3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap-pours an off white ring for a head and gold color. Aroma is light/medium malt, fruit. Taste is light/medium malt-carmel, fruit, earthy hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Bend Brewing - Pretty decent beer. Nice aroma and looks good. It has a decent balance of hops and malt, and it has a nice finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On draft at Belmont Station. For what it is, quite excellent, drinkable, etc. What I’d call a "light bitter" as opposed to a heavy one (as in I(x)PA, Barley Wines).
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Big cracker malt backbone with big hops. More of an IPA than a bitter, but it was really fantastic. Dry with some earthy and caramel components. Tried to get a growler of this but they had ran out after my sampler.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled draught at Bend Brewing Company, Bend
Copper color, light head & lacing. Nose of light hops & esters, fairly light. Note of diacetyl and watermelon. Flavor of Columbus hops. Very earthy & up front with the hops. Finishes light, average, kinda malty.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Amber with strong lacing and a frothy head. Eh, bitter slightly with almost a bland or stale malt aroma. Some citrus. The flavor is mostly bitter. The stale malts give it an almost card board like taste. Bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber in color, mostly clear. Sweet malts balanced by a very healthy, building bitterness. Creamy and smooth texture, though just a bit cloying and cobwebish in the finish. Nevertheless, a pretty decent bitter.
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