2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
On tap at brewery. Aroma was weak but earthy sweet with floral notes. Light/Med gold body. Decent sweet malt/yeast flavor. It’s an ok brew but not special in any way.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the Gaylord, MI location. Clear straw body, light, thin off-white head. Light floral nose with some sweetness. Sweetened breads in the body, with bitter grassy hops balance. A bit honeyish. Quaffable, OK.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
5 oz draught sample at the Gaylord, MI location, July 2006; mine was listed as "Bavarian Helles", I assume it’s the same thing my worthy Montreal colleague had. Pale gold with a small head, lighty bubbly....sweet, grainy, lightly floral (dogwood) hoppy aroma, hints of caramel and vanilla, just keeps getting more aromatic and delightful as it warms....crisp, melt-in-your mouth palate if that makes sense (doesn’t while I read it but did while I drank it), moderately sweet with just a touch of banana-bread doughiness, nice dry German hops emerage at the finish....delicate yet very full, a delight.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Grainy, husky aroma - seems under-fermented and worty. Clear golden body with low cream coloured head that recedes to ring. Grainy, worty, under-fermented, sweet flavour with some mild bitterness. Light body with prickly carbonation. Sampled at the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival 2005.
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