Procrastinator
Trails To Ales Brewery

Thanks to Ozzylizard for my first Trails to Ales.
Pours a gorgeous, deep avocado honey amber. The firm head is sandy in color and if this can had a bottle cap, I'd swear she'd hold it high. Great retention and light, layered lacing.
The nose is bountiful. Toffee, wet brown bread dough, dark fruit, and date. Slight hint of herbal spice gently chimes in.
The flavor follows the nose well. But in the mix is a gentle char note that tamps down just a bit of the sweetness.
Mouthfeel has a low level of carbonation, right heft, and finishes a tad thin for style.

The pour is deep amber with curiously no head for more than a minute. No lacing at all, a bit odd but the color is great.
The taste is some very dark fruit and chocolate, some toffee and a little bread flavor. A little sweet but essentially in the style lines.
The feel is more viscous than expected, but that might be a lack of experience on my part.
OA, a very easy drinking lager.

Procrastinator from TrAils to Ales. Four-pack of 16 fl oz undated cans. Purchased 17/06/25 from the brewery: $ 15.10 (including tax)/$ 0.236 per fl oz. Reviewed 18/06/25 (Review 3543). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stored at 37 degrees F at home. Served at 57.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature is 60.9 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.25
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Amber-Brown (SRM 18), clear. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, Amber and transparent.
Head – Average (Maximum 2.8 cm, aggressive center pour). Bisque lightening to beige as it oxygenates, high density with a rocky top, average retention, dropping to a 0.2 cm crown and a thin partial cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 – Weakly malt, slightly sweet. No yeast, no alcohol, no hops.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly sweet with toffee, weak chocolate, and a hint of char. No yeast, no hops. No alcohol (7.8 % ABV, according to the label). No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Moderate gastric burning with a malty aftertaste.
Palate – 4 – Medium: approaching syrupy: soft carbonation.
Style: Follows the style guidelines as condensed by BA.
Final impression and summation: 4 (After deducting 0.25 point for an undated can) Uncredited label artist. Seems moderately sweeter than the classic German doppelbocks but having one available this early in the approaching summer is a bold move. Nose, flavor, and mouthfeel are all decent, particularly during the shandy and flavorless “lite” beer season.