Bigfoot
Frank Brewing Co.

Appearance: Produced a solid thumb of head that retained quite well and produced a decent amount of lacing. The body is a unfiltered cloudy, but not opaque amber, leaning closer to the brown side of things with slow and steady carbonation.

Smell: Barley and caramel malt, with maybe a touch of piney resin, but it's faint. Warming doesn't seem to help it either. There's nothing bad here, but the potency just isn't where I'd like it to be.

Taste: Starts with mild caramel malt with maybe a hint of earth that turns to a more lumbering but simple grain experience before slight pine hops sweep up what is really a beer that drinks more like an easy going lager with a serious malt backbone.

Mouthfeel: The transitioning is good, and the beer has that lager crispness to it. The carbonation helps out the entire beer as well, the only downside here though is there is a slight earth and resin cling in the aftertaste that slows builds, but is slight enough that it doesn't cause enough of a ruckus after only one.

Drinkability: While it was easy going down, it does not settle down as it gives a bit of a bloat to me. I'd say it's also surprisingly thick for this style, not stout thick but certainly on the heavier side of medium body. That crispness does go a long way though here.

Final Thoughts: I guess like Bigfoot, this beer sneaks up on you when you aren't ready, is big and thick and then it's gone. I mean, it wasn't until about half way that the beer seemed to really be coming across as heavy with that odd cling. That said, this is a pleasant surprise, that has me wondering if the intent here was to brew an Irish red, which I tend to associate with a thicker beer. Frank continues to impress me, and I wish I saw more of them in the LCBO.