A beautiful sunny spring day, with new blooms and green growth heavy on the breeze, promising that, "Hey, summer is just around the next bend, friend." Waiting calmly for the service folks to finish detailing my new truck and thinking how nicely it'll shine along with the sun. The cell phone jingles it melody in my pocket and smiling I answer.... Long story short, dog just cut it's leg open and we gotta go to the vet's for stitches. Sonoffa... Sitting in the waiting room I realize that only a block away is a local brewery I've not been to yet. No decision. "I'll be back soon." I promise. Later... Dog is fine, truck is fine, weather is still fine, and this beer, well,... that's just fine too. It pours a decent red, leaning a bit to to the brown side but still attractive and clean. A decent short lived head of about 3/4 of a finger. The foam settles into a nice thin raft that lasts the drink. Taking deep relaxing inhales further calming myself and enjoying springs perfume, I hold the glass up to my nose and revel in what I can only describe as balance. The malt and hops seeming to not conquer but join forces to make one aroma. Lightly caramel and and mostly bittering from the hops. Ever so slightly suggestive of floral. It slides over the tongue easily. The flavours not relinquishing their secrets till having been held and moved about the mouth. Again a lovely balance. A tangy hops bitterness lays and maintains the foundation through the whole sip, while the malt offers different sensations through the progression. At first nutty, then softly bready and finishing with gentle caramel and a hint of singed tofee. The hops finish the sip, but the caramel hold the aftertaste. A very solid and tasty limited release offering. Well done folks.

The nose is a little restrained but it has citrus, grapefruit and tangerine hops aroma with a light cracker and biscuit malt. The flavours are quite like the aromas, restrained, citrus grapefruit with some mild pine, the malts are biscuit and bread. I really wish I had more to say about this beer, it's really quite nice but it's lacking some "wow". It good but quite subdued.

I have very little experience with quince so this review may reflect that. I was in the mood for something different so it was a happy quinceidence (I know, I'm sorry) that I happens upon this milk stout. In the world of beer politics I don't like limited releases, but as a beer lover I can't pass them up. This one is gentle on the nose with a very mild aroma that I had to spend a bit of time with. In the end I could definitely find some milk chocolate, and what I assume is the quince. I get an earthy fruit. Like dried orange peel maybe but not citrus. It is a good deep red brown that actively releases it's carbonation on the pour but builds no head really. I know the picture shows one but it only lasted for the photo op. then was gone by first sip. It has a nice tangy fruitiness that carries into that earthy orange peel kinda flavour. (I need to go get some quince). It almost seems to want to present some nut, but ends up as a bit of burnt caramel and weak coffee that gets picked up after the fruit fades out. There is some hints of hops but not really a main player. I don't find a lot of the chocolate I was getting in the scent. It has some sweetness that is almost overridden by a slight tart sensation. Actually quite dry for a milk stout. I dig it.