Maduro Oatmeal Brown Ale - Caramel Graham Cracker
I had this at the CCB tasting at Cervezas. You could just copy/paste my Oatmeal Raisin Cookie review and replace the words Oatmeal and Raisin with Graham and Caramel, but every beer deserves its own review, not excluding this one. It did have some different qualities other than the obvious ones mentioned above. It was a dark brown beer, with a thick tan head. Nice retention, nice lacing. Smell started with a very strong cinnamon note, with a sweetness from the honey throughout. Biscuit and roasted malts on the back end. This was a powerful beer. Little sips. Oh such awesome and flavorful little sips. Again strong cinnamon and honey, with the biscuit malts playing along nicely. There was a very pleasant and unexpected taste in this beer, bitter hops. The hops came through pretty strongly, but not conflicting at all with the primary flavors of the beer; like a stylish aside in the beer. A fine graininess in the mouth mimics the texture of a graham cracker. Just the right thickness and lingering residues leave you wanting more, but there was so many beers to try. At the end of the night, I had to have 1 more!