2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours clear amber with a small white head. Aroma of overripe fruit, burnt malts and light earthy hop. Taste moderately bitter with some resin and burnt ashy malts again. Pretty watery texture. Not really what I was a expecting knowing that it was a second running of Old Foghorn. Overall this has too much burnt grainy taste to it.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Nina’s. Pours an amber colour with a fair beige head. Aroma of caramel, candy sugar and barley. Similar flavours with mild bitterness, moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Quite thin and over carbonated. Interesting and quite refreshing but not sure if I would drink this regularly.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
What a great drinkable beer. I’ll be stocking up on this one. Light feel perfect amount of bitterness for a lower alcohol beer. Love it.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
GABF 2011. Clear brilliant gold with a small fluffy white head. Aroma is pretty balanced between grassy bitter hops and dry biscuity malts. Taste is watery and light, but with some assertive grassy herbal bob bitterness and dry malty biscuity tones behind it. Balanced, not my thing--too light and with a body that felt watered down.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted from bottle into glass tumbler. Poured a nice copper color with medium off-white head. Excellent malt and hops aromas. Lighter body--to be expected from second-runnings--but no thinner than other bitters. Damn! You know a superb brewery when their leftovers taste better than the world’s best-selling beers.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Date: September 24, 2011 Mode: Bottle Source: Minneapolis Beer Fest. Full description not available as I sampled way too many beers in 4.5 hours!
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
translucent dark gold with a bubbly white head; medium-light body with high carbonation.
aroma: doughy malt, saltiness, leafy hops.
taste: salty minerality, pretzely malt, leafy hops.
1.6 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
1 pt. 6 fl. oz. bottle from an English pint. Pours a light golden color with a pretty head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is a ton of skunk...really really nasty. There is no date on the bottle...so I can’t assume it is stale and will have to assume that this beer is just that nasty. Taste is also incredibly skunky. Very watered down taste which is actually a good thing because the only other notes I get are stale bitterness. This beer is a scar on the face of Anchor Brewing. I can’t believe they released this to the public.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale gold colour, light citrus hop nose. Palate initially pleasant, crisp and fresh, but develops an overly bitter character. I’m pleased that they make this beer, but it is certainly a little small.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at an ESBLS tasting. Golden copper in color. A skunky, funky aroma is a bit yeasty. Euro hops are definitely tasted in the start. They are sulfury and fairly bitter. Not bad and I love the low ABV!
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