Life and Limb

There was some press behind this brew. Serious palaver. When was it coming? Who would distribute it? 

What will it be?

When it arrived--in quite limited quantity--the beer geeks and gals sped to their local beer retailers with the urgency of a chased lamb. 

What did they find? An ale with birch and maple syrup. 

For $13, it leaves a lot to be wanted. 

Appearance: Deep brown with red highlights at the bottom of the glass. Khaki fluff, pancake batter head of an inch that shrinks to a ¼ inch and remains covering in a tightly packed manner. Bit of stickiness on the glass. Everything in place. 8.7/10

Body: Subtle carbonation that fades gracefully, rounded silkiness, on the very light side of medium. For the ABV, pretty good. 8.3/10

Nose: Hmm. Rum soaked raisins, brown sugar, molasses, rootbeer candies and oatmeal maltiness. Feint melted chocolate. These aromas don’t jump out of the glass. I don’t mind…but hey, this is a $12 24oz. 8/10

Taste: Ok. I know this is a wild beer. Well, supposed to be. Birch syrup in the beer. I’m for it. Starts off sweet, then briskly shifts gears and gets bitter in the vein of hops and chocolate. The syrups make their way into the spotlight towards the end, but briefly. There is some booziness and I won’t dock the score too much. Life and Limb should be better with age. 8.3/10

Overall: 8.3/10