2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz. bottle. Sweet, citric and spicy aroma, plenty of orange and coriander to be found, along with lighter notes of honey, wheat grain, perfume and faint clove. Lightly hazy deep golden color, head is slight and subsiding. Some heavy spice and light hop bitterness to start, turning citric and acidic, finishing with a wash of watery sweetness and fading malt. Thin and a bit harsh on the palate, body is light-medium. A little overly sweet, and not well integrated. Underwhelming.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Pours golden with a white head and lots of fine particles. Soapy orange peel and lemon aroma, distinct oregano in there. flavor also has lemon and orange peel, oregano, lavender. It kind of works, but not totally.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour on tap at Old Chicago is hazy orange with white head, aroma brings notes of sweet orange, lemon, slight fruity esters with some slight yeast notes, hints of biscuit. Taste is a touch more spicy which helps balance the sweet orange, lemon, and other fruit, finishing fairly sweet but clean. Decent, but lacks a bit in depth.
2.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle - pours light yellow with a thin head that disappeared quickly. It does have a slight wheat taste but not much in the way of spices.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle courtesy of Terri at the Historic Anchorage Hotel, thank you ma’am! Barely hazy yellow color, small white head. Aroma of subtle banana and citrus. Taste is bitter and plain.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pretty much a disapointment next to other Alaskan beers. claims to be brewed with spices. i didnt taste any.. slight tin and alcohal flavors.. watery and not vert\y interesting
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours a minimal off white head, over a very slightly hazy, orange (SRM 7) body....nose is cereal, wheat, light citrus, touch of floral coriander....taste is cereal, light floral coriander, orange hints, finishing with a mild bitterness....mouth feel light, carbonation adds a soda quality. This fits into the style, but has minimal complexity in either aroma or flavor. BJCP 7/3/11/4/6
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle - thanks DiarmaidBHK! - pours a clear orange gold with 2 fingers of head. Aroma is hops and coriander. Taste is a little tart finishes a bit bitter. Palate is thin. This is a lightly flavored beer which is not my thing.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a hazy yellow color with a very solid creamy, white head atop it. Aroma has a light coriander spice to it, mild wheat, some graininess and finishes with some light yeast notes. Coriander hits the palate first with some wheat tartness in the middle. Orange comes in late as the modest coriander spice subsides. Body is thin to modest with a higher carbonation rate that lends a more sharp feeling to the beer. Overall well balanced. Good to see a brew where the coriander spice isn’t the only thing you taste.
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