Bossa Nova
Trails To Ales Brewery

Bossa Nova from Trails to Ales. Purchased at Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA, 21/09/22. $ 4.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.25oz). In reefer at store, stored at 40 degrees at home. Reviewed 02/10/22. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated can. Served at 49.8 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King Snifter. Final temperature 55.2 degrees.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Amber Brown (SRM 18), clear.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same but precipitate obvious. When rear-lite, black, and opaque except at the edges.
Head – Average (Maximum two cm, aggressive center pour), khaki, high density, rapidly diminishing to a four mm crown and cap, fed by effervescence.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.25 – Iced coffee (Think McDonald’s). No hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 3.25 – Follows nose. No malt, no yeast, no hops. No ethanol (10 % ABV as marked on label) aroma or taste. Moderate gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 3 – Medium, creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3. (After deducting 0.25 point for undated can.) Think of a cup of moderately strong coffee that someone told you contained a shot of absolute alcohol.

Got in a BIF from OzzyLizard. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours dense black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with great retention and spotty soapy lacing. Moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of big dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, dark bread/crust, smoke, charcoal; light molasses, raisin, tart fruit, wood, peppercorn, pine, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine/woody bitterness on the finish; with a light yeast tang/tartness. Full bodied creamy/silky malts; with lingering chalky roast and resinous hop drying after the finish. Very mildly acrid and astringent on the finish. A very rich experience that reminds me of some Russian Imperial Stout or English yeasty style characters. Plenty of dark roasted coffee presence and hop balance.