Tonight's beer: DC Brau The Stone of Arbroath
Dark caramel, with traces of toast, on pale bread; flickers of dried/candied fruits: dark ones like figs and dates, maybe cherries and plums and grapes. Implications of peat, promises of smoke and ash. Earthy-grassy bitterness emerges later, impelling the beer towards subtle dryness around the finish.
Thick, soft, bready, chewy; decent mild carbonation. Some stickiness, mostly clean. Cleansing, drying, refreshing; hints of tannic prickle around the edges. Maybe a soft glow of booze.
A delicious, appropriately malt-focused Wee Heavy; enough peat to be convincing, no overt smoke, exactly adequate bitterness to muster something like balance. Intense and complex as hell, superbly well-integrated. Impressively drinkable, with a very subtle alcohol presence. Local brewer done real good.
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| DC Brau The Stone of Arbroath |
Dark caramel, with traces of toast, on pale bread; flickers of dried/candied fruits: dark ones like figs and dates, maybe cherries and plums and grapes. Implications of peat, promises of smoke and ash. Earthy-grassy bitterness emerges later, impelling the beer towards subtle dryness around the finish.
Thick, soft, bready, chewy; decent mild carbonation. Some stickiness, mostly clean. Cleansing, drying, refreshing; hints of tannic prickle around the edges. Maybe a soft glow of booze.
A delicious, appropriately malt-focused Wee Heavy; enough peat to be convincing, no overt smoke, exactly adequate bitterness to muster something like balance. Intense and complex as hell, superbly well-integrated. Impressively drinkable, with a very subtle alcohol presence. Local brewer done real good.
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