3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a slightly cloudy amber with a nice sized creamy head. Nose is malt, yeast and a hint of spice. Nice and creamy on the palate, the taste is mild malt, some citrus and spice followed by a very mild hop flavor with some sweetness. A good example of the farmhouse ale type. Pairs well with french bread and cheddar cheese.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a lightly hazed golden amber with a slightly off-white head. Aroma of red apple, yeasty clove and bubble gum, candied fruit. Flavor has red apple, some yeastiness, and an overall dry biscuity impression. It’s pretty nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. It poured a dark golden liquid with a small white head. Sweet smell with caramel. Also some yeast and dried fruit. Didn’t feel that belgian to me, but not bad.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Sucks...has almost no flavor, taste flat...not much belgian sweetness, nor pale ale hops. Boo, drain pour.
2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 9/27/11
Aroma: The nose is sweet, fruity, and hoppy - caramel, berries, and a some mango/peach notes
Appearance: The pour is a slightly hazy orange-amber color with a small white head and light lace
Flavor: The taste is unfortunately not up to the promises of the nose, it starts off almost oxidized, and then becomes slightly better as some fruity sweetness and a little bitterness joins, but not enough to redeem it
Palate: The body is medium, and the mouthfeel is overly tingly, somewhat off, and kind of metalic
Overall Impression:
I had higher hopes for this one then I guess I should have. I generally tend to enjoy Avery’s stuff, but they totally missed the mark here. The nose (which is sort of weird in a hard the describe way) and pour are both fine, but the taste and the mouthfeel are quite poor compared to my hopes. (Sorry to all who don’t like heterographs for using both pour and poor in that sentence.) Anyway, I do not recommend this one.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This brew poured up a clear, dark copper colored body with a creamy off-white colored head with good retention and amazing lazing. Aromas of peppery spices, dark fruits (plums, raisins), and bread dough. Flavors of caramel, toasted malts, and a light hint of citrusy hops. Medium-bodied with a crisp, refreshing finish with a nice caramel flavor lingering about.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle - Pours light amber with a big fluffy white head. Light tropical fruit on the nose, with some lightly soured bready, yeasty malt. Not the nose I expected. Taste is mild, with pineapple, sweet bread, a hint of rum, and a bit of lactic sourness. Not much hop presence, and not much in the way of the fruitiness I’m used to in a BPA. Really dull and not at all what I was hoping for. Pass.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
One finger head that dissipates quickly. Very light lace. Golden amber; Pear and malt overlay an earthy grass taste, interlaced with piney hops creating a light bitter finish. Simple and refreshing
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