3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught, at Horniblows Tavern. Pours golden, copper with medium white head, some lacing. Aroma is hops and caramel, and similar flavor. Nice mildly hoppy flavor, decent malt backbone.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
old note, Pint @ Horniblows. Good aroma, sweet, various citrus, orange, grapefruit, little peach, caramel, cardboard. Tad hazed brownish orange color, small to no head, no lace. Bitter sweet flavor. Medium body, oily creamy mouthfeel, bitter dry finish. Good beer, aroma best part, right on edge of pale/IPA type ale. description on board at brewpub said "A hoppy spring ale that goes great with mama V’s spaghetti.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
WBF sample. Pours a murky amber. The nose and flavor were a bit dominated by diacetyl in my opinion. I guess it was English leaning but it was too buttery for me. Didnt care for it.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample from Raleigh WBF. Interesting beer. Hoppy, but malt-forward in a bready/biscuity way, so true to an English Pale, or maybe more like some English IPAs in the hoppiness. Mild and fruity. Watery palate, but I’d like to seek out more of this. Good session beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewery. Lightly hazed gold with a white head. Sweet caramel nose, some floral hop. Nice lace. Bready and earthy flavors, OK stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
At World Beer Festival in Raleigh, NC this Pale Ale poured a hazy orange/copper color with plenty of head. Aroma of floral hops, caramel and orange. Taste of flowers and citrus (grapefruit with some orange) and a little pine. Some nice hoppiness to it as well. Nice local brew.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Date: April 18, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory Hops
Appearance: hazy amber, frothy off white head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel and crystal malt aroma, light floral and earthy hops
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, nice bready character, earthy hops, light woodsyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy amber pour with thick off white head and minimal spotty lace. Caramel and and light hop aroma. Thin bodied. Caramel up front light bitter finish.
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