spices, dark fruit, and a hint of booze.

M - Medium-full bodied with moderate-light carbonation. Feels smooth with a sweet, spicy, and warming finish.

D - Very drinkable. Really nice malt and spice balance with good complexity. The finish has a great mix of being sweet and warming.