4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I had this on tap at Beachwood in Long Beach, CA. This brew has an excellent balance between the hops & malts, a great flavor and is quite tasty. It’s really well crafted
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at churchill... Pours a darker murky lighter stouty tint with reddish brown hues towards the edges and topped with a creamy barely off-white head... Lghtly roast with a decent citrus green hop profile ... Roasty with piney citrus, a touch phenolic with a bit more emphasis on the hops. Body towards the medium side with adequate semi-lively carbonation. Bitter hoppy finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
One of my favorites of their sampler. Very dark brown, nice hop aroma. Slightly smokey on the tongue with some hop bitterness. Pretty good stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at PP Carlsbad. Dark brown, not quite black, with medium-small tan head. Bitter piney hops, grapefruit, roasted malt, slightly earthy, and fairly dry. Decent, but overall it’s a rather simple straight forward beer that’s really not doing much for me. I drank this along side hoppy birthday, which blew this beer out of the water.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A: Almost black with a sturdy finger of tan/khaki head and some lacing.
S: Very dank grapefruit and pine hop aromas. A touch of roast and chocolate, but it’s also just amazingly hoppy. A lot of floral notes to it as well. A light smokiness.
T: A bit of smoke, lots of roast, and lots of pine. There is a bit of grapefruit and pineapple hops to it as well. It’s quite bitter with a lot of that coming from piney hops, but a pretty good amount coming from the roasted malts, too.
M: Medium in body with a medium carbonation.
O: Very hoppy, but still a bit too much roast character for me.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours with a deep brown, near black body with a tan head. Aromas of tropical fruit, juicy, rye, roast and minimal esters. Flavors are rye, spicy, light roast. Huge amarillo/tropical fruit notes. A touch more roast than I like in the style (but I like very minimal roast). I prefer this to the Pizza Port San Clemente version. Medium to light esters, bitter balance with light resin and roast in the finish.
Really nice!
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