Buckeye Nighty Night

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a cloudy reddish amber with a layer of off white head the disappears almost completely. The aroma is sweet and full of spices. I'm getting lots of malt with some warm alcohol and dark fruit and brown sugar notes. The taste is a bit boozy and bitter in the finish and sweet malt with some spices, but the alcohol and bitterness mute those flavors a bit. The mouthfeel is medium body with a very mild tingle of carbonation and a dry finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This bottle showed up on my doorstep courtesy of the King(er). A good, warm, strong belgian. Aroma is mostly sweet and sour dark fruit and yeast. It's a full bodied hazy brown beer, very true to style. Flavors are also very true to style, sweet, spicy, plummy, but the aftertaste is the big kicker, very bitter with a slight burn that makes you have to keep drinking more, dangerous.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Old school Cleveland brewer known primarily for hops sneaks out this amazingly huge Belgian Strong and I am here to capture it's glory. Bottles very recently showed up on local shelves so I snagged one. Approaching our current legal abv limit, one would not know it simply by sipping on this velvety smooth treat. Dark amber body with a thick off white layer on top leaving plenty of lacing around my goblet. Earthy yeast and sugary sweet rolls atop a light bready malt body. Distinct Belgian fruity traits encompass a remarkably clean and well rounded warming brew. Hints of floral grassy hops, vanilla and a multitude of baked goods. Deceptively strong for sure, top notch.