Sugar Moon Maple Ale
With the turn of the season, the local brewers turn their vats toward making a new set of seasonal ales. This year, Garrison decided to create a maple beer, something I have never tried before. Pouring a bottle into a mug, we end up with a very dark amber-brown color, close in hue to maple syrup, as one would expect. The head is somewhat thin and quickly evaporated. The smell is clearly of maple, more similar to maple cookies instead of the sticky sweetness of maple syrup. Following the trend, the taste is also of sweet, sugary maple which lingers after you swallow. Some mild bitterness reminds you that you are drinking a beer, and not some other maple beverage. Overall, it goes down smooth. However, due to the sweetness, I feel that this is more of a once-per-evening ale, either for casual sipping or after dinner with or instead of some other sweet desert.