![]() ![]() It is mild, medium-bodied and has no real intensity. Calling it 'chocolaty' would probably be an exaggeration, the beer isn't that rich. Mostly there is just a coffee-and-cream flavour and lots of roasted maltiness. The redwood can't really be claimed to be tasted on the palate either however, there is some earthiness that obviously can't be attribute to hops. Instead, the bouquet has a coffee and cream (more cream) richness, with a very pronounced maltiness and a savory herb, earthy note that may be the redwood only showing up with a little warmth. How strange is it for a beer brewed with redwood tips that one does not find any redwood aroma. It has an ultra-lush head that’s tinted an off-white colour and leaves shrouds of lacing that are thick enough to wrap a baby in. It is black with some ruby highlights but not enough that it can claim to have any real colour. Working for Tips is inspired by ancient brewing traditions and, indeed, it looks nothing like most modern beers, save maybe the stouts. On-tap at Monk's Kettle, in San Francisco. a nice pint of beer, but i would love to have experienced more redwood tip character in here, unless im just missing it and expecting it to be something other than it is, i want more! perhaps this wasnt as fresh as it could have been and that element had faded some, who knows. definitely has an old school vibe about it, and fits the fall season really well. its still got plenty of flavor, biscuit, light maple, and a faint herbaceousness. i do get a soft woodiness, a pine note where hops might be, and a cool organic bitterness, but its not as botanical feeling, piney, fresh, or aromatic as say spruce often is in beers that use it, and i am left wanting more, as much as i like this clear copper colored beer as an autumn session brew. ![]() instead, they are folded into a nice earthy malt base, fuller feeling body, and lightly english yeasty ale thats hearty and fully satisfying to me, and of great quality, but not exactly brimming with redwood character, whatever that might be. its an unhopped ale brewed with redwood tips, which i have never heard of in a beer, and so i wanted them to really lead the way. ![]() I really liked this beer, its unique and subtle and well made, but in the end, i wanted a lot more of the special ingredient here. ![]()
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