Lips Of Faith - Super Cru
22 ounce bottle - $8.99 at Olde Crabapple Bottle Shoppe in Alpharetta, Georgia. A date has been marked on the lower portion of the bottle: 4/14/2011. Appearance: Pours a clear, golden-amber body with a medium-sized, near white head. Smell: Ripe banana, cracked cloves, raw sugar, and a variety of gourmet jellies atop toasted bread slices sided with a coffee cup of you-must-be-between-jobs liquor. Taste: Pale, bready malts with a sliver of toastiness to it. Taste of soul-searching sherry wine moistened fruit cake (sporting hints of dates, golden raisins, and dried apricots) topped with ground spice and extra sugars. Moderately tart pear juice and a few banana slices show up and brings about some more spicy phenols and the anticipated alcohol warmth. Growing clove element. Some more sugars and a sip of tongue-searing alcohol on the smooth finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-plus carbonation. Overall: It's sweet, it's a bit boozy, and fairly fruity, but not quite cloying or hinderingly brash, keeping it a fair, so-so sipper.