"Named after the enormous Brown Trout found in Northwest streams, this beer lives up to the legend". A friend left one of these in the fridge the other night, and he told me to have at. I've picked up a six pack of this a couple times when the price was right, and I remember being pretty impressed. Let's see what it has to offer.
It pours a blood orange color with very little head and doesn't look to be very carbonated. Very hazy. Huge malt sweetness on the nose. Heavy caramel, some dark fruit, and estery. Little spice from hops, very clean on the nose, crisp. Tons of malt here; getting some biscuit, some breadiness, and some toastiness. Very well-rounded aroma.
Hits the tip of the tongue super sweet and caramely. Some very noticeable fruitiness at the midpoint. Finishes with a decent presence of herbal hop flavor, fairly bitter as well. Definitely leaves a strong coating in the mouth. Some very pleasant toast and bread flavor stick around. Medium body, very smooth and seassionable.
All in all, this is probably the best beer I've had from Cascade Lakes. It's one of those beers that's delicious and too easy to just burn through a six-pack without realizing it. The fruitiness would be my primary criticism, but given that it's very sharp and tart, it works well enough.
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