3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Amber/copper coloured, small head. Aroma is American hops, just lovely in this one. Flavour is grassy, caramellish and very dry. Aftertaste is hayish and grassy hops. Boring, if compared to the aroma.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A strong but not overpowering taste, a pleasant, a sweet caramel aroma. A Pleasant ESB with a pleasant lasting taste.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
via trade with IrishBoy - Pours a clear amber color with a nice off white head. Lots of lacing. Aroma is light caramel malt. Light malt flavor with some nice hop bitterness. A smooth, medium body beer. A nice easy drinking beer. Thanks Richard.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance: Pours a transparent amber copper color with a decent of f white head and great lacing.
Smell: The aroma is toasty and malty with hints of caramel. The hops are very reserved but present as a light grassy attribute. There is also a hint of diacytel in the nose along with a slight smell of egg whites.
Taste: This is a very balanced beer with a nice toasty caramel malt flavor. There seemed to be hints of dough early in the flavor. There is a nice light hint of fruit along side a very bready body. As it warms the diacytel and a tea like character showed up more. I got distracted with my babies waking each other up and it did get a bit too warmed in the mid of my tasting. However, I was very pleased with the beer and found it to be very easy drinking. The orange-ish hops showed up more in the finish and the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Magnificently smooth mouthfeel that is near perfect except the medium body goes a bit limp through the center. Still, very creamy and quaffable.
Drinkability: Simply put, this beer is irresistible! Simple and yet elegant in that simplicity; this is a very well crafted drinking beer!
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Body is a brown amber with a thin offwhite head. Aroma is hoppy with, some honey and caramel, along with hints of chocolate, and dried fruit. Initial taste is caramel, with the light hop background fading in and a lingering bitterness at the end that is rather pleasant. On the palate it is a little bit fizzy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle via trade with IrishBoy - Thanks Richard! - Pours copper with a tall offwhite creamy head that stays well and laces the sides of the glass. Aromas of caramel, and grassy hops. Flavor is alot of caramel, toffee, and a few earthy notes finished with some light grassy hops and slight bitterness. Medium bodied and light carbonation. Very smooth and creamy and a pretty nice bitter to drink..
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle; Nose of caramelly malts and a little hops; dark amber wit a huge beige head; flavor is bitter with some caramel and spice in the background.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12-oz. Pours a darkish amber with a little tan head. Sweet malt, caramel, and some fresh mown grass in the nose--Alaskan can be stingy with the aromas, so this is nice. Fizzy body; the bubbles really step through on the attack, all the way to the finish. Caramel/nougaty palate. The hops hold up from the beginning to the end--nice. Those sweet malts clamber over at the finish, though, leaving an oddly sour linger. The hops should probably have been left alone to do their thing for the finish with this one.
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