The Pentaverate
River's Edge Brewing Co

16 ounce prowler into tulip glass, filled on 3/17/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper/amber/light reddish color with a 1-2 finger dense and creamy light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, raisin, plum, fig, date, peach, pear, red apple, and red grape; with lighter notes of molasses, vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, wood smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A touch too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, raisin, plum, fig, date, peach, pear, red apple, and red grape; with lighter notes of molasses, vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, wood smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, woody, grassy, spicy, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, dark fruit, molasses, vanilla, milk chocolate, cocoa, wood smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness; slight spicy alcohol near the end of the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bread, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 7.9% through the glass, minimal lingering booze. Overall this is an outstanding wee heavy. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; awesomely soft feel. Amazingly clean and rich English malt complexity; restrained fruity Scottish yeast, and just enough earthy hops to balance sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding spot on style example as expected.