3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: July 02, 2010
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, bsp
Appearance: hazy orange, fine off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big sweet citrus aroma, crystal sweetness, fruity orange
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of citrus, balancing bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+ /4
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler into a pint glass. Looks like a shiny new penny with a nice thin head. Nose is bitter grassy hops, orange, lemon, and a bit of caramel malt. Taste isn’t too far off from the nose and is quite bitter and resinous. Slightly cloying, this beer reminds me of GF West Coast IPA without the west coast hop complexity.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours light clear golden amber with a small off white head. The aroma is clear light bitter and softly sweet hops. The flavor is similar, less sweet more light bitter hops. Not very complex but definitely consistent.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Orange pour with frothy off white head and lace. Large resiny hops and some bread. Resiny hops, bread, dry bitter finish, with a very large resiny bitter. Medium bodied with good carbonation and the bitter lays hard on your tongue. Pretty nice
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft. Decent citrus aroma. Taste is extremely bitter throughout, a bit too over the top for me.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 Brewgrass
Mostly clear medium gold color with a sticky, lasting head.
Subtler floral hop aroma with some citrus notes as well.
Smooth and well balanced. Sweet start with a bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Slightly murky golden with a one-finger white head. Aromas of grapefruit, cat pee and melon. Hoppy throughout with a prickly, sharp, abrasive finish. Could use more malt to support the earthy hap character.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A golden amber with a thick lacing off white head. In aroma, good floral hops, citrusy, orange pulp, quite nice. In mouth, a smooth IPA witu nice citrusy pulp hops, caramel, resinous and intense. On tap at Twin City Brewfest, August 13 2011.
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