3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Wow this is really good! Being a local to the area I have seen this beer on the shelves for years and figured it was just another here today gone tomorrow crap-ass beer. Well I am pleasantly wrong. Pours a deep hazy orange colour with a volumous off-white head. Massive malt aroma with an equally pungent hop aroma with some piney notes. Sweet caramel malts, mild bitterness, pleasant lingering aftertaste. Dare I say this is one of the best amber’s I have had?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Jumpin Jimminy, that's a one malty meatball!!!! The aroma comes across as a helluva load of malt and vanilla...it literally reminded me of standing over a 50 pound bag of malt at a brewery and smelling that bag. It pours a murky and slightly cloudy orange center with a dark yellow outer core and a pearly white head. The taste is..big surprise..malty!!!! Its heavily malty, with a hint of vanilla, peachy bitterness, and a hint of sour coming almost from an overdose of malt. This is a damn good beer..i mean i love sweet malty beers...but the fact that its overly malty is what kills it...too much of a good thing kills a great beer. Nice carbonation level, dry, but not terribly so mouthfeel...just needs a slightly hoppier state and this is a 4.0 or more beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very burnt and beefy smell to it with smokey whispers..THick mouthfeel of ham and cheese, layers of melted aluminum with hints of toasted wheat cereal and smokey raped malts..meat meat canadian bacon-like scottish ale type thing
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 29, 2003 When they say that this is malty they are not wrong. Very malty indeed. A thick earthy almost smokey feel to the flavor. A lill bit o spice appears from time to time. Decent brew. Quite refreshing. Fuckin a- i though i was eating an arby's sandwich, but i like arby's.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A pretty mildly flavored but enjoyable ale (I’d go for amber but the brewer says ESB). Strikes a delicate balance between sweet malts and a lightly spiced fresh hop finish. Not too bad.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A great nose and quite flavorful. Highly malted, which blends nicely with the hops that are bigger than expected.
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