2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
(Bottle, courtesy of Swalden_28) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of apple juice, caramel, dough, and nuts. Flavor of sweet caramel malt, grain, and light grassy hops.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours with a finger width off-white head and a slightly murky copper body with decent retention. Aroma of maple some soy and nutts. Taste is nutty with a note of maple and a bit of salt. Lightly fizzy and waterlike. Reminds me of a Vienna...
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours straw/gold with a white head. Smells of caramel, some corn. Tastes sweet snd lightly skunky. Not much going on here.
Earlier Rating: 10/9/2008 Total Score: 3.4
Pours copper with a thin tan head. Smells of fruit, molasses, chewable vitamins. Tastes fruity and earthy with a tea like finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle, nut brown color with no head, slight malty nose with good malt caramel flavor, nice finish
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This was a featured bottle at what was the only pub on Royal Street in the French Quarter (the rest were all galleries), I just can’t recall the name of the place. Anyway, I was surprised to find this not entered in the database. It seems odd that TNOBC is having Heiner Brau do contract brewing-- it must have something to do with post-Katrina damage I would guess. Anyway, this was a nice approachable dark lager with rich caramel malt and a slightly creamy texture. I liked it considerably better than Abita Amber, its local competitor.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Clear copper with a thin sheen. Aroma is caramel malt and yeasty sour dough bread. Medium body and smooth. Mild, but nice flavors of toffee malts with a bit of spicy hops. Has a clean crisp finish. A big easy drinker here.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
World Market, Baton Rouge, La, 12 oz bottle. Pours a very pale light golden with a spongy, spritzy but thin white head. Funky aroma, reminds me of hair tonic, some grassy notes redeem it a bit. Same funkiness permeates the flavor. Has a bit of saaz hoppiness to it, but is overwhelmed by a metallic blandness. Mouthfeel is rather thin. Not the best.
1.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
( 12oz bottle, should I say thanks or no thanks, to mar) Pours amber, nose of trash, spoiled cream corn. Taste is a wonky mix of sweet and sour corn, Very low carbonation. This is not a good beer at all. I think I rated it too highly actually.
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
murky amber with no head. nose is rotten cream corn. definitely will not be buying this beer again for any reason at all.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: JUN 4, 2007 finally got to try another ’good’ bottle... is very simialr to dixie in looks and smell, some bland tastes, but is quite refreshing! goes well with spicy creole food..
...the one bottle i had was filled up to much and was fizzed the heck out, i hate big easy, they suck.....if i can find it on tap then i’ll give it another chance but they need UP the quality control for godsakes!
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