3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma of pine grapefruit and grain. Deep cherry wood color with tan, lacy head. Lots of floating sedimentation. Decently bitter, contrasted with a collage sweet malt flavors. Sort of a brown IPA, as I can’t describe it any better. An enjoyable west coast creation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours reddish-brown with a huge khaki colored head. The aroma on this is pretty much a hop-bomb. With my eyes closed, i’d think this was a 8-9% IPA/DIPA. Taste is pretty darn bitter with some extra bitterness on the finish. This is one of the most full flavored beers under 7% i’ve ever had. Really good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From notes. First reviewed 10/17/2011. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass.
This is much darker than I would normally expect an amber ale to be. The color is a full crimson ruby color with amber edges, with a modest eggshell cap that relents to a collar.
The nose is full of caramel malt first, toasted grains second, and a blend of pine and citrus hops third.
The strong toasted grain and sweet caramel malt cannot prevent a strong bitterness from entering the flavor up front. Sweet and bitter work together, with the hop flavor becoming more noticeable toward the end. Lots of prickly pine, with some juicy citrus as support. This beer is strong on every front.
The body is definitely on the fuller side for the style, with the carbonation coming in on the lighter side of medium, but it all works. There is a stickiness from the malts and a light resin from the hops.
Everything I have had from Bear Republic has been well done. It would be difficult to find an amber that I would prefer over this one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep red with a tall cream head. Lacing was outstanding. Aromas of grapefruit and pine were powerful. I tasted carmel, grapefruit and apricots, with bitterness upfront and lasting. Body was medium with moderate carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy mahogany. Aroma of caramel, brown sugar, earth, peat, pine. Flavor is peat, caramel, raisin, pine. Finish is slightly dry with more piney hops coming through. A nice American strong ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dark reddish color with a beige head. Aroma is of of grapefruit, pine and resinous hoppy notes, with a caramel and sweet malt backbone. Flavor follows the nose, lots of hops up front with grapefruit, earthy, resin and pine notes, along with sweet and caramel malt, toffee and some darker breadiness. The body is on the lighter side of medium with a dry mouth feel. Overall a pretty good brew, that kind of feels like a lighter Arrogant Bastard.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A big red with generous use of both malt and hops. Great looking: dark mahogany with a large, fluffy and durable head. Rich, complex, lightly spicy and fruity, with good balance of hops and caramel malts. A bit too earthy and unfocused.
3.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong, crisp (hoppy) refreshing. Deep red color. Slight alochol after taste. Would drink again.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark malt amber color. Tan robust head. Caramel candy the warmer it gets. Drinking this as I attempt to brew a 4 gallon clone of it. I enjoyed this beer.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[4176-20111203] Tap. Mild grass hops aroma. Slightly hazy, dark red brown body with a quick foamy off-white head. Bitter resin hops flavour has a grainy sweet malt note throughout. Medium body. Good, pretty drinkable. (7/3/7/4/15) 3.6
(@ Mr. Goodbar, Buffalo, NY)
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