2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber color with a thin ring around the glass. Aroma of light caramel malt. Flavors of grainy caramel malt with a touch of butter. Crisp hop finish. Watery and average.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear copper, thin head. Aroma of biscuity malt, some roast, nut. Taste is pretty nice, roast malt, bready. A solid beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewery/brewpub. Pours deep clear copper with off white head. The aroma has lots of caramel type malts (rather then kettle caramelization), some mild roasted malts and I almost get a sense of vanilla in there too. The taste is sweet with caramel malts, a touch of roast and a thicket of sweet crystal malts. The hops are just there but I’m not getting the type though.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Date: September 15, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear gold, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet caramel aroma, light hops
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor, touch of breadyness, light bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draught at the brewery taproom in Lynnwood, Washington. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that quickly dissipates to a film top and white ring. Nice spotty lacing after the dissolve too. Aroma of caramel malt, roasted nuts, some citrus zest and a touch of toffee. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of sweet caramel malt, a touch of pineapple, citrus zest and some honey. Finish is semi-sweet, malty with no bitterness. Quite tasty and a solid amber ale.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel/peat. Taste is medium malt-caramel/peat, faint hops.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the brewpub. Medium amber with gold highlights. Light head of white filmy foam. Spotty lace on the sides. Not a lot going on on the nose but the mid-palate features some good rich caramel notes and there’s a bit of spicy hop in the finish. Nice stuff--you could definitely drink the heck out of this one.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear bright copper with a white ring of foam. Nuts and caramel with a bit of grass and pine in the nose and taste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught Foxy-amber; slim rim, yellowish. Greenery nose with parsley, caramel and other coloured malts. Sweet, caramelly taste, just not sticky but close. Ends a bit watery but the main taste keeps on reasonably. Bit buttery - diacetyl! Very little, anyway. Not very well-bodied. So much brewing ’cause so little to do in suburbia? No, actually quite a few of these Big E ales would do very well given a little more character (that is NOT = more hops!)
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